~pycoders | Issue #658 (Dec. 3, 2024) (29)

Django Performance: Scaling and Optimization Performance tuning in the context of Django applications is the practice of enhancing both the efficiency and effectiveness of your web project to optimize its runtime behavior. This article tells you a lot of what you need to know. LOADFORGE.COM

Python’s pathlib Module Python’s pathlib module is the tool to use for working with file paths. This post contains pathlib quick reference tables and examples. TREY HUNNER

Managing Dependencies With Python Poetry Learn how Python Poetry can help you start new projects, maintain existing ones, and master dependency management. REAL PYTHON course

Advent of Code 2024 This annual tradition is a series of small programming puzzles that can be completed in any programming language. ADVENTOFCODE.COM

CI/CD for Python With GitHub Actions With most software following agile methodologies, it’s essential to have robust DevOps systems in place to manage, maintain, and automate common tasks with a continually changing codebase. By using GitHub Actions, you can automate your workflows efficiently, especially for Python projects. REAL PYTHON

How to Debug Your Textual Application Textual is a great Python package for creating a lightweight, powerful, text-based user interface. Debugging TUIs can be a challenge though as you no longer can use print() and the application may not even run in your IDE’s terminal interface. This post talks about how to debug a TUI. MIKE DRISCOLL

Reactive Notebooks and Deployable Web Apps in Python What are common issues with using notebooks for Python development? How do you know the current state, share reproducible results, or create interactive applications? This week on the show, we speak with Akshay Agrawal about the open-source reactive marimo notebook for Python. REAL PYTHON podcast

Constraints Are Good: Python’s Metadata Dilemma Python’s initial flexibility in packaging with the executable setup.py has meant that people have come to expect this power. In this post Armin argues that if constraints had been there in the first place we’d be in a better place now. ARMIN RONACHER

Demystifying ODBC With Python Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is used to connect to various databases. This article aims to help you understand ODBC better by implementing database communications from scratch only using Python. PRESTON BLACKBURN • Shared by Preston Blackburn

What the PSF Conduct WG Does In the past week Brett has had two different people tell him what the PSF Conduct Working Group did, and both were wrong. This post tries to correct what might be common misconceptions. BRETT CANNON

Introduction to Retrogame Programming With Pyxel Pyxel is a Rust based framework for building retro games that comes with a Python API wrapper. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to do some basic sprite animation to get started. MATHIEU LECARME

Speeding Up Data Retrieval From PostgreSQL With Psycopg Formatting and concatenating query result columns on the PostgreSQL side and then parsing them in Python might sometimes be faster than fetching the columns as separate values. ALIAKSEI YALETSKI • Shared by Tiendil

Django Application Performance Optimization Checklist “Improve the performance of your Django application by understanding, testing, and implementing some common optimization techniques.” SANKET RAI

Top 10 Rules of Continuous Integration Continuous Integration (CI) is key to rapid deployment of new features. This post gives you ten rules to consider when doing CI. KRISTINA NIKOLOVA

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