#499 – NOVEMBER 16, 2021
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The PSF Is Searching for Its Next Executive Director
After announcing earlier this summer that Ewa Jodlowska is leaving after ten years of service, the PSF has begun its search for the organization’s next Executive Director. Interested? You can apply here.
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Selecting a Programming Language Can Be a Form of Premature Optimization
“Have you ever been told that Python couldn’t be used for a project because it wouldn’t be fast enough? I have, and I find it a bit frustrating as big banks, YouTube, Instagram, and plenty of other places that are performance-sensitive still manage to select Python and be happy.”
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Advanced Visual Studio Code for Python Developers
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Securely Deploy a Django App With Gunicorn, Nginx, & HTTPS
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How Python’s list Data Structure Really Works
This article explores the nuts and bolts of Python list operations, their time complexity, and underlying data structures.
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Articles & Tutorials
The Legacy of OLPC and Charismatic Pitfalls in Teaching Programming
Do you remember the One Laptop Per Child program? What went wrong, and what can we learn from the program’s failure? What are the potential pitfalls of charismatic technology, and how can we avoid them when introducing students to programming? This week on the show, former guest Al Sweigart and author Morgan Ames are here to talk about her book “The Charisma Machine - The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child.”
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Ruby vs Python Comes Down to the for Loop
“Contrasting how each language handles iteration helps understand how to work effectively in either.” Related discussion of this article on Hacker News.
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Create Distance Matrix Using Google Maps APIs
This article describes step by step how to use the Google Maps Distance Matrix API, how to parse its data to create a distance table and finally, how to store the parsed data in a data base.
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Cython, Rust, and More: Choosing a Language for Python Extensions
You can write Python extensions with Cython, Rust, and many other tools. In this article you’ll learn which one you should use, depending on your particular use case and needs.
ITAMAR TURNER-TRAURING
Async Python Is Not Faster
“Async Python is slower than ‘sync’ Python under a realistic benchmark. A bigger worry is that async frameworks go a bit wobbly under load.”
CAL PATERSON
Monads and Python
“Porting Monads to Python is a common hobby. But should we really do it?”
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Projects & Code
Events
Weekly Real Python Office Hours Q&A (Virtual)
November 15, 2021
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Women Who Code CONNECT Forward 2021
November 18 to November 20, 2021
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PyData Bristol Meetup
November 18, 2021
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Python Northwest
November 18, 2021
PYNW.ORG.UK
PyCon APAC 2021
November 19 to November 24, 2021
PYCON.ORG
Xtreme Python
November 24 to November 25, 2021
XTREMEPYTHON.DEV
Happy Pythoning!
This was PyCoder’s Weekly Issue #499.
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