Questions tagged [python]
Python is a dynamically typed, high-level interpreted programming language. Its design focuses on clear syntax, an intuitive approach to object-oriented programming, and making the right way to do things obvious. Python supports modules and exceptions, and has an extensive standard module library. Python is general-purpose and thus used widely, from the web to embedded systems.
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How to reduce the number of class instances passed to the __init__() method of a Python class?
I have a Python class called FunctionsManager; its __init__() method is the following:
class FunctionsManager:
def __init__(self, instance_class1, instance_class2, ..., instance_classN):
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Serving several external APIs in Django + Angular application
I'm working on a web-based app that uses Django and Angular. This app uses several external APIs to fetch environmental data from different monitoring networks. We then use these data to perform ...
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Is it a violation of the three-tier architecture if I inject one service into another inside the logic layer?
I am a beginner programmer with little experience in building complex applications. Currently I'm making a messenger using Python's FastAPI for the back-end. The main thing that I am trying to achieve ...
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Is OOP really beneficial for enterprise-scale business software compared to procedural languages like ABAP or COBOL?
I'm currently drafting a Python coding standard for internal enterprise use, primarily targeting business applications that involve heavy data access, reporting, and transactional logic.
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Global State, How To Do IT?
im kind of a newbie so take me easy
i face a problem every time i make a project
specially Client projects, which is Global State i always struggle to do it
for example, here is the structure of one ...
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How to structuring a read/write submodule in OOP Python
I am developing a python package that needs to be able to read/write from/to multiple formats. E.g. foo format and bar format. I am trying to contain the functions relating to each format in a single ...
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Python: mapping the content of a structured text file to dictionary tree
I'm looking for a method to map the content of a structured text file to a nested dictionary (dictionary tree). The text file consists of (nested) sections with each section starting with the pattern ...
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Control flow and communication with two separate frontends (maybe with exceptions)?
I am trying to write a backend for use with a completely text based UI for one shot operations (eg. python scriptname arg, executes that argument and exits) and a GUI using the curses library for some ...
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How to manage working directory in interactive development environments like Jupyter Notebook?
I'm having trouble with managing the working directory in Jupyter Notebook. For example, I have a .py script that requires me to change the working directory to its directory to run it properly. I've ...
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How to implement a server application that can reload configuration without restart
I have a game server implemented in Python to which clients can connect and play against each other.
I'd like to be able to reload configuration from a config file without restarting the server (as ...
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In a python project, when should you use __init__.py, __main__.py, and just normal .py?
Say I am making a pdf editor app with the following structure:
├── main.py
├── 📂 drawing_functions/
├── 📂 util/
├── 📂 GUI/
└── 📂 document_handling/
Each of these folders have a collection of ...
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How to test for performance regression?
I am working on a refactor on a certain package (I can give details if asked). The package involves a clever lazy evaluation of a sort of nested sequence of arithmetic operations. If the numerical ...
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Best practice when declaring imports with different execution contexts in python?
Say I have a Python project that looks like this:
project/
├── package/
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── module1.py
└── main.py
I would like package/ to be self-contained, though it is called from main.py....
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Why did Python designers decide not to declare vars? [closed]
In Python when you want a local variable, you just assign to it x = 10.
In most modern languages you declare local vars (regardless of type):
JavaScript: let/const/var
Swift: let/var
Kotlin: val/var
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Should an API client class be reusable?
For an API client I am working on, I was wondering, whether the main class should be reusable. This question basically boils down to: should the HTTP client be instantiated in __init__ or __enter__/...
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