Most Python programmers don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how equality and hashing works. It usually just works. However there’s quite a bit of gotchas and edge cases that can lead to subtle and frustrating bugs once one starts to customize their... (more…)

The only way to master a skill is to practice. In Python Workout</i>, author Reuven M. Lerner</b> guides you through 50 carefully selected exercises that invite you to flex your programming muscles. As you take on each new challenge, you’ll bu... (more…)

A constant barrage of links. Each one vital for me to read but I can’t read them now. That’s where my little application I’ve written comes in. It’s also how I learned some …...

In the last tutorial in this series, you learned how to format string data using the string modulo operator. In this tutorial, you'll see two more items to add to your Python string formatting toolkit. You'll learn about Python's string format method and... (more…)

Simple job queues for Python. Contribute to rq/rq development by creating an account on GitHub. (more…)