Questions For New Dependencies & Comparing Python Game Libraries | Real Python Podcast #111

What are the differences between the various Python game frameworks? Would it help to see a couple game examples across several libraries to understand the distinctions? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects. 👉 Links from the show: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/111/ We discuss a Real Python article by previous guest Jon Fincher titled "Top Python Game Engines". Jon compares 5 different game frameworks and provides thoroughly commented example projects for each. We talk about a blog post by recent guest Adam Johnson about determining if a project is well-maintained. He suggests 12 questions to decide whether to add a new dependency to your project. We cover several other articles and projects from the Python community, including a news roundup, Python decorator patterns, finding the smallest and largest values with min and max, a discussion about the most used Python packages, the pony object-relational mapper, and a project to read PEPs in your console. Topics: - 00:00:00 -- Introduction - 00:02:04 -- News: Python Release Python 3.11.0b1 - 00:02:56 -- Faster CPython project - 00:04:16 -- nogil conversation at the 2022 summit - 00:06:08 -- PEP 690: Lazy Imports - 00:08:14 -- DjangoCon US & Europe 2022 Call for Proposals - 00:09:25 -- Top Python Game Engines - 00:20:38 -- Sponsor: CData Software - 00:21:20 -- Python Decorator Patterns - 00:24:00 -- The Well-Maintained Test: 12 Questions for New Dependencies - 00:29:27 -- Python's min() and max(): Find Smallest and Largest Values - 00:33:33 -- Video Course Spotlight - 00:34:44 -- Which Python Packages Do You Use the Most? - 00:41:42 -- pony: Pony Object Relational Mapper - 00:47:41 -- pepdocs: Read PEPs in Your Console - 00:50:20 -- Thanks and goodbye 👉 Links from the show: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/111/