For you Python users who have been unwilling (or unable) to upgrade to version 3, there’s yet another reason to get motivated: python.org has released Python 2.7.18, the absolute last official release for Python 2.  While it doesn’t add much in terms of f... (more…)

Our Ubuntu systems have had a /usr/bin/python that was Python 2 for more or less as long as we've had Ubuntu systems, which by now is more than fifteen years. Over that time, our users have written a certain amount of Python 2 programs that use '#!/usr/bi... (more…)

We explore Python's global interpreter lock and learn how it affects multithreaded programs. (more…)

Designing Modules in Python is part of HashedIn’s training program for junior developers to get better at design. Today, we are making it available as a free ebook. (more…)

parody of some of the basic python core features (collections package) - marcsantiago/collections... (more…)