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December 2022

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☑ What’s New in Python 3.10 - Library Changes

In this series looking at features introduced by every version of Python 3, we conclude our look at Python 3.10 by looking at updates to the standard library modules.

This is the 23rd of the 32 articles that currently make up the “Python 3 Releases” series, the first of which was What’s New in Python 3.0.

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July 2021

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☑ What’s New in Python 3.6 - More New Features

In this series looking at features introduced by every version of Python 3, we continue our look at the features added in Python 3.6. This second article looks at some more of the new features added to the language added in this release. These include a new secrets module, a new implementation of the dict object and better support for path-like objects.

This is the 13th of the 32 articles that currently make up the “Python 3 Releases” series, the first of which was What’s New in Python 3.0.

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March 2015

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☑ Hash Collision Fun

When dealing with data structures that involve hashing, most commonly hash tables, it’s fairly common knowledge that your choice of hash function is an important performance consideration. What’s perhaps less well known is that it can be an important security consideration too - this article briefly discusses why.

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20 Mar 2015 at 7:36AM in Software
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July 2013

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☑ Passwords: You’re doing it wrong

There are few technical topics about which there’s more FUD than picking a strong password.

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11 Jul 2013 at 3:55PM in Software
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