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Not sure what version of Python you’re running? Time to find out!

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How To Create Boxplots, Scatterplots, and Histograms in Python Using Matplotlib

Python is a very popular programming language for data visualization.

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Python Dictionary Comprehension (With Examples)

In Python, comprehensions are a useful construct that allows us to create new sequences in a very concise way.

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Slack has become one of the most important tools for communication in many companies, mine included.

If you’re familiar with Python’s keyword-only arguments, then you’ve probably wondered why the same constraint doesn’t exist for positional arguments. This changes with Python 3.

Specify a parallel filesystem cache for compiled bytecode

AKA the Walrus Operator

Learn how to use formatted string literals in Python

While this requirement may seem rare, learning how to nest defaultdicts properly in Python can be extremely powerful and save you from bloated and confusing initialization code.

In Python, we often run into scenarios where we need to merge two or more lists. This is also called list concatenation, and Python provides multiple methods for accomplishing this.

Python is howchoo’s favorite programming language. We believe python promotes the most organized and performant codebase possible. We also love Django so, naturally, we love Python.

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