Interactive Quiz ⋅ 7 QuestionsBy Philipp Acsany Share Want to get comfortable writing and using Python docstrings? This quiz helps you revisit best practices, standard conventions, and common tools. You’ll review the basics of docstring syntax, how to read them at runtime, and different formatting styles. For more details, check out the tutorial How to Write Docstrings in Python. The quiz contains 7 questions and there is no time limit. You’ll get 1 point for each correct answer. At the […]

Writing clear, consistent docstrings in Python helps others understand your code’s purpose, parameters, and outputs. In this guide on how to write docstrings in Python, you’ll learn about best practices, standard formats, and common pitfalls to avoid, ensuring your documentation is accessible to users and tools alike. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll understand that: Docstrings are strings used to document your Python code and can be accessed at runtime. Python comments and docstrings have important differences. One-line and […]

Watch Now This tutorial has a related video course created by the Real Python team. Watch it together with the written tutorial to deepen your understanding: Context Managers and Using Python’s with Statement Python’s with statement allows you to manage external resources safely by using objects that support the context manager protocol. These objects automatically handle the setup and cleanup phases of common operations. By using the with statement alongside appropriate context managers, you can focus on your core logic […]

Python’s .__dict__ is a special attribute in classes and instances that acts as a namespace, mapping attribute names to their corresponding values. You can use .__dict__ to inspect, modify, add, or delete attributes dynamically, which makes it a versatile tool for metaprogramming and debugging. In this video course, you’ll learn about using .__dict__ in various contexts, including classes, instances, and functions. You’ll also explore its role in inheritance with practical examples and comparisons to other tools for manipulating attributes. By […]

Last month, Python 3.14 reached its first release candidate, pushing the interpreter past beta and onto the home stretch toward its final release on October 7. But that headline was only the start—new library releases also landed, Django celebrated its 20th birthday, and EuroPython brought the community together in Prague. What follows is a quick-read digest of everything that mattered, from core-language breakthroughs to tooling upgrades and community milestones. Feel free to skip straight to whatever interests you most. Python […]

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 5 QuestionsBy Martin Breuss Share In this quiz, you will review the key steps for installing Python on Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu Linux. You will recall what the PATH environment variable is for, and what Python distribution to choose. Note: The explanations in the questions will link back to the Windows installation lesson, but all question are kept general, so you’ll be able to answer them independent of which operating system you use. You’ll also revisit how […]