Python 2020: The State of the Language
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Python 3.8 is released and Python 3.9 is in beta with concrete changes: walrus operator and positional-only args (3.8), a new PEG parser replacing the LL(1) parser (3.9), dict merge/update operators (PEP 584), string remove_prefix/remove_suffix (PEP 616) and zoneinfo timezone support (PEP 615). Governance moves to a five-member steering council (PEP 8016). Community tooling shows reproducible notebooks via Binder + JupyterHub using repo2docker and Kubernetes; JetBrains surveys 24,000+ developers with 28% using Python for web.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 3:55Education
- 6:08Steering Council
- 6:54Core Development Team and the Python Software Foundation
- 8:45Pythons Steering Council
- 13:39Peg Parser
- 15:11New Operators
- 16:28Remove Prefix and Remove Suffix String Method
- 18:03Time Zones
- 23:51Documentation Editorial Board
- 25:16Reference Guides
- 28:50Jupiter Notebook
- 29:47Jupiter Hub
- 30:24The Binder Service
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