Resource loading optimization is the first step in improving frontend performance, and the Python backend plays a key role as the "resource scheduler". For static resources (CSS, JS, images), ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research shows how to implement simulated annealing for the Traveling Salesman Problem (find the best ordering of a set of discrete items). The goal of a combinatorial ...

There are four common Python loop mistakes that happen to just about everyone. These are crucial, too. Making a mistake with a Python loop can affect your program's performance and reliability. Dr.

If you’ve ever written any Python at all, the chances are you’ve used iterators without even realising it. Writing your own and using them in your programs can provide significant performance ...

Spiffy and convenient as Python is, most everyone who uses the language knows it’s comparatively creaky—orders of magnitude slower than C, Java, or JavaScript for CPU-intensive work. But several ...

Guido van Rossum created the Python language, which is one of a multitude of popular dynamic languages available these days, used by organizations like Google and NASA. Last Sunday, van Rossum, a ...