I want to try using Python. But if I start by studying variables and functions, it’s hard to imagine what they are used ...

Python has evolved significantly over the past decade. While Python once had a strong reputation as an "easy-to-write scripting language," it has now advanced in various areas, including type checking ...

How to get started using Python's asyncio. Earlier this year, I attended PyCon, the international Python conference. One topic, presented at numerous talks and discussed informally in the hallway, was ...

Learning something new can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to programming. Maybe you’ve always wanted to dip your toes into coding but felt intimidated by the jargon or unsure where to ...

Learn how Mypy's type checking works with functions and generators. In my last two articles I've described some of the ways Mypy, a type checker for Python, can help identify potential problems with ...

There are a number of different language-enhancement ideas that crop up with some regularity in the Python community; many of them have been debated and shot down multiple times over the years. When ...

The newly approved Python Enhancement Proposal 751 gives Python a standard lock file format for specifying the dependencies of projects. Here’s the what, why, and when. Python Enhancement Proposal ...

Official support for free-threaded Python, and free-threaded improvements Python’s free-threaded build promises true parallelism for threads in Python programs by removing the Global Interpreter Lock ...