2026-08-15T05:51:17Z https://nostr.now Mike Driscoll https://nostr.now/npub1larj6mmu8ppzusjr40apsz9jr8xyhe40s49r0dd07329nv5psqjsrh95el https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/403/963/817/736/112/original/e49ce0e82f675907.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/403/963/817/736/112/original/e49ce0e82f675907.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrux2sq3xse9y6rkh0a60l9p8h9skdrr0vprqxjekzw73jjzyqkzgzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2kf4q3w Django 6.1 is out now!<br/><br/>New features include:<br/><br/>🐍Database level delete options for ForeignKey<br/>🐍Dictionary based email settings<br/>🐍Support for Python 3.12-3.14<br/>🐍Model field fetch modes<br/><br/>and more! 2026-08-07T12:56:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8pq6e6mklx2dpud7v6tz0earf6zqrhkshtsauxq0fj3jwjt0e65gzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz28z7ddx Need to shorten a string while adding an ellipsis to indicate it&#39;s been shortened?<br/><br/>You can use #Python&#39;s handy `textwrap` library for that:<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/595/735/366/826/488/original/858cc5c05905d1a5.png"> 2026-05-18T13:08:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9cqyqhrp9a0lhwtzz2am8cfqyms749w5924ttvucyngfdel096agzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz247uqwq If you couldn&#39;t use #Python anymore, which language would you switch to and why?<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/586/866/311/214/184/original/f6c2c51a5f64afbb.mp4"></video> 2025-11-21T09:00:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0mcwj79384pewwwl8jyg8efrdfnnd4wlke2s02pq3nhey5pv0kyczyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz23qf3j7 Which version of Linux did you start with and which one do you use now? 2025-11-04T14:10:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst22tyekswzyj47w8g4577qtzzv5w7ulvx7ma4vz2n8cfa6pk6naczyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz28c69ks What is your favorite #Python IDE and why?<br/><br/>🐍 PyCharm<br/>🐍 Visual Studio Code<br/>🐍 Wingware IDE<br/>🐍 Eclipse<br/>🐍 Something else 2025-06-12T14:19:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqftzqep203wara5metsg95cfaqmmc7za2eldw74azccqyn6alzhqzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2xsentm #Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓<br/><br/>What is the output of the following REPL session, if any?<br/><br/>A) Deleted! <br/>B) Deleted! (gets printed twice) <br/>C) Nothing is printed <br/>D) None of the above<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/284/534/337/569/985/original/5a0493ee8f5ea1ff.png"> 2025-04-05T09:00:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswye6wu3urc7kjp468ezgz97xztj973lhtrvn6gjly5vacy8l8t4szyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2v4kz74 #Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓<br/><br/>What is the output of this crazy code?<br/><br/>A) SyntaxError <br/>B) {} <br/>C) {10: (10, 10)} <br/>D) {10: ({...}, 10)} <br/>E) What the heck?!<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/268/379/847/885/263/original/0b451f2ee8cfbe7a.png"> 2025-04-02T12:31:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp480qpvez9l4dxaqndjdpfdcrzwevlhy04k7walpdg6jw3h9dhyczyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2z4hwya #Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓<br/><br/>What is the value of the number variable at the end of this code?<br/><br/>A) 5 <br/>B) 49 <br/>C) 50 <br/>D) None of the above<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/250/560/668/480/337/original/50a4dfbd669e3213.png"> 2025-03-30T09:00:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq7mrhaclhr9yel2jkm7t5m8nh4yrgelcxsl5k4dejc4q67kq2q9qzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2frqzxt #Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓<br/><br/>Can you make this code work again?<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/177/792/589/764/428/original/719ab7379d674a40.png"> 2025-03-17T12:34:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspdz3xx52yeqyt8fl2aqpadh8284qa946eglzgw45hrfwgyj4w8vszyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2d6ntfk The latest edition of The Python Papers Newsletter is out!<br/><br/>Learn about Python&#39;s built-in REPL and IDLE in this tutorial!<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/832/764/729/550/357/original/f2b326228036b29f.jpeg"> 2025-01-15T14:09:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zmerxyslglt3t9p3zyznqlzknu3uea26exv3x37rcn2vtxug9dgzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz27p0tg5 #Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓<br/><br/>What is the output of the following code?<br/><br/>A) 10.00 <br/>B) 10.13 <br/>C) 10.10 <br/>D) 10.20<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/729/863/904/783/559/original/817ddb5a39643dee.png"> 2024-12-28T10:00:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp2fzcgdueejeqwrmglpxjxp0r5a86svwhz2ev49wpy94fltrk9zgzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2slwpx2 Do you know how to use #Python&#39;s built-in `next()` function?<br/><br/>If not, maybe these examples will help you figure them out:<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/550/557/849/585/749/original/04f3237049519fb6.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/550/557/923/290/720/original/abc577a9a2ac3220.png"> 2024-11-26T18:00:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ysjxwww34zxcef7lcyza3z5t70quh77d4al0fa7g2sw08aj6etgzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2kjkj0p #Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓<br/><br/>What is the output of the following code?<br/><br/> A) `[]`<br/> B) `[&#39;C++&#39;, &#39;JavaScript&#39;, &#39;Rust&#39;]`<br/> C) `[&#34;JavaScript&#34;, &#34;Julia&#34;, &#34;Rust&#34;]]`<br/> D) An exception is raised<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/514/696/052/436/497/original/94268b6581e969ff.png"> 2024-11-20T10:00:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrycsddetwzveud8cxcftk07wtkrsjuzlasr78pesdaqzrlqaq9aqzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2aj4k6x Did you know you can do file or string diffs with #Python?<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a handy way to do a diff that outputs HTML:<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/470/441/250/687/795/original/6dc9afea4e753ddd.png"> 2024-11-12T14:25:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrx5nlwr9fefk8ww60s0zkhz0x75mh45742hmkr6tr90w8c9gy30gzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2wlegpl Need to do encryption in #Python? Check our PyCryptodome! 🐍🔥<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/447/746/758/209/697/original/287232de2928a616.png"> <br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/447/746/834/368/258/original/d088e287bd45c2db.png"> 2024-11-08T14:13:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx6gyea9edrs3tjx9z2dyvge5sqdrxt0ymc66wwz3n98fqg8c93dczyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2v4747v Need to split out the parts of a path in #Python? Try out pathlib!<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/434/244/229/561/127/original/dbbf8517ba75a3c6.png"> 2024-11-06T05:00:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2dv6m8cu7zm3rvm8jpp3t7zegdk2ata8pppft67hjf87fp6ek4pgzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2q44lp5 Read my latest tutorial on displaying pandas 🐼 DataFrames in your terminal using Textual and Python 🐍over on @mousevspython <br/><br/>I use the cool textual-pandas package for this one! 2024-08-02T01:00:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr5yz25xq2gec6f2s86yx2p6jl7v9syaqhjz9dgyjuxw32h409ysqzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2x922vs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dv6m8cu7zm3rvm8jpp3t7zegdk2ata8pppft67hjf87fp6ek4pgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qh3fp8p'>nevent1q…fp8p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s the link:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2024/08/01/displaying-pandas-dataframes-in-the-terminal/">https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2024/08/01/displaying-pandas-dataframes-in-the-terminal/</a> 2024-08-02T01:00:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp724rx86kr3mc4ceutyav38p90uv5dtegd02dyf03eykw73l6nkqzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2l7afs2 #Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓<br/><br/>Is this valid code? True or False?<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/733/061/617/872/803/original/940295cf08b3c4c8.png"> 2024-07-05T09:00:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswjtnqtx0jnh2hnrne099gqxmpvva557rvcuvgdyy3lx8g6lw8c9qzyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz28e2lel Number 4️⃣ ain&#39;t bad for a book on Python Logging!<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/556/350/063/857/485/original/ae8b99faa6c9f3dd.jpeg"> 2024-06-04T04:00:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswtmwegdfw82y6c0u9vsrkzxmc8x3vn6jcvr4qgcnvwpfyqln9h6szyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2p4h5dc Want to print directly to a printer with #Python? 🐍🖨<br/><br/>Try this out. I discovered this method a couple of years ago:<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/358/641/099/269/626/original/771602f0a9765aa3.png"> 2024-04-30T06:00:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgkl47ytjfeqyhf6rvj09898uxxf96rcc4g02gl69wcfzdvz380wczyrl5wtt00suyytjzgw4l5xqgkgvucjlx47z55da44l69gkdjsxqz2mdx63u About two years ago, I started learning about the #Django web framework, one of the most popular #Python web frameworks around.<br/><br/>I created a short cheatsheet while I was reading books and learning on the job that I am sharing below.<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/356/045/954/056/736/original/62eb0300c6bb5df2.png"> 2024-04-29T19:00:05Z