PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #631 (May 28, 2024)

#631 – MAY 28, 2024
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Building a Python GUI Application With Tkinter

In this video course, you’ll learn the basics of GUI programming with Tkinter, the de facto Python GUI framework. Master GUI programming concepts such as widgets, geometry managers, and event handlers. Then, put it all together by building two applications: a temperature converter and a text editor.
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`pyastgrep` and Custom Linting

This article from the developer of pyastgrep introduces you to the tool which can now be used as a library. The post talks about how to use it and what kind of linting it does best.
LUKE PLANT

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What’s New in Django 5.1

Django 5.1 has gone alpha so the list of features targeting this release has more or less solidified. This article introduces you to what is coming in Django 5.1.
JEFF TRIPLETT

Quiz: How to Create Pivot Tables With Pandas

This quiz is designed to push your knowledge of pivot tables a little bit further. You won’t find all the answers by reading the tutorial, so you’ll need to do some investigating on your own. By finding all the answers, you’re sure to learn some other interesting things along the way.
REAL PYTHON

PEP 649 Re-targeted to 3.14

Python Enhancement Proposal 649: Deferred Evaluation Of Annotations Using Descriptors has been re-targeted to the Python 3.14 release
PYTHON.ORG

JupyterLab 4.2 and Notebook 7.2 Released

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Articles & Tutorials

Testing With Python: The Different Types of Tests

This is part 5 of a deep dive into writing automated tests, but also works well as an independent article. This post talks about the taxonomy of testing, like the differences between unit and integration tests, and how nobody can quite agree on a definition of either.
BITECODE

Python’s Built-in Exceptions: A Walkthrough With Examples

In this tutorial, you’ll get to know some of the most commonly used built-in exceptions in Python. You’ll learn when these exceptions can appear in your code and how to handle them. Finally, you’ll learn how to raise some of these exceptions in your code.
REAL PYTHON

Software Engineering Hiring and Firing

This article is a deep dive on the hiring and firing practices in the software field, and unlike most articles focuses on senior engineering roles. It isn’t a “first job” post, but a “how the decision process works” article.
ED CREWE

Enabling Async MongoDB Operations in Streamlit

Streamlit is a wonderful tool for building dashboards with its peculiar execution model, but using asyncio data sources with it can be a real pain. This article is about how you correctly use those two technologies together.
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