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Running pip as a Python module - 2019 November 03
Since Python 3.4 you have been able to run pip as though it were a Python module, this actually prevents a variety of annoying issues from occurring.
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Using the Python markdown library - 2019 August 02
Working with markdown files from Python
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Different ways to drop into an interactive python shell - 2019 July 21
Dropping into an interactive shell can be a useful tool for debugging Python code. Here's a summary of some ways in which you can drop into an interactive shell.
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Forwards compatibility with Python generators - 2019 July 03
PEP 479 changed how Python handled generators in a backwards incompatible manner, here's how to get compatible code working from Python 3.5+
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A day in the life of a package maintainer - 2019 June 28
A lot of package maintenance goes on behind the scenes to make just about everything in modern software work, but a lot of it is invisible. Here's a recount of a day I spent maintaining an open source package.
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Deprecating module level variables - 2019 June 27
Sometimes you will want to deprecate a module scope variable, but hooking into that isn't as straightforward. Here's one way you can do that using PEP 562.
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PyCon USA 2019 poster session poster - 2019 May 05
Here's the high res PDF poster from the PyCon USA 2019 poster session.
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PyCon USA 2019 coming up! - 2019 May 01
PyCon USA 2019
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PyCon Australia 2018 - 2018 September 01
Some of my notes from PyCon Australia 2018
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A couple of questions about mypy - 2018 July 20
mypy is a useful tool for code quality in Python, I had a fellow developer ask me a few questions about it over email and my answers to some of the questions are in this post.
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