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Don't start with unit tests
MP 45: Unit tests are easy to write, but they're not always the best place to start.
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OOP in Python, part 6: __str__() and __repr__()
MP 44: Providing different ways to represent instances of a class.
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Automating Substack Notes
MP 43: A guest post from Charlie Guo, of Artificial Ignorance.
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OOP in Python, part 5: Class methods
MP 42: Dealing with data that applies to multiple instances.
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OOP in Python, part 4: Static methods
MP 41: Some methods don't need to work with attributes.
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Go face bears
MP 40: Some kinds of life experience help keep programming challenges in perspective.
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OOP in Python, part 3: The __init__() method
MP 39: Another bit of OOP magic.
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Reading code
MP 38: An important but seldom-discussed skill.
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OOP in Python, part 2: What's so special about self?
MP 37: It's here, it's there, it's everywhere in a class.
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OOP in Python: Why is object-oriented programming so important?
MP 36: What is OOP, and why does everybody ask about it?
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Exploring recent Python repositories, part 2
MP 35: Looking at projects that haven't earned many stars yet.
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Exploring recent Python repositories
MP 34: Using the GitHub API to find newer Python projects that are starting to gain popularity.
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Exploring data efficiently with pandas
MP #33: Reimplementing an older project with modern tools.
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The importance of profiling
MP #32: NumPy to the rescue!
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You don't need to remember everything
MP #31: You'll remember what you use most often, and you can (usually) look up the rest.
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A small set of special integers
MP #30: An interesting optimization in the CPython interpreter.