Code Explainers

Python code explainers

python
import csv
from collections import defaultdict
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from decimal import Decimal, InvalidOperation

Aggregating CSV sales by category in Python

dataclasses csv-parsing defaultdict
Intermediate 8 steps
python
from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request, abort
 
from .models import Article, db
from .schemas import article_schema, articles_schema

Building a REST articles API with Flask Blueprints

rest-api blueprints serialization
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from django.core.cache import cache
from rest_framework.throttling import SimpleRateThrottle
 
 

A login rate throttle in Django REST Framework

rate-limiting caching throttling
Intermediate 8 steps
python
import stripe
from fastapi import APIRouter, Request, Header, HTTPException
 
from app.config import settings

Handling Stripe webhooks in FastAPI

webhooks signature-verification event-routing
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from operator import itemgetter
 
 
def sort_employees(employees):

Multi-key sorting patterns in Python

sorting tuple-keys itemgetter
Intermediate 5 steps
python
from itertools import islice
from typing import Iterable, Iterator, TypeVar
 
T = TypeVar("T")

Batching an iterable for bulk indexing

generators batching lazy-evaluation
Intermediate 7 steps
python
import time
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 
from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, status

Token-bucket rate limiting in FastAPI

rate-limiting token-bucket dependency-injection
Advanced 10 steps
python
import argparse
import sys
from pathlib import Path
 

Building a subcommand CLI with argparse

cli argparse subcommands
Intermediate 6 steps
python
from collections.abc import Mapping
from typing import Any, Iterator
 
 

Flattening nested config into dotted keys

recursion generators tree-traversal
Intermediate 7 steps
python
import csv
import io
from datetime import datetime
 

Streaming a CSV export in Flask

streaming generators csv
Intermediate 9 steps
python
import time
from collections import defaultdict
from threading import Lock
 

Sliding-window login rate limiting in Flask

rate-limiting sliding-window thread-safety
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
from django.db.models.signals import post_save

Sending a welcome email with Django signals

signals email user-activation
Intermediate 8 steps
python
import csv
import io
from datetime import date
 

Streaming a CSV export in FastAPI

streaming async-generators csv
Advanced 8 steps
python
import json
import logging
 
import stripe

Handling Stripe webhooks in Django

webhooks signature-verification idempotency
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from collections import deque
 
 
class RollingAverage:

A rolling average over a fixed window

sliding-window running-sum deque
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from collections import OrderedDict
from typing import Callable, Hashable, Iterable, Iterator, TypeVar
 
T = TypeVar("T")

Two ways to dedupe while keeping order

deduplication generators ordered-data
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from django.db.models import Sum, Count, F, DecimalField
from django.db.models.functions import TruncMonth, Coalesce
 
from .models import Order

Build a monthly revenue report in Django

aggregation orm group-by
Advanced 7 steps
python
from pathlib import Path
 
 
def print_tree(root, prefix="", show_hidden=False):

Printing a directory tree with recursion

recursion filesystem sorting
Intermediate 6 steps