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A rubber stamp has stamped @dataclass on a card listing the typed fields of a Product class

Python Data Class: A Better Way to Store Data

November 10, 2026

A Python data class is a regular Python class that has the @dataclass decorator. It is specifically created to hold data. Since Python version 3.7, … read more

A boomerang flies back to a get_user() function carrying the tuple ("Ada", 36) from return name, age

Python Return Multiple Values

November 10, 2026

With Python, we can return multiple values at once. Obviously, most functions in Python return a single value, usually the result of the work done … read more

A sys.getsizeof() balance scale: a list weighs 87632 bytes, a range only 48 bytes

Check memory usage of your Python objects

November 10, 2026

With sys.getsizeof() you can check the memory usage of an object. To do so, first import the module sys: Woah… wait… why is this huge … read more

IPython magic commands %timeit, %run and %who float out of a magician's top hat

Using IPython

November 10, 2026

IPython is an enhanced Python REPL, and it’s actually the core for Jupyter notebook. In short, Jupyter is an open-source web application that allows you to … read more

A height sign reads sys.version_info >= (3, 10): 3.12 is tall enough, 3.8 is not.

Check Python Version In Code: Require A Minimum

November 10, 2026

You can check for the Python version in your code, to make sure your users are not running your script with an incompatible version. All … read more