Articles on Modules

Concepts, Data, Modules

A Practical Example of the Pipeline Pattern in Python

By on 8 November 2024

What is this pattern about? The Pipeline design pattern (also known as Chain of Command pattern) is a flexible way to handle a sequence of actions, where each handler in the chain processes the input data and passes it to the next handler. This pattern is commonly used in scenarios involving data processing, web scraping,… Continue reading A Practical Example of the Pipeline Pattern in Python

Modules, Developer, Tools

From concepts to MVPs: Validate Your Idea in few Lines of Code with Streamlit

By on 25 October 2023

Don’t waste you time in early optimization, stay focused on the product! Have you ever had a brilliant idea but hesitated to invest time and resources into building a full-fledged product? The fear of wasting resources on an untested concept is a common struggle for entrepreneurs and innovators. Fortunately, there’s a game-changer in the world… Continue reading From concepts to MVPs: Validate Your Idea in few Lines of Code with Streamlit

Modules, Best Practices, Tips

6 Cool Things You Can Do With The Functools Module

By on 21 September 2023

In this article let’s look at the functools Standard Library module and 6 cool things you can do with it (be warned, a lot of decorators are coming your way! 😍) … 1. Cache (“memoize”) things You can use the @cache decorator (formerly called @lru_cache) as a “simple lightweight unbounded function cache”. The classic example is… Continue reading 6 Cool Things You Can Do With The Functools Module

Best Practices, Modules

5 tips to learn any new Python library faster

By on 19 April 2023

This was a Pybites email first. To always get the latest and greatest content, subscribe here. Lately I have been learning some new libraries for weekly PDM Code Clinic demo sessions (e.g. PyScript, Flet, PySimpleGUI, Playwright, htmx, Redis, Leaflet, etc.) There is a general approach I take that makes this less painful and more fun.… Continue reading 5 tips to learn any new Python library faster

Modules

Finding new and removed Python 3.11 modules in 8 lines of code

By on 9 November 2022

In our TIL Slack channel AJ shared a cool new find: Today I learned about sys.stdlib_module_names: a frozenset of strings containing the names of standard library modules. … AJ on the Pybites Slack – TIL (today-I-learned) channel So I thought to give it a little test drive, specifically checking for modules that were added and… Continue reading Finding new and removed Python 3.11 modules in 8 lines of code