~pycoders | Issue #660 (Dec. 17, 2024) (29)

PyMyFlySpy: Track Your Flight Using Its Headrest Data Robert is the creator of PySkyWiFi, a “completely free, unbelievably stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights” and he is back. This time getting flight data information if you aren’t on a plane with seat-back monitors showing you where you are. ROBERT HEATON

Python Set Comprehensions: How and When to Use Them In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to write set comprehensions in Python. You’ll also explore the most common use cases for set comprehensions and learn about some bad practices that you should avoid when using them in your code. REAL PYTHON

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Typed Python in 2024 This article discusses the results from a survey on the usage of Typing features in Python. It discusses how much the feature has been adopted and what stands in coders’ way of using it. AARON POLLACK

Check if a Point Is in a Cylinder Luke’s current project requires a fair amount of geometry. He wasn’t happy with solutions posted on the web so her wrote his own. This article covers the geometry involved in finding if a point is in a cylinder and the corresponding Python code to do the calculation. LUKE PLANT

Customising Pattern Matching Behaviour Jamie has been doing the Advent of Code and two techniques that come up a lot in Python are iteration and pattern matching. This post talks about how they don’t work well together and what you can do about it. JAMIE CHANG

Major Releases of Plotly and Dash Four of Plotly’s open-source libraries are getting major releases. Includes: lightning-fast server-side performance with Narwhals in Plotly.py, a new hooks system for Dash, a new design for Kaleido, and more. PLOTLY.COM • Shared by Marco Gorelli

The State of Python 2024 This is a guest post on the PyCharm blog by Talk Python host Michael Kennedy who talks about the current state of Python in 2024. Topics include language usage, web frameworks, uv, and more. MICHAEL KENNEDY

PEP 768: Safe External Debugger Interface for CPython “This PEP proposes adding a zero-overhead debugging interface to CPython that allows debuggers and profilers to safely attach to running Python processes.” PYTHON.ORG

Trusted Publishing It has never been easier to publish your Python packages. This post explains how to setup a workflow that uses Trusted Publishing through GitHub Actions. CHRISTIAN LEDERMANN

Lazy Self-Installing Python Scripts With uv This post talks about how to manage all of your one-off small scripts using uv, especially if they have need of third party libraries. TREY HUNNER

Django 2024 Year in Review Carlton is a core contributor to Django and this post talks about what happened in 2024 with your favorite web framework. CARLTON GIBSON

Multimodal Data With LanceDB Talk Python interviews Chang She and they talk about LanceDB, and open source database for AI. KENNEDY & SHE podcast