If you want speed, use C, not Python. But for Pythonistas, writing C code brings a host of distractions ... to determine how to speed things up. For short scripts that merely run and exit ...

While it might be tempting to focus on optimizing the programming language itself, the best strategy is often to implement the right algorithm. Let’s take a look at three lesser-known Python libraries ...

In order to use code examples, it is recommended to use virtual environments as explained in Chapter 1, Current Status of Python, of the book. In short, create new environment somwhere on you disk.

But over time, there’s been a greater push to make Python perform better, and those efforts are now paying off. For instance, the bytecode generated by CPython from a program’s source code can ...

Microsoft's dev team responsible for the Python in Visual Studio Code experience announced that its extension now supports pre-release versions for the latest cutting-edge bits. Those bits used to be ...