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Python code explainers
python
from flask import Blueprint, render_template, redirect, url_for, session, request from wtforms import Form, StringField, SelectField, IntegerField from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Email, NumberRange
A multi-step signup wizard in Flask
blueprints
session-state
form-validation
Intermediate
10 steps
python
from itertools import cycle from collections import defaultdict
Round-robin task distribution in Python
round-robin
iterators
load-balancing
Intermediate
6 steps
python
import base64 import json from typing import Annotated, Optional
Cursor pagination in a FastAPI endpoint
pagination
cursor
async
Intermediate
9 steps
python
import secrets from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Security, status from fastapi.security import APIKeyHeader
API key authentication as a FastAPI dependency
authentication
dependency-injection
api-keys
Intermediate
8 steps
python
import hashlib from collections import defaultdict from pathlib import Path
Finding duplicate files by size then hash
hashing
file-io
deduplication
Intermediate
7 steps
python
from flask import Flask, request, g, jsonify from flask_babel import Babel, gettext as _, format_datetime from datetime import datetime
Per-request localization in Flask with Babel
i18n
content-negotiation
request-lifecycle
Intermediate
8 steps
python
from django.core.cache import cache from django.core.cache.utils import make_template_fragment_key from django.db.models.signals import post_save, post_delete from django.dispatch import receiver
Busting template fragment caches in Django
caching
signals
cache-invalidation
Intermediate
4 steps
python
from datetime import datetime, timezone _INTERVALS = ( ("year", 60 * 60 * 24 * 365),
Building a human-friendly time_ago helper
datetime
timezones
formatting
Intermediate
5 steps
python
import time import threading from flask import Flask, request, jsonify, g
A token-bucket rate limiter in Flask
rate-limiting
token-bucket
middleware
Intermediate
7 steps
python
from functools import wraps from flask import Blueprint, abort, jsonify from flask_login import current_user, login_required
Building an admin-only decorator in Flask
decorators
authorization
access-control
Intermediate
7 steps
python
from django.urls import path, include app_name = "api"
How URL-namespaced API versioning works in Django
api versioning
url routing
namespaces
Intermediate
8 steps
python
import asyncio from dataclasses import dataclass import aiohttp
Bounded-concurrency HTTP fetching with asyncio
async
concurrency
semaphore
Intermediate
8 steps
python
from pathlib import Path from typing import Iterator
Filtering files with pathlib.glob
generators
filesystem
filtering
Intermediate
6 steps
python
import heapq from collections import Counter from typing import Iterable, Hashable
Finding the top-N items in a stream
heaps
counting
generators
Intermediate
5 steps
python
from flask import Blueprint, jsonify from sqlalchemy import text from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
Building a health check endpoint in Flask
health-check
blueprint
error-handling
Intermediate
6 steps
python
import pandas as pd import numpy as np
Cleaning a customer DataFrame with pandas
data-cleaning
regex
normalization
Intermediate
9 steps
python
from datetime import date, timedelta from typing import Annotated from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Query
Validating date ranges with FastAPI dependencies
dependency-injection
validation
pydantic
Intermediate
6 steps
python
from collections.abc import MutableMapping class CaseInsensitiveDict(MutableMapping):
Building a case-insensitive dict in Python
data structures
abstract base classes
dunder methods
Intermediate
8 steps