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PyCon US talk proposals are open for one more week
MP 70: If you're considering speaking, please submit a proposal!
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A real-world off-by-one error
MP 69: Why do CLI apps use zero-indexing when presenting choices?
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Gift exchange
MP 68: A bit of practical work, and a bit of fun.
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Mostly Python's referral program is now active
Hi everyone, As some of you may know, Substack began implementing a referral program earlier this summer. I didn’t enable the program right away, because I wanted to see how it worked before doing so. I’m happy to help people share my work, but I don’t ever
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OOP in Python, part 20: Highlights, and beyond this series
MP 67: What were the most important takeaways? What would come next?
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OOP in Python, part 19: When do you need OOP?
MP 66: And when do you not need to use OOP?
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Was this October really warmer than most Octobers?
MP 65: It was in many places, but what about my local area?
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OOP in Python, part 18: Composition and inheritance
MP 64: A mix of the two approaches is often the most practical solution.
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OOP in Python, part 17: Composition
MP 63: An important complement to inheritance.
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Toward sustainable development practices in open source
MP 62: An insightful initiative to bring new contributors to an established project.
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OOP in Python, part 16: Class structure in Matplotlib
MP 61: Understanding how the Figure and Axes classes are implemented.
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The rule of three for generality
MP #60: In pursuit of correct abstractions.
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OOP in Python, part 15: Class structure in pathlib
MP 59: How file paths are modeled in pathlib.
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Does order matter in urls.py?
MP 58: Yes, but not for the reason I originally thought.
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OOP in Python, part 14: The Exception class hierarchy
MP 57: How exceptions are implemented in Python, and what they can show us about class hierarchies.
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Python 3.12 is out!
MP 56: New releases are always fun to see.