#531 – JUNE 28, 2022
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Build a Tic-Tac-Toe Game With Python and Tkinter
In this step-by-step project, you’ll learn how to create a tic-tac-toe game using Python and the Tkinter GUI framework. Tkinter is cross-platform and is available in the Python standard library. Creating a game in Python is a great and fun way to learn something new and exciting!
REAL PYTHON
Six Things I Do Every Time I Start a Django Project
When you start a new Django project you have some housekeeping tasks and some decisions to make. This article talks about some of the key things you might want to do when starting a new project.
BRENTON CLEELAND
Get Started: Infrastructure as Code With Python on AWS [Workshop]
In this on-demand workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of Infrastructure as Code through a series of guided exercises. You will be introduced to Pulumi, an infrastructure as code platform, where you can use Python to provision modern cloud infrastructure →
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Should You Use AsyncIO for Your Next Web Application?
Python’s AsyncIO web ecosystem continues to mature, but should you build your next production application with one of these shiny new frameworks such as FastAPI, Starlette, or Quart?
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How to Patch requests to Have a Default Timeout
Python’s requests provides the ability to timeout when fetching content, but it isn’t turned on by default. If you’ve got a large code base there is a chance you have a call that could hang forever. This article describes how to monkeypatch requests to provide default timeout capabilities.
ADAM JOHNSON
Python mmap: Doing File I/O With Memory Mapping
In this video course, you’ll learn how to use Python’s mmap module to improve your code’s performance when you’re working with files. You’ll get a quick overview of the different types of memory before diving into how and why memory mapping with mmap can make your file I/O operations faster.
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Data Elixir: Data Science Newsletter
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The subprocess Module: Wrapping Programs With Python
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to leverage other apps and programs that aren’t Python, wrapping them or launching them from your Python scripts using the subprocess module. You’ll learn about processes all the way up to interacting with a process as it executes.
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Don’t Let Dicts Spoil Your Code
The dict is the go-to data structure for Python programmers, but its loose relationship to the data can be problematic in large data streams. Learn more about why you might choose a different data structure and when.
ROMAN IMANKULOV
String translate and maketrans Methods
The str methods translate and maketrans are lesser used, but helpful. You can use translate to replace characters in a string using a translation map, and maketrans helps you to build those maps.
RODRIGO GIRÃO SERRÃO
3 Things to Know Before Building With PyScript
PyScript is a browser-embedded python environment built on top of Pyodide. Although it is a powerful tool, there are some things you need to be careful with. Read on to find out more.
BRADEN RIGGS
How Can You Emulate Do-While Loops in Python?
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to emulate do-while loops in Python. The most common technique to do this is to create an infinite while loop with a conditional statement that controls the loop and jumps out of it using a break statement.
REAL PYTHON
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6 Usage Patterns for the ThreadPoolExecutor in Python
The ThreadPoolExecutor gives a lot of power an flexibility for concurrent code. This article describes six different patterns that can be used when coding with this context manager.
JASON BROWNLEE
Python Lazy Imports With Cinder
Instagram has implemented a lazy import mechanism to improve application loading times. This article describes why they built it and how it helps.
GERMÁN MÉNDEZ BRAVO
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editabletuple: Like namedtuple but Editable
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Happy Pythoning!
This was PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #531.
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