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Lesser known parts of Python standard library


Code level discussion of web scraping, gray hat automation, growth hacking and bounty hunting

Advanced structures for data mappings: OrderedDict- dictionary that maintains order of key-value pairs (e.g. when HTTP header value matters for dealing with certain security mechanisms). For people eager to join the AI/ML revolution it provides Naive Bayes classifier - an algorithm that can be considered a minimum viable example of machine learning. This provides an interesting midpoint between using virtual environments and solutions like PyInstaller to compile the app into platform-specific form - code remains portable, but Python interpreter has to be there to run it.

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