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Build a CRUD Application Using Django, React & Docker Step-by-step instructions on creating a web application with a React front-end and the Django Rest Framework as a back-end and all tied together with Docker for distribution. MANGABO KOLAWOLE

Contributing to Open Source: rich #2073 Rodrigo decided he’d start contributing to Open Source and it began by being assigned bug #2073 in the rich library. This article goes into great detail on environment set up, how he found the bug, and what it took to squish it. RODRIGO GIRÃO SERRÃO • Shared by Rodrigo Girão Serrão

Tips That May Save You From the Hell of PyYAML YAML is a data-serialization language that is widely used, but processing YAML, especially using PyYAML can be painful and full of traps. Learn some tips and code snippets that can make your life with PyYAML easier. XIAO / REORX • Shared by Reorx

REPL Python Programming and Debugging With IPython IPython is a powerful alternative to the built-in REPL. Learn how to use it for exploratory programming and debugging, including using it in the Django shell. LUKE PLANT

Python Decorator Patterns Decorators are a way of wrapping functions around functions, they’re a common technique for providing pre- and post-conditions on your code. Learn about the different ways decorators get invoked and how to write each pattern. MARTON TRENCSENI

Converting a Python Library to Rust Alan describes his experience porting his Python library August to Rust. He outlines the resulting performance difference and things he learned along the way. ALAN TRICK

Ultimate Guide to Python Pickle: How To’s, Exploits & Safety Python’s pickle library is useful in maintaining persistence within complex data structures and objects. Learn how to safely use a pickle in application development using this comprehensive guide → SNYK.IO sponsor

Boolean Short-Circuiting Learn how and and or are processed in your code, how Boolean short-circuiting works, how “truthy” values effect this, and how all this is handled in the all() and any() functions. RODRIGO GIRÃO SERRÃO

Code Quality Tools in Python The article describes what code quality means and introduces some cool tools to improve your Python, including a variety of linters, formatters, and IDE tools. DOLLAR DHINGRA • Shared by Dollar Dhingra

From 30 Lines of Code to 11: Rock Paper Scissors in Python When you’re a beginner you need projects that allow you to practice basic concepts. But do you ever revisit those projects as a more advanced developer? This article looks at one common beginner Python project — implementing Rock Paper Scissors in Python — and how you could approach the game logic from...

Add Additional Attributes to Enum Members in Python Sometimes you want your Enum objects to reference more than just a single piece of data. You can use a tuple but then you have to de-reference it. This article shows a technique used in http.HTTPStatus that you can do in your own code. REDOWAN DELOWAR

Gotchas of Early-Bound Function Argument Defaults in Python Exploring how mutable default arguments in Python can cause some surprising behaviors. REDOWAN DELOWAR • Shared by Redowan Delowar

10 Patterns for Writing Cleaner Python Cleaner code is more focused, easier to read, easier to debug, and generally easier to maintain. This guide covers ten different patterns Python programmers should apply in their code. ALEX OMEYER