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December 18, 2025

Sumana Harihareswara - Cogito, Ergo Sumana

Python Software Foundation, National Science Foundation, And Integrity

Python Software Foundation, National Science Foundation, And Integrity

December 18, 2025 07:43 PM UTC

Django Weblog

Introducing the 2026 DSF Board

Thank You to Our Outgoing Directors

We extend our gratitude to Thibaud Colas and Sarah Abderemane, who are completing their terms on the board. Their contributions shaped the foundation in meaningful ways, and the following highlights only scratch the surface of their work.

Thibaud served as President in 2025 and Secretary in 2024. He was instrumental in governance improvements, the Django CNA initiative, election administration, and creating our first annual report. He also led our birthday campaign and helped with the creation of several new working groups this year. His thoughtful leadership helped the board navigate complex decisions.

Sarah served as Vice President in 2025 and contributed significantly to our outreach efforts, working group coordination, and membership management. She also served as a point of contact for the Django CNA initiative alongside Thibaud.

Both Thibaud and Sarah did too many things to list here. They were amazing ambassadors for the DSF, representing the board at many conferences and events. They will be deeply missed, and we are happy to have their continued membership and guidance in our many working groups.

On behalf of the board, thank you both for your commitment to Django and the DSF. The community is better for your service.

Thank You to Our 2025 Officers

Thank you to Tom Carrick and Jacob Kaplan-Moss for their service as officers in 2025.

Tom served as Secretary, keeping our meetings organized and our records in order. Jacob served as Treasurer, providing careful stewardship of the foundation's finances. Their dedication helped guide the DSF through another successful year.

Welcome to Our Newly Elected Directors

We welcome Priya Pahwa and Ryan Cheley to the board, and congratulate Jacob Kaplan-Moss on his re-election.

2026 DSF Board Officers

The board unanimously elected our officers for 2026:

• President: Jeff Triplett
• Vice President: Abigail Gbadago
• Treasurer: Ryan Cheley
• Secretary: Priya Pahwa
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss
• Paolo Melchiorre
• Tom Carrick

I'm honored to serve as President for 2026. The DSF has important work ahead, and I'm looking forward to building on the foundation that previous boards have established.

Our monthly board meeting minutes may be found at dsf-minutes, and December's minutes are available.

If you have a great idea for the upcoming year or feel something needs our attention, please reach out to us via our Contact the DSF page. We're always open to hearing from you.

December 18, 2025 06:50 PM UTC

Ned Batchelder

A testing conundrum

In coverage.py, I have a class for computing the fingerprint of a data structure. It’s used to avoid doing duplicate work when re-processing the same data won’t add to the outcome. It’s designed to work for nested data, and to canonicalize things like set ordering. The slightly simplified code looks like this:

class Hasher:

    """Hashes Python data for fingerprinting."""



    def __init__(self) -> None:

        self.hash = hashlib.new("sha3_256")



    def update(self, v: Any) -> None:

        """Add `v` to the hash, recursively if needed."""

        self.hash.update(str(type(v)).encode("utf-8"))

        match v:

            case None:

                pass

            case str():

                self.hash.update(v.encode("utf-8"))

            case bytes():

                self.hash.update(v)

            case int() | float():

                self.hash.update(str(v).encode("utf-8"))

            case tuple() | list():

                for e in v:

                    self.update(e)

            case dict():

                for k, kv in sorted(v.items()):

                    self.update(k)

                    self.update(kv)

            case set():

                self.update(sorted(v))

            case _:

                raise ValueError(f"Can't hash {v = }")

        self.hash.update(b".")



    def digest(self) -> bytes:

        """Get the full binary digest of the hash."""

        return self.hash.digest()

To test this, I had some basic tests like:

def test_string_hashing():

    # Same strings hash the same.

    # Different strings hash differently.

    h1 = Hasher()

    h1.update("Hello, world!")

    h2 = Hasher()

    h2.update("Goodbye!")

    h3 = Hasher()

    h3.update("Hello, world!")

    assert h1.digest() != h2.digest()

    assert h1.digest() == h3.digest()



def test_dict_hashing():

    # The order of keys doesn't affect the hash.

    h1 = Hasher()

    h1.update({"a": 17, "b": 23})

    h2 = Hasher()

    h2.update({"b": 23, "a": 17})

    assert h1.digest() == h2.digest()

The last line in the update() method adds a dot to the running hash. That was to solve a problem covered by this test:

def test_dict_collision():

    # Nesting matters.

    h1 = Hasher()

    h1.update({"a": 17, "b": {"c": 1, "d": 2}})

    h2 = Hasher()

    h2.update({"a": 17, "b": {"c": 1}, "d": 2})

    assert h1.digest() != h2.digest()

The most recent change to Hasher was to add the set() clause. There (and in dict()), we are sorting the elements to canonicalize them. The idea is that equal values should hash equally and unequal values should not. Sets and dicts are equal regardless of their iteration order, so we sort them to get the same hash.

I added a test of the set behavior:

def test_set_hashing():

    h1 = Hasher()

    h1.update({(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6)})

    h2 = Hasher()

    h2.update({(5, 6), (1, 2), (3, 4)})

    assert h1.digest() == h2.digest()

    h3 = Hasher()

    h3.update({(1, 2)})

    assert h1.digest() != h3.digest()

But I wondered if there was a better way to test this class. My small one-off tests weren’t addressing the full range of possibilities. I could read the code and feel confident, but wouldn’t a more comprehensive test be better? This is a pure function: inputs map to outputs with no side-effects or other interactions. It should be very testable.

This seemed like a good candidate for property-based testing. The Hypothesis library would let me generate data, and I could check that the desired properties of the hash held true.

It took me a while to get the Hypothesis strategies wired up correctly. I ended up with this, but there might be a simpler way:

from hypothesis import strategies as st



scalar_types = [

    st.none(),

    st.booleans(),

    st.integers(),

    st.floats(allow_infinity=False, allow_nan=False),

    st.text(),

    st.binary(),

]



scalars = st.one_of(*scalar_types)



def tuples_of(strat):

    return st.lists(strat, max_size=3).map(tuple)



hashable_types = scalar_types + [tuples_of(s) for s in scalar_types]



# Homogeneous sets: all elements same type.

homogeneous_sets = (

    st.sampled_from(hashable_types)

    .flatmap(lambda s: st.sets(s, max_size=5))

)



# Full nested Python data.

python_data = st.recursive(

    scalars,

    lambda children: (

        st.lists(children, max_size=5)

        | tuples_of(children)

        | homogeneous_sets

        | st.dictionaries(st.text(), children, max_size=5)

    ),

    max_leaves=10,

)

This doesn’t make completely arbitrary nested Python data: sets are forced to have elements all of the same type or I wouldn’t be able to sort them. Dictionaries only have strings for keys. But this works to generate data similar to the real data we hash. I wrote this simple test:

from hypothesis import given



@given(python_data)

def test_one(data):

    # Hashing the same thing twice.

    h1 = Hasher()

    h1.update(data)

    h2 = Hasher()

    h2.update(data)

    assert h1.digest() == h2.digest()

This didn’t find any failures, but this is the easy test: hashing the same thing twice produces equal hashes. The trickier test is to get two different data structures, and check that their equality matches their hash equality:

@given(python_data, python_data)

def test_two(data1, data2):

    h1 = Hasher()

    h1.update(data1)

    h2 = Hasher()

    h2.update(data2)



    if data1 == data2:

        assert h1.digest() == h2.digest()

    else:

        assert h1.digest() != h2.digest()

This immediately found problems, but not in my code:

> assert h1.digest() == h2.digest()
E AssertionError: assert b'\x80\x15\xc9\x05...' == b'\x9ap\xebD...'
E
E   At index 0 diff: b'\x80' != b'\x9a'
E
E   Full diff:
E   - (b'\x9ap\xebD...)'
E   + (b'\x80\x15\xc9\x05...)'
E Falsifying example: test_two(
E     data1=(False, False, False),
E     data2=(False, False, 0),
E )

Hypothesis found that (False, False, False) is equal to (False, False, 0), but they hash differently. This is correct. The Hasher class takes the types of the values into account in the hash. False and 0 are equal, but they are different types, so they hash differently. The same problem shows up for 0 == 0.0 and 0.0 == -0.0. The theory of my test was incorrect: some values that are equal should hash differently.

In my real code, this isn’t an issue. I won’t ever be comparing values like this to each other. If I had a schema for the data I would be comparing, I could use it to steer Hypothesis to generate realistic data. But I don’t have that schema, and I’m not sure I want to maintain that schema. This Hasher is useful as it is, and I’ve been able to reuse it in new ways without having to update a schema.

I could write a smarter equality check for use in the tests, but that would roughly approximate the code in Hasher itself. Duplicating product code in the tests is a good way to write tests that pass but don’t tell you anything useful.

I could exclude bools and floats from the test data, but those are actual values I need to handle correctly.

Hypothesis was useful in that it didn’t find any failures others than the ones I described. I can’t leave those tests in the automated test suite because I don’t want to manually examine the failures, but at least this gave me more confidence that the code is good as it is now.

Testing is a challenge unto itself. This brought it home to me again. It’s not easy to know precisely what you want code to do, and it’s not easy to capture that intent in tests. For now, I’m leaving just the simple tests. If anyone has ideas about how to test Hasher more thoroughly, I’m all ears.

December 18, 2025 10:30 AM UTC

Eli Bendersky

Plugins case study: mdBook preprocessors

mdBook is a tool for easily creating books out of Markdown files. It's very popular in the Rust ecosystem, where it's used (among other things) to publish the official Rust book.

mdBook has a simple yet effective plugin mechanism that can be used to modify the book output in arbitrary ways, using any programming language or tool. This post describes the mechanism and how it aligns with the fundamental concepts of plugin infrastructures.

mdBook preprocessors

mdBook's architecture is pretty simple: your contents go into a directory tree of Markdown files. mdBook then renders these into a book, with one file per chapter. The book's output is HTML by default, but mdBook supports other outputs like PDF.

The preprocessor mechanism lets us register an arbitrary program that runs on the book's source after it's loaded from Markdown files; this program can modify the book's contents in any way it wishes before it all gets sent to the renderer for generating output.

The official documentation explains this process very well.

[preprocessor.narcissistpy]
command = "python3 ../preprocessor-python-narcissist/narcissist.py"

December 18, 2025 10:10 AM UTC

Peter Bengtsson

Autocomplete using PostgreSQL instead of Elasticsearch

Here on my blog I have a site search. Before you search, there's autocomplete. The autocomplete is solved by using downshift in React and on the backend, there's an API /api/v1/typeahead?q=bla. Up until today, that backend was powered by Elasticsearch. Now it's powered by PostgreSQL. Here's how I implemented it.

Indexing

A cron job loops over all titles in all blog posts and finds portions of the words in the titles as singles, doubles, and triples. For each one, the popularity of the blog post is accumulated to the extracted keywords and combos.

These are then inserted into a Django ORM model that looks like this:

class SearchTerm(models.Model):
    term = models.CharField(max_length=100, db_index=True)
    popularity = models.FloatField(default=0.0)
    add_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
    index_version = models.IntegerField(default=0)

    class Meta:
        unique_together = ("term", "index_version")
        indexes = [
            GinIndex(
                name="plog_searchterm_term_gin_idx",
                fields=["term"],
                opclasses=["gin_trgm_ops"],
            ),
        ]

The index_version is used like this, in the indexing code:

current_index_version = (
    SearchTerm.objects.aggregate(Max("index_version"))["index_version__max"]
    or 0
)
index_version = current_index_version + 1

...

SearchTerm.objects.bulk_create(bulk)

SearchTerm.objects.filter(index_version__lt=index_version).delete()

That means that I don't have to delete previous entries until new ones have been created. So if something goes wrong during the indexing, it doesn't break the API.
Essentially, there are about 13k entries in that model. For a very brief moment there are 2x13k entries and then back to 13k entries when the whole task is done.

Search

The search is done with the LIKE operator.

peterbecom=# select term from plog_searchterm where term like 'za%';
            term
-----------------------------
 zahid
 zappa
 zappa biography
 zappa biography barry
 zappa biography barry miles
 zappa blog
(6 rows)

In Python, it's as simple as:

base_qs = SearchTerm.objects.all()
qs = base_qa.filter(term__startswith=term.lower())

But suppose someone searches for bio we want it to match things like frank zappa biography so what it actually does is:

from django.db.models import Q 

qs = base_qs.filter(
    Q(term__startswith=term.lower()) | Q(term__contains=f" {term.lower()}")
)

Typo tolerance

This is done with the % operator.

peterbecom=# select term from plog_searchterm where term % 'frenk';
  term
--------
 free
 frank
 freeze
 french
(4 rows)

In the Django ORM it looks like this:

base_qs = SearchTerm.objects.all()
qs = base_qs.filter(term__trigram_similar=term.lower())

And if that doesn't work, it gets even more desperate. It does this using the similarity() function. Looks like this in SQL:

peterbecom=# select term from plog_searchterm where similarity(term, 'zuppa') > 0.14;
       term
-------------------
 frank zappa
 zappa
 zappa biography
 radio frank zappa
 frank zappa blog
 zappa blog
 zurich
(7 rows)

Note on typo tolerance

Most of the time, the most basic query works and yields results. I.e. the .filter(term__startswith=term.lower()) query.
It's only if it yields fewer results than the pagination size. That's why the fault tolerance query is only-if-needed. This means, it might send 2 SQL select queries from Python to PostgreSQL. In Elasticsearch, you usually don't do this. You send multiple queries and boost the differently.

It can be done with PostgreSQL too using an UNION operator so that you send one but more complex query.

Speed

It's hard to measure the true performance of these things because they're so fast that it's more about the network speed.

On my fast MacBook Pro M4, I ran about 50 realistic queries and measured the time it took each with this new PostgreSQL-based solution versus the previous Elasticsearch solution. They both take about 4ms per query. I suspect, that 90% of that 4ms is serialization & transmission, and not much time inside the database itself.

The number of rows it searches is only, at the time of writing, 13,000+ so it's hard to get a feel for how much faster Elasticsearch would be than PostgreSQL. But with a GIN index in PostgreSQL, it would have to scale much much larger to feel too slow.

About Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is better than PostgreSQL at full-text search, including n-grams. Elasticsearch is highly optimized for these kinds of things and has powerful ways that you can make a query be a product of how well it matched with each entry's popularity. With PostgreSQL that gets difficult.

But PostgreSQL is simple. It's solid and it doesn't take up nearly as much memory as Elasticsearch.

December 18, 2025 09:46 AM UTC

Talk Python to Me

#531: Talk Python in Production

Have you ever thought about getting your small product into production, but are worried about the cost of the big cloud providers? Or maybe you think your current cloud service is over-architected and costing you too much? Well, in this episode, we interview Michael Kennedy, author of "Talk Python in Production," a new book that guides you through deploying web apps at scale with right-sized engineering.<br/> <br/> <strong>Episode sponsors</strong><br/> <br/> <a href='https://talkpython.fm/seer-code-review'>Seer: AI Debugging, Code TALKPYTHON</a><br> <a href='https://talkpython.fm/agntcy'>Agntcy</a><br> <a href='https://talkpython.fm/training'>Talk Python Courses</a><br/> <br/> <h2 class="links-heading mb-4">Links from the show</h2> <div><strong>Christopher Trudeau - guest host</strong>: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherltrudeau/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >www.linkedin.com</a><br/> <strong>Michael's personal site</strong>: <a href="https://mkennedy.codes?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >mkennedy.codes</a><br/> <br/> <strong>Talk Python in Production Book</strong>: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/books/python-in-production" target="_blank" >talkpython.fm</a><br/> <strong>glances</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/nicolargo/glances?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >github.com</a><br/> <strong>btop</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/aristocratos/btop?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >github.com</a><br/> <strong>Uptimekuma</strong>: <a href="https://uptimekuma.org?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >uptimekuma.org</a><br/> <strong>Coolify</strong>: <a href="https://coolify.io?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >coolify.io</a><br/> <strong>Talk Python Blog</strong>: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/blog/" target="_blank" >talkpython.fm</a><br/> <strong>Hetzner (€20 credit with link)</strong>: <a href="https://hetzner.cloud/?ref=UQMdSwUenwRE&featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >hetzner.cloud</a><br/> <strong>OpalStack</strong>: <a href="https://www.opalstack.com/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >www.opalstack.com</a><br/> <strong>Bunny.net CDN</strong>: <a href="https://bunny.net/cdn/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >bunny.net</a><br/> <strong>Galleries from the book</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/mikeckennedy/talk-python-in-production-devops-book/tree/main/galleries?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >github.com</a><br/> <strong>Pandoc</strong>: <a href="https://pandoc.org?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >pandoc.org</a><br/> <strong>Docker</strong>: <a href="https://www.docker.com?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >www.docker.com</a><br/> <br/> <strong>Watch this episode on YouTube</strong>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTbvmC01YvI" target="_blank" >youtube.com</a><br/> <strong>Episode #531 deep-dive</strong>: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/531/talk-python-in-production#takeaways-anchor" target="_blank" >talkpython.fm/531</a><br/> <strong>Episode transcripts</strong>: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/531/talk-python-in-production" target="_blank" >talkpython.fm</a><br/> <br/> <strong>Theme Song: Developer Rap</strong><br/> <strong>🥁 Served in a Flask 🎸</strong>: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/flasksong" target="_blank" >talkpython.fm/flasksong</a><br/> <br/> <strong>---== Don't be a stranger ==---</strong><br/> <strong>YouTube</strong>: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/youtube" target="_blank" ><i class="fa-brands fa-youtube"></i> youtube.com/@talkpython</a><br/> <br/> <strong>Bluesky</strong>: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/talkpython.fm" target="_blank" >@talkpython.fm</a><br/> <strong>Mastodon</strong>: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/web/@talkpython" target="_blank" ><i class="fa-brands fa-mastodon"></i> @talkpython@fosstodon.org</a><br/> <strong>X.com</strong>: <a href="https://x.com/talkpython" target="_blank" ><i class="fa-brands fa-twitter"></i> @talkpython</a><br/> <br/> <strong>Michael on Bluesky</strong>: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mkennedy.codes?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >@mkennedy.codes</a><br/> <strong>Michael on Mastodon</strong>: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/web/@mkennedy" target="_blank" ><i class="fa-brands fa-mastodon"></i> @mkennedy@fosstodon.org</a><br/> <strong>Michael on X.com</strong>: <a href="https://x.com/mkennedy?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" ><i class="fa-brands fa-twitter"></i> @mkennedy</a><br/></div>

December 18, 2025 08:00 AM UTC

Seth Michael Larson

Delta emulator adds support for SEGA Genesis games

The Delta emulator which I've used for mobile retro-gaming in the past has added beta support for SEGA Genesis and Master System games! Riley and Shane made the announcement through the Delta emulator Patreon and also on Mastodon.

You can install the emulator on iOS through the “TestFlight” application to get access right away. I've done so and tested many of my favorite games including the Sonic the Hedgehog and the Streets of Rage trilogies and found that the emulator handled these games flawlessly.

Delta emulator loaded with SEGA Genesis ROMs

The addition of SEGA Genesis support in Delta is quite exciting for me as the Genesis was my first console. I've amassed quite the collection of SEGA Genesis ROMs from the Sonic Mega Collection on the GameCube and the SEGA Classics collection previously available on Steam. Now I can play any of these games on the go, but I'll probably need to buy a simple Bluetooth controller with a D-Pad for the hand ergonomics.

Unrelatedly: did you know that the AltStore is connected to the Fediverse now? Pretty cool stuff.

Have you tried the Delta emulator or grow up playing SEGA Genesis games like me? Let me know your favorite game from this era!

Playing the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles using “LOCK-ON Technology”

Thanks for keeping RSS alive! ♥

December 18, 2025 12:00 AM UTC

December 17, 2025

Sebastian Pölsterl

scikit-survival 0.26.0 released

I am pleased to announce that scikit-survival 0.26.0 has been released.

This is a maintainance release that adds support for Python 3.14 and includes updates to make scikit-survival compatible with new versions of pandas and osqp. It adds support for the pandas string dtype, and copy-on-write, which is going to become the default with pandas 3. In addition, sksurv.preprocessing.OneHotEncoder now supports converting columns with the object dtype.

With this release, the minimum supported version are:

Install

scikit-survival is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows and can be installed either

via pip:

pip install scikit-survival

or via conda

 conda install -c conda-forge scikit-survival

December 17, 2025 08:26 PM UTC

PyCharm

The Islands theme is now the default look across JetBrains IDEs starting with version 2025.3.
This update is more than a visual refresh. It’s our commitment to creating a soft, balanced environment designed to support focus and comfort throughout your workflow.

We began introducing the new theme earlier this year, gathering feedback, conducting research, and testing it hands-on with developers who use our IDEs every day.

The result is a modern, refined design shaped by real workflows and real feedback. It’s still the IDE you know, just softer, lighter, and more cohesive. 

Let’s take a closer look. Literally.

Softer, clearer, and easier on the eyes

The Islands theme introduces a clean, uncluttered layout with rounded corners and balanced spacing, making the UI feel softer and easier on the eyes. We’ve also made tool window borders more distinct, making it easier to resize elements and adjust the workspace to your liking.

“It’s a modern feel. The radius on the borders and more distinctive layers bring a fresh feeling to the UI.”

Instant tab recognition

When working with multiple files, finding your active tab should never slow you down. The Islands theme improves tab recognition, making the active one clearly visible and easier to spot at a glance. 

“The active tab is very obvious, which is really nice”

Organized spaces for focus support

The new design introduces a clear separation between working areas, giving each part of the IDE – the editor, tool windows, and panels – its own visual space. This layout feels more organized and easier to navigate, helping you move around the IDE without losing focus or pace.

If you want even clearer visual emphasis on the editor, you can enable the Different tool window background option in Settings | Appearance under the Islands theme settings.

This is what we wanted to share about the new Islands theme, now the default look across all JetBrains IDEs. This thoughtful visual update shaped by feedback from daily users and aligned with the latest design directions in macOS and Windows 11 offers a softer, clearer, and more comfortable environment. And we believe this helps you stay productive and focused on what matters most – your code.

December 17, 2025 07:41 PM UTC

Real Python

How to Build the Python Skills That Get You Hired

When you’re learning Python, the sheer volume of topics to explore can feel overwhelming because there’s so much you could focus on. Should you dive into web frameworks before exploring data science? Is test-driven development something you need right away? And which skills actually matter to employers in the age of AI-assisted software development?

By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have:

• A clear understanding of which Python skills employers consistently look for
• A personalized Python developer roadmap showing where you are and where you need to go
• A weekly practice plan that makes consistent progress feel achievable

Python itself is relatively beginner-friendly, but its versatility makes it easy to wander without direction. Without a clear plan, you can spend months studying topics that won’t help you land your first developer job.

This guide will show you how to build a focused learning strategy that aligns with real job market demands. You’ll learn how to research what employers value, assess your current strengths and gaps, and structure a practice routine that turns scattered study sessions into steady progress.

Instead of guessing what to learn next, you’ll have a concrete document that shows you exactly where to focus:

Work through this tutorial to identify the skills you need and set yourself up for success.

Get Your Downloads: Click here to download the free materials that will help you build the Python skills that get you hired.

Step 1: Identify the Python Skills Employers Value Most

Before you dive into another tutorial or framework, you need to understand what the job market actually rewards. Most Python learners make the mistake of studying everything that sounds interesting. You’ll make faster progress by focusing on the skills that appear in job posting after job posting.

Research Real Job Requirements

Start by opening five to ten current job listings for Python-related positions. Look for titles like Python Developer, Backend Engineer, Data Analyst, or Machine Learning Engineer on sites like Indeed, Stack Overflow Jobs, and LinkedIn. As you read through these postings, highlight the technical requirements that appear repeatedly. You’ll quickly start to notice patterns.

To illustrate, consider a few examples of different roles involving Python:

• Web development roles often emphasize frameworks like Flask, Django, and, more recently, FastAPI, along with database knowledge and REST API design. Employers often seek full-stack engineers who feel comfortable working on the backend as well as frontend, including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Data science positions highlight libraries like NumPy, pandas, Polars, and Matplotlib, plus an understanding of statistical concepts.
• Machine learning jobs typically add PyTorch or TensorFlow to the mix.
• Test automation roles likely require familiarity with frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or Scrapy.

Despite these differences, nearly every job posting shares a common core. Employers want developers who understand Python fundamentals deeply. They should also be able to use version control with Git, write unit tests for their code, and debug problems systematically. Familiarity with DevOps practices and cloud platforms is often a plus. These professional practices matter as much as knowing any specific framework.

Increasingly, job postings also expect familiarity with AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Cursor, or Claude Code. Employers want developers who can use these tools productively while maintaining the judgment to review and validate AI-generated code.

Note: With AI tools handling more routine coding tasks, employers increasingly value developers who can think at the system level.

Understanding how components fit together, how to design scalable architectures, and how to make sound trade-offs between approaches matters more than ever. These system design skills are harder to outsource to AI because they require judgment about business requirements, user needs, and long-term maintainability.

Your informal survey will reflect what large-scale research confirms. The Stack Overflow Developer Survey ranks Python as one of the most widely used programming languages across all professional roles. The survey also reveals that Python appears in diverse fields, including finance, healthcare, education, and scientific research.

This trend is echoed by the TIOBE Index, a monthly ranking of programming language popularity, where Python consistently appears at or near the top:

TIOBE Index

Similarly, LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report 2023 named Python as one of the most in-demand technical skills globally. Python’s versatility means that mastering its fundamentals opens doors across multiple career paths.

Understand Different Developer Paths

Python is a phenomenally versatile language. On the one hand, school teachers choose it to help their pupils learn how to program, often starting with fun, visual tools like the built-in turtle graphics module. At the same time, Python runs major platforms like Instagram, plays a role in powering large services such as YouTube, and supports the development of generative AI models. It even once helped control the helicopter flying on Mars!

Note: Check out What Can I Do With Python? to discover how Python helps build software, power AI, automate tasks, drive robotics, and more.

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December 17, 2025 02:00 PM UTC

Python Morsels

Embrace whitespace

Well placed spaces and line breaks can greatly improve the readability of your Python code.

result = a**2+b**2+c**2

result = a**2 + b**2 + c**2

result = a ** 2 + b ** 2 + c ** 2

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December 17, 2025 12:00 AM UTC

Armin Ronacher

What Actually Is Claude Code’s Plan Mode?

I’ve mentioned this a few times now, but when I started using Claude it was because Peter got me hooked on it. From the very beginning I became a religious user of what is colloquially called YOLO mode, which basically gives the agent all the permissions so I can just watch it do its stuff.

One consequence of YOLO mode though is that it didn’t work well together with the plan mode that Claude Code had. In the beginning it didn’t inherit all the tool permissions, so in plan mode it actually asked for approval all the time. I found this annoying and as a result I never really used plan mode.

Since I haven’t been using it, I ended up with other approaches. I’ve talked about this before, but it’s a version of iterating together with the agent on creating a form of handoff in the form of a markdown file. My approach has been getting the agent to ask me clarifying questions, taking these questions into an editor, answering them, and then doing a bunch of iterations until I’m decently happy with the end result.

That has been my approach and I thought that this was pretty popular these days. For instance Mario’s pi which I also use, does not have a plan mode and Amp is removing theirs.

However today I had two interesting conversations with people who really like plan mode. As a non-user of plan mode, I wanted to understand how it works. So I specifically looked at the Claude Code implementation to understand what it does, how it prompts the agent, and how it steers the client. I wanted to use the tool loop just to get a better understanding of what I’m missing out on.

This post is basically just what I found out about how it works, and maybe it’s useful to someone who also does not use plan mode and wants to know what it actually does.

Plan Mode in Claude Code

First we need to agree on what a plan is in Claude Code. A plan in Claude Code is effectively a markdown file that is written into Claude’s plans folder by Claude in plan mode. The generated plan doesn’t have any extra structure beyond text. So at least up to that point, there really is not much of a difference between you asking it to write a markdown file or it creating its own internal markdown file.

There are however some other major differences. One is that there are recurring prompts to remind the agent that it’s in read-only mode. The tools for writing files through the agent’s built-in tools are actually still there. It has a little state machine going on to enter and exit plan mode that it can use. Interestingly, it seems like the edit file tool is actually used to manipulate the plan file. So the agent is seemingly editing its own plan file!

Because plan mode is also a tool (or at least the entering and exiting plan mode is), the agent can enter it itself. This has the same effect as if you were to press shift+tab. ¹

To encourage the agent to write the plan file, there is a custom prompt injected when you enter it. There is no other enforcement from what I can tell. Other agents might do this differently.

When exiting plan mode it will read the plan file that it wrote to disk and then start working off that. So the path towards spec in the prompt always goes via the file system.

Can You Plan Mode Without Plan Mode?

This obviously raises the question: if the differences are not that significant and it is just “the prompt” and some workflow around it, how much would you have to write into the prompt yourself to get very similar behavior to what the plan mode in Claude Code does?

From a user experience point of view, you basically get two things.

1. You get a markdown file, but you never get to see it because it’s hidden away in a folder. I would argue that putting it into a specific file has some benefits because you can edit it.
2. However there is something which you can’t really replicate and that is that plan mode at the end comes with a prompt to the user. That user interface you cannot bring up trivially because there is no way to bring it up without going through the exit plan mode flow, which requires the file to be in a specific location.

But if we ignore those parts and say that we just want similar behavior to what plan mode does from prompting alone, how much prompt do we have to write? What specifically is the delta of entering plan mode versus just writing stuff into the context manually?

The Prompt Differences

When entering plan mode a bunch of stuff is thrown into the context in addition to the system prompt. I don’t want to give the entire prompt here verbatim because it’s a little bit boring, but I want to break it down by roughly what it sends.

The first thing it sends is general information that is now in plan mode which is read-only:

Plan mode is active. The user indicated that they do not want you to execute yet — you MUST NOT make any edits (with the exception of the plan file mentioned below), run any non-readonly tools (including changing configs or making commits), or otherwise make any changes to the system. This supercedes any other instructions you have received.

Then there’s a little bit of stuff about how it should read and edit the plan mode file, but this is mostly just to ensure that it doesn’t create new plan files. Then it sets up workflow suggestions of how plans should be structured:

Phase 1: Initial Understanding

Goal: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the user’s request by reading through code and asking them questions.

1. Focus on understanding the user’s request and the code associated with their request

2. (Instructions here about parallelism for tasks)

Phase 2: Design

Goal: Design an implementation approach.

(Some tool instructions)

In the agent prompt:

• Provide comprehensive background context from Phase 1 exploration including filenames and code path traces
• Describe requirements and constraints
• Request a detailed implementation plan

Phase 3: Review

Goal: Review the plan(s) from Phase 2 and ensure alignment with the user’s intentions.

1. Read the critical files identified by agents to deepen your understanding
2. Ensure that the plans align with the user’s original request
3. Use TOOL_NAME to clarify any remaining questions with the user

Phase 4: Final Plan

Goal: Write your final plan to the plan file (the only file you can edit).

• Include only your recommended approach, not all alternatives
• Ensure that the plan file is concise enough to scan quickly, but detailed enough to execute effectively
• Include the paths of critical files to be modified

I actually thought that there would be more to the prompt than this. In particular, I was initially under the assumption that the tools actually turn into read-only. But it is just prompt reinforcement that changes the behavior of the tools and also which tools are available. It is in fact just a rather short predefined prompt that enters plan mode. The tool to enter or exit plan mode is always available, and the same is true for edit and read files. The exiting of the plan mode tool has a description that instructs the agent to understand when it’s done planning:

Use this tool when you are in plan mode and have finished writing your plan to the plan file and are ready for user approval.

How This Tool Works

• You should have already written your plan to the plan file specified in the plan mode system message
• This tool does NOT take the plan content as a parameter - it will read the plan from the file you wrote
• This tool simply signals that you’re done planning and ready for the user to review and approve
• The user will see the contents of your plan file when they review it

When to Use This Tool IMPORTANT: Only use this tool when the task requires

planning the implementation steps of a task that requires writing code. For research tasks where you’re gathering information, searching files, reading files or in general trying to understand the codebase - do NOT use this tool.

Handling Ambiguity in Plans Before using this tool, ensure your plan is

clear and unambiguous. If there are multiple valid approaches or unclear requirements

So the system prompt is the same. It is just a little bit of extra verbiage with some UX around it. Given the length of the prompt, you can probably have a slash-command that just copy/pastes a version of this prompt into the context but you will not get the UX around it.

The thing I took from this prompt is recommendations about how to use the subtasks and some examples. I’m actually not sure if that has a meaningful impact on how it’s done because at least from the limited testing that I did, I don’t observe much of a difference for how plan mode invokes tools versus how regular execution invokes tools but it’s quite possible, that this comes down to my prompting styles.

Why Does It Matter?

So you might ask why I even write about plan mode. The main motivation is that I am always quite interested in where the user experience in an agentic tool has to be enforced by the harness versus when that user experience comes naturally from the model.

Plan mode as it exists in Claude has this sort of weirdness in my mind where it doesn’t come quite natural to me. It might come natural to others! But why can I not just ask the model to plan with me? Why do I have to switch the user interface into a different mode? Plan mode is just one of many examples where I think that because we are already so used to writing or talking to machines, bringing in more complexity in the user interface takes away some of the magic. I always want to look into whether just working with the model can accomplish something similar enough that I don’t actually need to have another user interaction or a user interface that replicates something that natural language could potentially do.

This is particularly true because my workflow involves wanting to double check what these plans are, to edit them, and to manipulate them. I feel like I’m more in control of that experience if I have a file on disk somewhere that I can see, that I can read, that I can review, that I can edit before actually acting on it. The Claude integrated user experience is just a little bit too far away from me to feel natural. I understand that other people might have different opinions on this, but for me that experience really was triggered by the thought that if people have such a great experience with plan mode, I want to understand what I’m missing out on.

And now I know: I’m mostly a custom prompt to give it structure, and some system reminders and a handful of examples.

December 17, 2025 12:00 AM UTC

December 16, 2025

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December 16, 2025 07:30 PM UTC

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Exploring Asynchronous Iterators and Iterables

When you write asynchronous code in Python, you’ll likely need to create asynchronous iterators and iterables at some point. Asynchronous iterators are what Python uses to control async for loops, while asynchronous iterables are objects that you can iterate over using async for loops.

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December 16, 2025 02:00 PM UTC

Caktus Consulting Group

PydanticAI Agents Intro

In previous posts, we explored function calling and how it enables models to interact with external tools. However, manually defining schemas and managing the request/response loop can get tedious as an application grows. Agent frameworks can help here.

December 16, 2025 01:00 PM UTC

Tryton News

Tryton Release 7.8

We are proud to announce the 7.8 release of Tryton.
This release provides many bug fixes, performance improvements and some fine tuning.
You can give it a try on the demo server, use the docker image or download it here.
As usual upgrading from previous series is fully supported.

Here is a list of the most noticeable changes:

Changes for the User

Client

We added now a drop-down menu to the client containing the user’s notifications. Now when a user clicks on a notification, it is marked as read for this user.
Also we implemented an unread counter in the client and raise a user notification pop-up when a new notification is sent by the server.

Now users can subscribe to a chat of documents by toggling the notification bell-icon.
The chat feature has been activated to many documents like sales, purchases and invoices.

Now we display the buttons that are executed on a selection of records at the bottom of lists.

We now implemented an easier way to search for empty relation fields:
The query Warehouse: = will now return records without a warehouse instead of the former result of records with warehouses having empty names. And the former result can be searched by the following query: "Warehouse.Record Name": =.

Now we interchanged the internal ID by the record name when exporting Many2One and Reference fields to CSV. And the export of One2Many and Many2Many fields is using a list of record names.

We also made it possible to import One2Many field content by using a list of names (like for the Many2Many).

Web

We made the keyboard shortcuts now also working on modals.

Server

On scheduled tasks we now also implemented user notifications.
Each user can now subscribe to be notified by scheduled tasks which generates notifications. Notifications will appear in the client drop-down.

Accounting

On supplier invoice we now made it possible to set a payment reference and to validate it. Per default the Creditor Reference is supported. And on customer invoices Tryton generates a payment reference automatically. It is using the Creditor Reference format by default, and the structured communication for Belgian customers. The payment reference can be validated for defined formats like the “Creditor Reference”. And it can be used in payment rules.

Now we support the Belgian structured communication on invoices, payments and statement rules. And with this the reconciliation process can be automated.

We now implemented when succeeding a group of payments, Tryton now will ask for the clearing date instead of just using today.

Now we store the address of the party in the SEPA mandate instead of using just the first party address.

We now added a button on the accounting category to add or remove multiple products easily.

Customs

Now we support customs agents. They define a party to whom the company is delegating the customs between two countries.

Incoterm

We now added also the old version of Incoterms 2000 because some companies and services are still using it.

Now we allow the modification of the incoterms on the customer shipment as long as it has not yet been shipped.

Product

We now make the list of variants for a product sortable. This is useful for e-commerce if you want to put a specific variant in front.

Now it is possible to set a different list price and gross price per variant without the need for a custom module.

We now made the volume and weight usable in price list formulas. This is useful to include taxes based on such criteria.

Production

Now we made it possible to define phantom bill-of-materials (BOM) to group common inputs or outputs for different BOMs. When used in a production, the phantom BOM is replaced by its corresponding materials.

We now made it possible to define a production as a disassembly. In this case the calculation from the BOM is inverted.

Purchasing

Now we restrict the run of the create purchase wizard from purchase requests which are already purchased.

And also we now restrict to run the create quotation wizard on purchase requests when it is no longer possible to create them.

It is now possible to create a new quotation for a purchase request which already has received one.

Now we made the client to open quotations that have been created by the wizard.

We fine-tuned the supply system: When no supplier can supply on time, the system will now choose the fastest supplier.

Sales

Now we made it possible to encode refunding payments on the sale order.

We allow now to group invoices created for a sale rental with the invoices created for sale orders.

In the sale subscription lines we now implemented a summary column similar to sales.

Stock

We now added two new stock reports that calculates the inventory and turnover of the stock. We find this useful to optimize and fine-tune the order points.

Now we added the support for international shipping to the shipping services: DPD, Sendcloud and UPS.

And now we made Tryton to generate a default shipping description based on the custom categories of the shipped goods (with a fallback to “General Merchandise” for UPS). This is useful for international shipping.

We now implemented an un-split functionality to correct erroneous split moves.

Now we allow to cancel a drop-shipment in state done similar to the other shipment types.

Web Shop

We now define the default Incoterm per web shop to set on the sale orders.

Now we added a status URL to the sales coming from a web shop.

We now added the URL to each product that is published in a web shop.

Now we added a button on sale from the web shop to force an update from the web shop.

We did many improvements to extend our Shopify support:

• Support the credit refunds
• Support of taxes from the shipping product
• Add an option to notify the customers about fulfilment
• Add a set of rules to select the carrier
• Support of product of type “kit”
• Set the “compare-at” price using the non-sale price
• Set the language of the customer to the party
• Add admin URL to each record with a Shopify identifier

New Modules

EDocument Peppol

The EDocument Peppol Module provides the foundation for sending and receiving
electronic documents on the Peppol network.

EDocument Peppol Peppyrus

The EDocument Peppol Peppyrus Module allows sending and receiving electronic
documents on the Peppol network thanks to the free Peppyrus service.

EDocument UBL

The EDocument UBL Module adds electronic documents from UBL.

Sale Rental

The Sale Rental Module manages rental order.

Sale Rental Progress Invoice

The Sale Rental Progress Invoice Module allows creating progress invoices for
rental orders.

Stock Shipment Customs

The Stock Shipment Customs Module enables the generation of commercial
invoices for both customer and supplier return shipments.

Stock Shipping Point

The Stock Shipping Point Module adds a shipping point to shipments.

Changes for the System Administrator

Server

We now made the server stream the JSON and gzip response to reduce the memory consumption.

Now the trytond-console gains an option to execute a script from a file.

We now replaced the [cron] clean_days configuration by [cron] log_size. Now the storage of the logs of scheduled tasks only depends on its size and no longer on its frequency.

Now we made the login process send the URL for the host of the bus. This way the clients do not need to rely on the browser to manage the redirection. Which wasn’t working on recent browsers, anyway.

We now made the login sessions only valid for the IP address of the client that generates it. This enforces the security against session leak.

Now we let the server set a Message-Id header in all sent emails.

Product

We added a timestamp parameter to the URLs of product images. This allows to force a refresh of the old cached images.

Web Shop

Now we added routes to open products, variants, customers and orders using their Shopify-ID. This can be used to customize the admin UI to add a direct link to Tryton.

Changes for the Developer

Server

In this release we introduce notifications. Their messages are sent to the user as soon as they are created via the bus. They can be linked to a set of records or an action that will be opened when the user click on it.

We made it now possible to configure a ModelSQL based on a table_query to be materialized. The configuration defines the interval at which the data must be refreshed and a wizard lets the user force a refresh.
This is useful to optimize some queries for which the data does not need to be exactly fresh but that could benefit from some indexes.

Now we register the models, wizards and reports in the tryton.cfg module file. This reduces the memory consumption of the server. It does no longer need to import all the installed modules but only the activated modules.
This is also a first step to support typing with the Tryton modular design.

We now added the attribute multiple to the <button> on tree view. When set, the button is shown at the bottom of the view.

Now we implemented the declaration of read-only Wizards. Such wizards use a read-only transaction for the execution and because of this write access on the records is not needed.

We now store only immutable structures in the MemoryCache. This prevents the alteration of cached data.

Now we added a new method to the Database to clear the cached properties of the database. This is useful when writing tests that alter those properties.

We now use the SQL FILTER syntax for aggregate functions.

Now we use the SQL EXISTS operator for searching Many2One fields with the where domain operator.

We introduced now the trytond.model.sequence_reorder method to update the sequence field according to the current order of a record list.

Now we refactored the trytond.config to add cache. It is no more needed to retrieve the configuration as a global variable to avoid performance degradation.

We removed the has_window_functions function from the Database, because the feature is supported by all the supported databases.

Now we added to the trytond.tools pair and unpair methods which are equivalent implementation in Python of the sql_pairing.

Proteus

We now implemented the support of total ordering in Proteus Model.

Marketing

We now set the One-Click header on the marketing emails to let the receivers unsubscribe easily.

Sales

Now we renamed the advance payment conditions into lines for more coherence.

Web Shop

We now updated the Shopify module to use the GraphQL API because their REST-API is now deprecated.

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December 15, 2025

Peter Bengtsson

Comparison of speed between gpt-5, gpt-5-mini, and gpt-5-nano

gpt-5-mini is 3 times faster than gpt-5 and gpt-5-nano.

December 15, 2025 11:37 PM UTC

The Python Coding Stack

If You Love Queuing, Will You Also Love Priority Queuing? • [Club]

You provide three tiers to your customers: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. And one of the perks of the higher tiers is priority over the others when your customers need you.

Gold customers get served first. When no Gold customers are waiting, you serve Silver customers. Bronze customers get served when there’s no one in the upper tiers waiting.

How do you set up this queue in your Python program?

You need to consider which data structure to use to keep track of the waiting customers and what code you’ll need to write to keep track of the complex queuing rules.

Sure, you could keep three separate lists (or better still, three `deque` objects). But that’s not fun! And what if you had more than three priority categories? Perhaps a continuous range of priorities rather than a discrete number?

There’s a Python tool for this!

So let’s start coding. First, create the data structure to hold the customer names in the queue:

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“You told me there’s a special tool for this? But this is just a bog-standard list, Stephen!!”

Don’t send your complaints just yet. Yes, that’s a list, but bear with me. We’ll use the list just as the structure to hold the data, but we’ll rely on another tool for the fun stuff. It’s time to import the heapq module, which is part of the Python standard library:

#2

This module contains the tools to create and manage a heap queue, which is also known as a priority queue. I’ll use the terms ‘heap queue’ and ‘priority queue’ interchangeably in this post. If you did a computer science degree, you’d have studied this at some point in your course. But if, like me and many others, you came to programming through a different route, then read on…

Let’s bundle the customer’s name and priority level into a single item. Jim is the first person to join the queue. He’s a Silver-tier member. Here’s what his entry would look like:

#3

It’s a tuple with two elements. The integer 2 refers to the Silver tier, which has the second priority level. Gold members get a 1 and Bronze members—you guessed it—a 3.

But don’t use .append() to add Jim to service_queue. Instead, let’s use heapq.heappush() to push an item onto the heap:

#4

Note that heapq is the name of a module. It’s not a data type—you don’t create an instance of type heapq as you would with data structures. You use a list as the data structure, which is why you pass the list service_queue as the first argument to .heappush(). The second argument is the item you want to push to the heap. In this case, it’s the tuple (2, “Jim”). You’ll see later on why you need to put the integer 2 first in this tuple.

The heapq module doesn’t provide a new data structure. Instead, it provides algorithms for creating and managing a priority queue using a list.

Here’s the list service_queue:

#5

“So what!” I hear you say. You would have got the same result if you had used .append(). Bear with me.

Pam comes in next. She’s a Gold-tier member:

#6

OK, cool, Pam was added at the beginning of the list since she’s a Gold member. What’s all the fuss?

Let’s see what happens after Dwight and Michael join the queue. Dwight is a Bronze-tier member. He’s followed in the queue by Michael, who’s a Silver-tier member:

#7

OK, this is what you’d expect once Dwight joins the queue, right? Dwight is a low-priority customer, so he’s last. Is this just a way of automatically ordering the list, then? Not so fast…

#8

The fourth customer to walk in is Michael, who’s a Silver-tier customer. But he ends up in the last position in the list. What’s happening here?

It’s time to start understanding the heap queue algorithm.

Heap Queue • What’s Going On?

Let’s go back to when the queue was empty. The first person to join the queue was Jim (Silver tier). Let’s place Jim in a node:

So far, there’s nothing too exciting. But let’s start defining some of the rules in the heap queue algorithm:

• Each node can have at most two child nodes—that’s two nodes connected to it.

So let’s add more nodes as more customers join the queue.

Pam joined next. So Pam’s node starts as a child node linked to the only node you have so far:

However, here’s the second rule for dealing with a heap queue:

• A child cannot have a higher priority than its parent. If it does, swap places between child and parent.

Recall that 1 represents the highest priority:

Pam (Gold tier / 1) is now the parent node, and Jim (Silver tier / 2) is now the child node and lies in the second layer in the hierarchy.

Bronze-tier member Dwight joined next. Recall that each parent node can have at most two child nodes. Since Pam’s node still has an empty slot, you add Dwight as a child node to Pam’s node:

Let’s apply the second rule: the child node cannot have a higher priority than its parent. Dwight is a Bronze-tier member, and so he has a lower priority than Pam. All fine. No swaps needed.

Michael joined the queue next. He’s a Silver-tier member. Since Pam’s node already has two child nodes, you can’t add more child nodes to Pam. The second layer of the hierarchy is full. So, you take the first node in the second layer, and this now becomes a parent node. So you can add a child node to Jim:

Time to apply the second rule. But Michael, who’s in the child node, has the same membership tier as Jim, who’s in the parent node. Python doesn’t stop here to resolve the tie. But you’ll explore this later in this post. For now, just take my word that no swap is needed.

Let’s look at the list service_queue again. Recall that this list is hosting the priority queue:

#9

The priority queue has one node in the top layer. So the first item in the list represents the only node in the top layer. That’s (1, Pam).

The second and third items in the list represent the second layer. There can only be at most two items in this second layer. The fourth item in the list is therefore the start of the third layer. That’s why it’s fine for Michael to come after Dwight in the order in the list. It’s not the actual order in the list that matters, but the relationship between nodes in the heap tree.

But there’s more fun to come as we add more customers and start serving them—and therefore remove them from the priority queue! Let’s add some more customers first.

Angela, a Bronze-tier member, joins the queue next. Let’s add the new node to the tree first:

The relationship between parent and child doesn’t violate the heap queue rule. Angela (Bronze) has a lower priority than the person in the parent node, Jim (Silver):

#10

One more client comes in. It’s Kevin, and he’s a Gold-tier member:

There are no more free slots linked to Jim’s node, so you add Kevin as a child node linked to Dwight. But Kevin has a higher priority than Dwight, so you swap the nodes:

But now you need to compare Kevin’s node with its parent. Pam and Kevin both have the same membership level. They’re Gold-tier members.

But how does Python decide priority in this case?

#11

Python thinks that (1, “Kevin”) has a higher priority than (1, “Pam”)—in Python’s heap queue algorithm, an item takes priority if it’s less than another item. Python is comparing tuples. It doesn’t know anything about your multi-tier queuing system.

When Python compares tuples, it first compares the first element of each tuple and determines which is smaller. The whole tuple is considered smaller than the other if the first element is smaller than the matching first element in the other tuple. However, if there’s a tie, Python looks at the second element from each tuple.

Let’s briefly assume there’s a Gold-tier member called Adam:

#12

Python now considers (1, “Adam”) as the item with a higher priority.

The second element of each tuple is a string. Therefore, Python sorts these out using alphabetical order (lexicographic order, technically).

That’s why Kevin takes priority over Pam even though they’re both Gold-tier members. ‘K’ comes before ‘P’ in the alphabet! You must swap Kevin and Pam:

Note that the algorithm only needs to consider items along one branch of the tree hierarchy. Jim, Michael, and Angela weren’t disturbed to figure out where Kevin should go. This technique makes this algorithm efficient, especially as the number of items in the heap increases.

Incidentally, you can go back to when you added Michael to the queue and see why he didn’t leapfrog Jim even though they were both members of the same tier. ‘M’ comes after ‘J’ in the alphabet.

Now, we can argue that it’s not fair to give priority to someone just because their name comes first in alphabetical order. We’ll add timestamps later in this code to act as tie-breakers. But for now, let’s keep it simple and stick with this setup, where clients’ names are used to break ties.

Let’s check that the service_queue list matches the diagram above:

Kevin is in the first slot in the list, which represents the node at the top of the hierarchy. Jim and Pam are in the second layer, and Michael, Angela, and Dwight are the third generation of nodes. There’s still one more space in this layer. So, the next client would be added to this layer initially. But we’ll stop adding clients here in this post.

And How Does the Heap Queue Work When Removing Items?

It’s time to start serving these clients and removing them from the priority queue.

Read more

December 15, 2025 04:53 PM UTC

Real Python

Writing DataFrame-Agnostic Python Code With Narwhals

Narwhals is intended for Python library developers who need to analyze DataFrames in a range of standard formats, including Polars, pandas, DuckDB, and others. It does this by providing a compatibility layer of code that handles any differences between the various formats.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the same Narwhals code to analyze data produced by the latest versions of two very common data libraries. You’ll also discover how Narwhals utilizes the efficiencies of your source data’s underlying library when analyzing your data. Furthermore, because Narwhals uses syntax that is a subset of Polars, you can reuse your existing Polars knowledge to quickly gain proficiency with Narwhals.

The table below will allow you to quickly decide whether or not Narwhals is for you:

Use Case	Use Narwhals	Use Another Tool
You need to produce DataFrame-agnostic code.	✅	❌
You want to learn a new DataFrame library.	❌	✅

Whether you’re wondering how to develop a Python library to cope with DataFrames from a range of common formats, or just curious to find out if this is even possible, this tutorial is for you. The Narwhals library could provide exactly what you’re looking for.

Get Your Code: Click here to download the free sample code and data files that you’ll use to work with Narwhals in Python.

Take the Quiz: Test your knowledge with our interactive “Writing DataFrame-Agnostic Python Code With Narwhals” quiz. You’ll receive a score upon completion to help you track your learning progress:

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Interactive Quiz

Writing DataFrame-Agnostic Python Code With Narwhals

If you're a Python library developer wondering how to write DataFrame-agnostic code, the Narwhals library is the solution you're looking for.

Get Ready to Explore Narwhals

Before you start, you’ll need to install Narwhals and have some data to play around with. You should also be familiar with the idea of a DataFrame. Although having an understanding of several DataFrame libraries isn’t mandatory, you’ll find a familiarity with Polars’ expressions and contexts syntax extremely useful. This is because Narwhals’ syntax is based on a subset of Polars’ syntax. However, Narwhals doesn’t replace Polars.

In this example, you’ll use data stored in the presidents Parquet file included in your downloadable materials.

This file contains the following six fields to describe United States presidents:

Heading	Meaning
last_name	The president’s last name
first_name	The president’s first name
term_start	Start of the presidential term
term_end	End of the presidential term
party_name	The president’s political party
century	Century the president’s term started

To work through this tutorial, you’ll need to install the pandas, Polars, PyArrow, and Narwhals libraries:

Shell

$ python -m pip install pandas polars pyarrow narwhals

A key feature of Narwhals is that it’s DataFrame-agnostic, meaning your code can work with several formats. But you still need both Polars and pandas because Narwhals will use them to process the data you pass to it. You’ll also need them to create your DataFrames to pass to Narwhals to begin with.

You installed the PyArrow library to correctly read the Parquet files. Finally, you installed Narwhals itself.

With everything installed, make sure you create the project’s folder and place your downloaded presidents.parquet file inside it. You might also like to add both the books.parquet and authors.parquet files as well. You’ll need them later.

With that lot done, you’re good to go!

Understand How Narwhals Works

The documentation describes Narwhals as follows:

Extremely lightweight and extensible compatibility layer between dataframe libraries! (Source)

Narwhals is lightweight because it wraps the original DataFrame in its own object ecosystem while still using the source DataFrame’s library to process it. Any data passed into it for processing doesn’t need to be duplicated, removing an otherwise resource-intensive and time-consuming operation.

Narwhals is also extensible. For example, you can write Narwhals code to work with the full API of the following libraries:

• cuDF
• Modin
• pandas
• Polars
• PyArrow

It also supports the lazy API of the following:

Read the full article at https://realpython.com/narwhals-python/ »

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December 15, 2025 02:00 PM UTC

Quiz: Writing DataFrame-Agnostic Python Code With Narwhals

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of what the Narwhals library offers you.

By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit many of the concepts presented in the Writing DataFrame-Agnostic Code With Narwhals tutorial.

Remember, also, the official documentation is a great reference source for the latest Narwhals developments.

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December 15, 2025 12:00 PM UTC

Python Bytes

#462 LinkedIn Cringe

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Add your name and email to <a href="https://pythonbytes.fm/friends-of-the-show">our friends of the show list</a>, we'll never share it.</p> <p><strong>Brian #1: Deprecations via warnings</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://sethmlarson.dev/deprecations-via-warnings-dont-work-for-python-libraries?featured_on=pythonbytes"><strong>Deprecations via warnings don’t work for Python libraries</strong></a> <ul> <li>Seth Larson</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/inesp/how-to-encourage-developers-to-fix-python-warnings-for-deprecated-features-42oa?featured_on=pythonbytes"><strong>How to encourage developers to fix Python warnings for deprecated features</strong></a> <ul> <li>Ines Panker</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p><strong>Michael #2: <a href="https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs?featured_on=pythonbytes">docs</a></strong></p> <ul> <li>A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. 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December 15, 2025 08:00 AM UTC

Python GUIs

Getting Started With Flet for GUI Development — Your First Steps With the Flet Library for Desktop and Web Python GUIs

Getting started with a new GUI framework can feel daunting. This guide walks you through the essentials of Flet, from installation and a first app to widgets, layouts, and event handling.

With Flet, you can quickly build modern, high‑performance desktop, web, and mobile interfaces using Python.

Getting to Know Flet

Flet is a cross-platform GUI framework for Python. It enables the development of interactive applications that run as native desktop applications on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Flet apps also run in the browser and even as mobile apps. Flet uses Flutter under the hood, providing a modern look and feel with responsive layouts.

The library's key features include:

• Modern, consistent UI across desktop, web, and mobile
• No HTML, CSS, or JS required, only write pure Python
• Rich set of widgets for input, layout, data display, and interactivity
• Live reload for rapid development
• Built-in support for theming, navigation, and responsive design
• Easy event handling and state management

Flet is great for building different types of GUI apps, from utilities and dashboards to data-science tools, business apps, and even educational or hobby apps.

Installing Flet

You can install Flet from PyPI using the following pip command:

$ pip install flet

This command downloads and installs Flet into your current Python environment. That's it! You can now write your first app.

Writing Your First Flet GUI App

To build a Flet app, you typically follow these steps:

1. Import flet and define a function that takes a Page object as an argument.
2. Add UI controls (widgets) to the page.
3. Use flet.app() to start the app by passing the function as an argument.

Here's a quick Hello, World! application in Flet:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet First App"
    page.window.width = 200
    page.window.height = 100
    page.add(ft.Text("Hello, World!"))

ft.app(target=main)

In the main() function, we get the page object as an argument. This object represents the root of our GUI. Then, we set the title and window size and add a Text control that displays the "Hello, World!" text.

Use page.add() to add controls (UI elements or widgets) to your app. To manipulate the widgets, you can use page.controls, which is a list containing the controls that have been added to the page.

Run it! Here's what your first app looks like.

First Flet GUI application

You can run a Flet app as you'd run any Python app in the terminal. Additionally, Flet allows you to use the flet run command for live reload during development.

Exploring Flet Controls (Widgets)

Flet includes a wide variety of widgets, known as controls, in several categories. Some of these categories include the following:

• Buttons
• Input and Selections
• Information Displays
• Navigation
• Charts

In the following sections, you'll code simple examples showcasing a sample of each category's controls.

Buttons

Buttons are key components in any GUI application. Flet has several types of buttons that we can use in different situations, including the following:

• FilledButton: A filled button without a shadow. Useful for important, final actions that complete a flow, like Save or Confirm.
• ElevatedButton: A filled tonal button with a shadow. Useful when you need visual separation from a patterned background.
• FloatingActionButton: A Material Design floating action button.

Here's an example that showcases these types of buttons:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet Buttons Demo"
    page.window.width = 200
    page.window.height = 200

    page.add(ft.ElevatedButton("Elevated Button"))
    page.add(ft.FilledButton("Filled Button"))
    page.add(ft.FloatingActionButton(icon=ft.Icons.ADD))

ft.app(target=main)

Here, we call the add() method on our page object to add instances of ElevatedButton, FilledButton, and FloatingActionButton. Flet arranges these controls vertically by default.

Run it! You'll get a window that looks like the following.

Flet buttons demo

Input and Selections

Input and selection controls enable users to enter data or select values in your app's GUI. Flet provides several commonly used controls in this category, including the following:

• TextField: A common single-line or multi-line text entry control.
• Dropdown: A selection control that lets users pick a value from a list of options.
• Checkbox: A control for boolean input, often useful for preferences and agreement toggles.
• Radio: A selection radio button control commonly used inside a RadioGroup to choose a single option from a set.
• Slider: A control for selecting a numeric value along a track.
• Switch: A boolean on/off toggle.

Here's an example that showcases some of these input and selection controls:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet Input and Selections Demo"
    page.window.width = 360
    page.window.height = 320

    name = ft.TextField(label="Name")
    agree = ft.Checkbox(label="I agree to the terms")
    level = ft.Slider(
        label="Experience level",
        min=0,
        max=10,
        divisions=10,
        value=5,
    )
    color = ft.Dropdown(
        label="Favorite color",
        options=[
            ft.dropdown.Option("Red"),
            ft.dropdown.Option("Green"),
            ft.dropdown.Option("Blue"),
        ],
    )
    framework = ft.RadioGroup(
        content=ft.Column(
            [
                ft.Radio(value="Flet", label="Flet"),
                ft.Radio(value="Tkinter", label="Tkinter"),
                ft.Radio(value="PyQt6", label="PyQt6"),
                ft.Radio(value="PySide6", label="PySide6"),
            ]
        )
    )
    notifications = ft.Switch(label="Enable notifications", value=True)

    page.add(
        ft.Text("Fill in the form and adjust the options:"),
        name,
        agree,
        level,
        color,
        framework,
        notifications,
    )

ft.app(target=main)

After setting the window's title and size, we create several input controls:

• A TextField for the user's name
• A Checkbox to agree to the terms
• A Slider to select an experience level from 0 to 10
• A Dropdown to pick a favorite color
• A RadioGroup with several framework choices
• A Switch to enable or disable notifications, which defaults to ON

We add all these controls to the page using page.add(), preceded by a simple instruction text. Flet lays out the controls vertically (the default) in the order you pass them.

Run it! You'll see a simple form that uses text input, dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, and switches.

Flet input and selection controls demo

Navigation

Navigation controls allow users to move between different sections or views within an app. Flet provides several navigation controls, including the following:

• NavigationBar: A bottom navigation bar with multiple destinations, which is useful for switching between three to five primary sections of your app.
• AppBar: A top app bar that can display a title, navigation icon, and action buttons.

Here's an example that uses NavigationBar to navigate between different views:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet Navigation Bar Demo"
    page.window.width = 360
    page.window.height = 260

    info = ft.Text("You are on the Home tab")

    def on_nav_change(e):
        idx = page.navigation_bar.selected_index
        if idx == 0:
            info.value = "You are on the Home tab"
        elif idx == 1:
            info.value = "You are on the Search tab"
        else:
            info.value = "You are on the Profile tab"
        page.update()

    page.navigation_bar = ft.NavigationBar(
        selected_index=0,
        destinations=[
            ft.NavigationBarDestination(icon=ft.Icons.HOME, label="Home"),
            ft.NavigationBarDestination(icon=ft.Icons.SEARCH, label="Search"),
            ft.NavigationBarDestination(icon=ft.Icons.PERSON, label="Profile"),
        ],
        on_change=on_nav_change,
    )

    page.add(
        ft.Container(content=info, alignment=ft.alignment.center, padding=20),
    )

ft.app(target=main)

The NavigationBar has three tabs: Home, Search, and Profile, each with a representative icon that you provide using ft.Icons. Assigning this bar to page.navigation_bar tells Flet to display it as the app's bottom navigation component.

The behavior of the bar is controlled by the on_nav_change() callback (more on this in the section on events and callbacks). Whenever the user clicks a tab, Flet calls on_nav_change(), which updates the text with the appropriate message.

Run it! Click the different tabs to see the text on the page update as you navigate between sections.

Flet navigation bar demo

Information Displays

We can use information-display controls to present content to the user, such as text, images, and rich list items. These controls help communicate status, context, and details without requiring user input.

Some common information-display controls include the following:

• Text: The basic control for showing labels, paragraphs, and other readable text.
• Image: A control for displaying images from files, assets, or URLs.

Here's an example that combines these controls:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet Information Displays Demo"
    page.window.width = 340
    page.window.height = 400

    header = ft.Text("Latest image", size=18)

    hero = ft.Image(
        src="https://picsum.photos/320/320",
        width=320,
        height=320,
        fit=ft.ImageFit.COVER,
    )

    page.add(
        header,
        hero,
    )

ft.app(target=main)

In main(), we create a Text widget called header to show "Latest image" with a larger font size. The hero variable is an Image control that loads an image from the URL https://picsum.photos/320/320.

We use a fixed width and height together with ImageFit.COVER so that the image fills its box while preserving aspect ratio and cropping if needed.

Run it! You'll see some text and a random image from Picsum.photos.

Flet information display demo

Dialogs, Alerts, and Panels

Dialogs, alerts, and panels enable you to draw attention to important information or reveal additional details without leaving the current screen. They are useful for confirmations, warnings, and expandable content.

Some useful controls in this category are listed below:

• AlertDialog: A modal dialog that asks the user to acknowledge information or make a decision.
• Banner: A prominent message bar displayed at the top of the page for important, non-modal information.
• DatePicker: A control that lets the user pick a calendar date in a pop-up dialog.
• TimePicker: A control for selecting a time of day from a dialog-style picker.

Here's an example that shows an alert dialog to ask for exit confirmation:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet Dialog Demo"
    page.window.width = 300
    page.window.height = 300

    def on_dlg_button_click(e):
        if e.control.text == "Yes":
            page.window.close()
        page.close(dlg_modal)

    dlg_modal = ft.AlertDialog(
        modal=True,
        title=ft.Text("Confirmation"),
        content=ft.Text("Do you want to exit?"),
        actions=[
            ft.TextButton("Yes", on_click=on_dlg_button_click),
            ft.TextButton("No", on_click=on_dlg_button_click),
        ],
        actions_alignment=ft.MainAxisAlignment.END,
    )

    page.add(
        ft.ElevatedButton(
            "Exit",
            on_click=lambda e: page.open(dlg_modal),
        ),
    )

ft.app(target=main)

In this example, we first create an AlertDialog with a title, some content text, and two action buttons labeled Yes and No.

The on_dlg_button_click() callback checks which button was clicked and closes the application window if the user selects Yes. The page shows a single Exit button that opens the dialog. After the user responds, the dialog is closed.

Run it! Try clicking the button to open the dialog. You'll see a window similar to the one shown below.

Flet dialog demo

Laying Out the GUI With Flet

Controls in this category are often described as container controls that can hold child controls. These controls enable you to arrange widgets on an app's GUI to create a well-organized and functional interface.

Flet has many container controls. Here are some of them:

• Page: This control is the root of the control hierarchy or tree. It is also listed as an adaptive container control.
• Column: A container control used to arrange child controls in a column.
• Row: A container control used to arrange child controls horizontally in a row.
• Container: A container control that allows you to modify its size (e.g., height) and appearance.
• Stack: A container control where properties like bottom, left, right, and top allow you to place children in specific positions.
• Card: A container control with slightly rounded corners and an elevation shadow.

By default, Flet stacks widgets vertically using the Column container. Here's an example that demonstrates basic layout options in Flet:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet Layouts Demo"
    page.window.width = 250
    page.window.height = 300

    main_layout = ft.Column(
        [
            ft.Text("1) Vertical layout:"),
            ft.ElevatedButton("Top"),
            ft.ElevatedButton("Middle"),
            ft.ElevatedButton("Bottom"),
            ft.Container(height=12),  # Spacer

            ft.Text("2) Horizontal layout:"),
            ft.Row(
                [
                    ft.ElevatedButton("Left"),
                    ft.ElevatedButton("Center"),
                    ft.ElevatedButton("Right"),
                ]
            ),
        ],
    )

    page.add(main_layout)

ft.app(target=main)

In this example, we use a Column object as the app's main layout. This layout stacks text labels and buttons vertically, while the inner Row object arranges three buttons horizontally. The Container object with a fixed height acts as a spacer between the vertical and horizontal sections.

Run it! You'll get a window like the one shown below.

Flet layouts demo

Handling Events With Callbacks

Flet uses event handlers to manage user interactions and perform actions. Most controls accept an on_* argument, such as on_click or on_change, which you can set to a Python function or other callable that will be invoked when an event occurs on the target widget.

The example below provides a text input and a button. When you click the button, it opens a dialog displaying the input text:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet Event & Callback Demo"
    page.window.width = 340
    page.window.height = 360

    def on_click(e):  # Event handler or callback function
        dialog_text.value = f'You typed: "{txt_input.value}"'
        page.open(dialog)
        page.update()

    txt_input = ft.TextField(label="Type something and press Click Me!")
    btn = ft.ElevatedButton("Click Me!", on_click=on_click)
    dialog_text = ft.Text("")
    dialog = ft.AlertDialog(
        modal=True,
        title=ft.Text("Dialog"),
        content=dialog_text,
        actions=[ft.TextButton("OK", on_click=lambda e: page.close(dialog))],
        open=False,
    )

    page.add(
        txt_input,
        btn,
    )

ft.app(target=main)

When you click the button, the on_click() handler or callback function is automatically called. It sets the dialog's text and opens the dialog. The dialog has an OK button that closes it by calling page.close(dialog).

Run it! You'll get a window like the one shown below.

Flet callbacks

To see this app in action, type some text into the input and click the Click Me! button.

Conclusion

Flet offers a powerful and modern toolkit for developing GUI applications in Python. It allows you to create desktop and web GUIs from a single codebase. In this tutorial, you've learned the basics of using Flet for desktop apps, including controls, layouts, and event handling.

Try building your first Flet web app and experimenting with widgets, callbacks, layouts, and more!

For an in-depth guide to building Python GUIs with PySide6 see my book, Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt6.

December 15, 2025 06:00 AM UTC

Zato Blog

Microsoft Dataverse with Python and Zato Services

Microsoft Dataverse with Python and Zato Services

2025-12-15, by Dariusz Suchojad

Overview

Microsoft Dataverse is a cloud-based data storage and management platform, often used with PowerApps and Dynamics 365.

Integrating Dataverse with Python via Zato enables automation, API orchestration, and seamless CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on any Dataverse object.

Below, you'll find practical code examples for working with Dataverse from Python, including detailed comments and explanations. The focus is on the "accounts" entity, but the same approach applies to any object in Dataverse.

Connecting to Dataverse and retrieving accounts

The main service class configures the Dataverse client and retrieves all accounts. Both the handle and get_accounts methods are shown together for clarity.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Zato
from zato.common.typing_ import any_
from zato.server.service import DataverseClient, Service

class MyService(Service):

    def handle(self):

        # Set up Dataverse credentials - in a real service,
        # this would go to your configuration file.

        tenant_id = '221de69a-602d-4a0b-a0a4-1ff2a3943e9f'
        client_id = '17aaa657-557c-4b18-95c3-71d742fbc6a3'
        client_secret = 'MjsrO1zc0.WEV5unJCS5vLa1'
        org_url = 'https://org123456.api.crm4.dynamics.com'

        # Build the Dataverse client using the credentials
        client = DataverseClient(
            tenant_id=tenant_id,
            client_id=client_id,
            client_secret=client_secret,
            org_url=org_url
        )

        # Retrieve all accounts using a helper method
        accounts = self.get_accounts(client)

        # Process the accounts as needed (custom logic goes here)
        pass

    def get_accounts(self, client:'DataverseClient') -> 'any_':

        # Specify the API path for the accounts entity
        path = 'accounts'

        # Call the Dataverse API to retrieve all accounts
        response = client.get(path)

        # Log the response for debugging/auditing

        self.logger.info(f'Dataverse response (get accounts): {response}')

        # Return the API response to the caller
        return response

{'@odata.context': 'https://org1234567.crm4.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/$metadata#accounts',
'value': [{'@odata.etag': 'W/"11122233"', 'territorycode': 1,
'accountid': 'd92e6f18-36fb-4fa8-b7c2-ecc7cc28f50c', 'name': 'Zato Test Account 1',
'_owninguser_value': 'ea4dd84c-dee6-405d-b638-c37b57f00938'}]}

Let's check more examples - you'll note they all follow the same pattern as the first one.

Retrieving an Account by ID

def get_account_by_id(self, client:'DataverseClient', account_id:'str') -> 'any_':

    # Construct the API path using the account's GUID
    path = f'accounts({account_id})'

    # Call the Dataverse API to fetch the account
    response = client.get(path)

    # Log the response for traceability
    self.logger.info(f'Dataverse response (get account by ID): {response}')

    # Return the fetched account
    return response

Retrieving an account by name

def get_account_by_name(self, client:'DataverseClient', account_name:'str') -> 'any_':

    # Construct the API path with a filter for the account name
    path = f"accounts?$filter=name eq '{account_name}'"

    # Call the Dataverse API with the filter
    response = client.get(path)

    # Log the response for auditing
    self.logger.info(f'Dataverse response (get account by name): {response}')

    # Return the filtered account(s)
    return response

Creating a new account

def create_account(self, client:'DataverseClient') -> 'any_':

    # Specify the API path for account creation
    path = 'accounts'

    # Prepare the data for the new account
    account_data = {
        'name': 'New Test Account',
        'telephone1': '+1-555-123-4567',
        'emailaddress1': 'hello@example.com',
        'address1_city': 'Prague',
        'address1_country': 'Czech Republic',
    }

    # Call the Dataverse API to create the account
    response = client.post(path, account_data)

    # Log the response for traceability
    self.logger.info(f'Dataverse response (create account): {response}')

    # Return the API response
    return response

Updating an existing account

def update_account(self, client:'DataverseClient', account_id:'str') -> 'any_':

    # Prepare the data to update
    update_data = {
        'name': 'Updated Account Name',
        'telephone1': '+1-555-987-6543',
        'emailaddress1': 'hello2@example.com',
    }

    # Call the Dataverse API to update the account by ID
    response = client.patch(f'accounts({account_id})', update_data)

    # Log the response for auditing
    self.logger.info(f'Dataverse response (update account): {response}')

    # Return the updated account response
    return response

Deleting an Account

def delete_account(self, client:'DataverseClient', account_id:'str') -> 'any_':

    # Call the Dataverse API to delete the account
    response = client.delete(f'accounts({account_id})')

    # Log the response for traceability
    self.logger.info(f'Dataverse response (delete account): {response}')

    # Return the API response
    return response

API path vs. PowerApps UI table names

A detail to note when working with Dataverse APIs is that the names you see in the PowerApps or Dynamics UI are not always the same as the paths expected by the API. For example:

• In PowerApps, you may see a table called Account.
• In the API, you must use the path accounts (lowercase, plural) when making requests.

This pattern applies to all Dataverse objects: always check the API documentation or inspect the metadata to determine the correct entity path.

Working with other Dataverse objects

While the examples above focus on the "accounts" entity, the same approach applies to any object in Dataverse: contacts, leads, opportunities, custom tables, and more. Simply adjust the API path and payload as needed.

Full CRUD Support

With Zato and Python, you get full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) capability for any Dataverse entity. The methods shown above can be adapted for any object, allowing you to automate, integrate, and orchestrate data flows across your organization.

Summary

This article has shown how to connect to Microsoft Dataverse from Python using Zato, perform CRUD operations, and understand the mapping between UI and API paths. These techniques enable robust integration and automation scenarios with any Dataverse data.

More resources

➤ Microsoft 365 APIs and Python Tutorial
➤ Python API integration tutorials
➤ What is an integration platform?
➤ Python Integration platform as a Service (iPaaS)
➤ What is an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)? What is SOA?
➤ Open-source iPaaS in Python

December 15, 2025 03:00 AM UTC

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