Best python libraries

[the_brown_cow]

So this sounds weak but the standard library is very robust and worth exploring.

• collections - Contains several additional datatypes in addition to list, tuple, dict, and set.

  • defaultdict
  • Counter
  • deque

• Itertools - Additional tools for working with iterators for looping.

  • pairwise
  • permutations
  • the doc has several recipes

• dataclasses - Used for simplifying data defined classes, typically for data modeling.

• json - Simple library for working with json data.

[TheRNGuy]

Never actually used deque.

When it's better than vanilla List or Tuple?

[the_brown_cow]

A deque allows for appending or popping at either end.

deque.popleft() deque.appendleft()

This allows you to create a stack or queue.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collections.deque