Sometimes pure Python code isn’t enough, and you need to implement an extension in a compiled language like C, C++, or Rust. Maybe your code is slow, and you need to speed it up. Maybe you just need access to a library written in another language. Depending on your particular situation and needs, you may want to choose a different tool. But which one? Let’s see what your options are, and then go through a variety of scenarios and see […]

Visual Studio Code, or VS Code for short, is a free and open source code editor by Microsoft. You can use VS Code as a lightweight code editor to make quick changes, or you can configure it as an integrated development environment (IDE) through the use of third-party extensions. In this tutorial, you’re going to look at how to get the most out of VS Code for Python development. During this tutorial, you’ll learn how you can configure, extend, and […]

Building an application to manage your to-do list can be an interesting project when you’re learning a new programming language or trying to take your skills to the next level. In this tutorial, you’ll build a functional to-do application for the command line using Python and Typer, which is a relatively young library for creating powerful command-line interface (CLI) applications in almost no time. With a project like this, you’ll apply a wide set of core programming skills while building […]

In this project-based tutorial, you’ll build a content aggregator from scratch using Python and the popular framework Django. With so much content coming out online daily, it can be time consuming to go to multiple sites and sources to consume information about your favorite subjects. This is why content aggregators are so popular and powerful, as you can use them to view all the latest news and content in one place. Whether you’re looking for a portfolio project or ways […]

A Python Zip application is a quick and cool option for you to bundle and distribute an executable application in a single ready-to-run file, which will make your end users’ experience more pleasant. If you want to learn about Python applications and how to create them using zipapp from the standard library, then this tutorial is for you. You’ll be able to create Python Zip applications as a quick and accessible way to distribute your software products to your end […]

You set up your project and wrote a view to use for testing. Then, you used built-in tags and filters as well as loaded tags from a library. In the previous section, you learned how to register tags and filters. In this section, you’re all set to write your first Django custom filter! Filters as Functions As mentioned previously, filters are Python functions. The most basic filters take a single argument: the value to filter. The result of a filter […]