PyMOTW-3 is a series of articles written by Doug Hellmann to demonstrate how to use the modules of the Python 3 standard library. It is based on the original PyMOTW series, which covered Python 2.7. See About Python Module of the Week for details includi... (more…)

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Using IP Webcam in Or any other IP Camera with a .jpg image url. By Peter Lunk. (more…)

A slightly earlier draft of this post was a response to a question on the intfiction.org forums. It's been moved here because it might be interesting outside of that context. Other posts in this... (more…)

PEP 661 "Sentinel Values" recently brought to attention the sentinel object pattern.1... (more…)