PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #543 (Sept. 20, 2022)

#543 – SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
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Build an Alexa Equivalent in Python

It’s not as difficult as you think to build an AI program that listens to speech and answers questions. You can make the magic happen in an afternoon by leveraging a few Python packages and APIs.
ANDREW HERSHY

Recipes From Python SQLite Docs

The official documentation of Python’s sqlite3 module is a little short on examples. This article lists various in-depth examples that cover the most commonly used APIs in the module.
REDOWAN DELOWAR• Shared by Redowan Delowar

Scout APM: A Performance Monitoring Tool Built for Developers

Scout’s always-on monitoring will keep you ahead of performance outliers and allow you to analyze increased response time. With dashboards that will help you drill down into specific endpoints, Scout will save you time and resources and give your developers time to build applications people love →
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Custom Python Lists: Inheriting From `list` vs `UserList`

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create custom list-like classes in Python by inheriting from the built-in list class or by subclassing UserList from the collections module.
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Python 3.11.0rc2 Released

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Lazy Imports for Python

A short article discussing PEP 690 which proposes support for lazy imports in Python, followed by an in-depth discussion by the LWN community.
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What’s the Best Source Code You’ve Read?

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Django Favicon Guide

Favicons are the little icons you see in your browser tabs. Your web browser looks in very specific places for these icons, and different browsers expect different file names and types. This article runs you through two different ways of getting favicons working in your Django web project.
MICHAEL YIN

Python Basics: Conditional Logic & Control Flow

In this Python Basics video course, you’ll learn how use conditional logic to write programs that perform different actions based on different conditions. Paired with functions and loops, conditional logic allows you to write complex programs that can handle many different situations.
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Your AI Opportunity Awaits

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Meta Spins Off PyTorch Foundation

PyTorch is a popular open-source deep-learning framework originally created by Meta/Facebook. Meta has announced that it is creating an independent organization called the PyTorch Foundation that will operate as part of the Linux Foundation, making the framework vendor-neutral.
BENJ EDWARDS

Python Dictionary Operations You Should Know

The dict is one of the basic data structures in Python. It is truly at the core of Python and is used everywhere. This article runs you through some common operations on dictionaries, including initialization, merging, comprehensions, and more.
JACOB FERUS

How to Replace a String in Python

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to remove or replace a string or substring. You’ll go from the basic string method .replace() all the way up to a multi-layer regex pattern using the sub() function from Python’s re module.
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Evolution of Access Control Explained Through Python

Sometimes writing code can help you explore and understand concepts. This article shows a history of access controls in software using Python scripts to re-implement the ideas.
ADAM BUGGIA• Shared by Adam Buggia

Find Your Next Tech Job Through Hired

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Why You Should Use Data Classes in Python

Know what a Data Class is? Do you know how to use one? Know the differences from regular classes? This article answers these questions and more.
GIULIANO PERTILE• Shared by Giuliano Pertile

The Maze of Python Dependency Management

This article gives an overview of how dependencies are handled within virtual environments and what you can do when transitive dependencies are in conflict.
NICOLAS FRÄNKEL

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