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• 10 hot language projects riding WebAssembly

  From blazing-fast web apps to Python data science in the browser, these programming language projects offer 10 different twists on the promise of WebAssembly.

• 11 tips for speeding up Python programs

  Python programmers have many options for improving the performance of their apps. Here’s where to start.

• Python’s creators unveil speed-up plans

  Incremental improvements are on the way that promise to speed up Python by a factor of 2x to 5x, and remain compatible with existing code.

• Pyston project open sources faster Python

  Pyston 2.2 yields a roughly 30 per cent speed improvement over standard CPython, and the software is now available under an open source licence.

• Instagram open sources high-performance Python fork

  By making the Cinder project publicly available, Instagram wants to open conversation about upstreaming its performance optimisations.

• Mozilla spins out Pyodide Python-in-the-browser project

  Projects running Python and its scientific stack in web browsers via WebAssembly will be maintained by volunteer contributors.

• Python is devouring data science

  Someone once said that Python’s data science training wheels would increasingly lead to the R language. Boy, was he wrong.

• 8 great Python libraries for natural language processing

  With so many NLP resources in Python, how to choose? Discover the best Python libraries for analysing text and how to use them.

• 6 projects that push Python performance

  Python has never been as speedy as C or Java, but several projects are in the works to get the lead out of the language.

• Python developers want static typing

  The most-wanted features by Python developers are static typing and strict type hinting, closely followed by performance improvements.

• Google Cloud donates $350K to fund Python projects

  Donation supports CPython maintenance, foundational Python tools and malware detection for the PyPI package repo.

• Got the Python basics down? Read this book next

  A great new book from the author of ‘Automate the Boring Stuff with Python’ helps you move past beginning concepts and embrace pro-level Python skills.

• 8 reasons Python will rule the enterprise (and 8 reasons it won’t)

  The rise of Python will lead many enterprise managers to wonder whether it’s time to jump on the hype train. Let’s weigh the pros and cons.

• How to unleash the power of Python sets

  Sets in Python organize collections of unique objects. Learn how to take advantage of this powerful feature in your own code.

• Python edges C++ as best programming language

  Tiobe index of programming language popularity identified Python and C++ as the languages with the greatest increases in popularity in 2020.