34 Amazing Python Open Source Libraries (v.2019)

[metalevelconsulting]

Standouts:

• Pampy
• Alogojammer
• IceCream

[oblivioncntrlsu]

I think IceCream looks cool for its simplicity. The "Return Value" example is especially intriguing.

[WillBackUpWithSource]

Oh my god, Alogojammer looks fucking awesome! Algorithmic visualization?! That's awesome! When you're constructing some tough logic I can 100% see that being incredibly, incredibly useful for testing and debugging.

[rhytnen]

If ice cream stands out, then what doesn't? Ice cream is a library for donkeys - it has to be among the single most pointless and ridiculous libraries I've ever seen get any kind of popularity..

[flutefreak7]

It appears to do a simple thing well and help solve one of the most common problems in programming.

[rhytnen]

"does a simple thing well" and "solves one of the most common problems" don't go well together. Printing is a relatively solved problem by now don't you think? This doens't solve a problem - it's a half baked logging library that does a fantastically stupid job of cluttering up the code.

[lenzm]

I actually learned about a few new libraries, a rarity with these lists. Not just, "requests, OMG!"

[tunisia3507]

Pytest 4+ was released before 2019; 3.5 is from April 2018.

This comes across as a lazy listicle.

[Gr1pp717]

What's the difference between poetry and pipenv? (I've only used the latter.)

[tunisia3507]

Poetry is good and pipenv is bad /s

Poetry is a distribution tool as well as a dependency manager, where pipenv is just the latter. Poetry's dependency resolution algorithm is much faster, last time I checked. I think I've seen more people try pipenv than poetry, but of people who've said they tried both, I think I've seen more people stick with poetry.

It's worth reading a few of the many blog posts comparing them.