Merge branch 'main' of github.com:bbelderbos/bobcodesit

index.md

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ This file gets generated by [this script](index.py).
 - [Make a class callable](notes/20220909090435.md)
 - [Method chaining](notes/20220921175826.md)
 
+## Codecs
+
+- [How to capture the zen of python (and redirect standard output)?](notes/20231207123339.md)
+
 ## Collections
 
 - [Collections.deque](notes/20220906154334.md)
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 ## Contextmanager
 
-- [How to capture the zen of python (and redirect standard output)?](notes/20231207123339.md)
 - [The power of context managers](notes/20231212064259.md)
 
 ## Dataclasses
@@ -156,6 +159,10 @@ This file gets generated by [this script](index.py).
 - [F-string debugging technique](notes/20220904165337.md)
 - [Zfill](notes/20220914144334.md)
 
+## Format
+
+- [How to capture the zen of python (and redirect standard output)?](notes/20231207123339.md)
+
 ## Functions
 
 - [Avoid mutable default arguments](notes/20220910100519.md)
@@ -322,7 +329,6 @@ This file gets generated by [this script](index.py).
 ## Stringformatting
 
 - [5 things you might not know f-strings can do 💡 🧵](notes/20230829122531.md)
-- [How to capture the zen of python (and redirect standard output)?](notes/20231207123339.md)
 
 ## Strings
 
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 - [Urlencode()](notes/20221125164329.md)
 
-## Withstatement
-
-- [The power of context managers](notes/20231212064259.md)
-
 ## Zen
 
 - [How to capture the zen of python (and redirect standard output)?](notes/20231207123339.md)
+- [Sparse is better than dense.](notes/20231212143456.md)
 - [Zip() got a strict keyword arg](notes/20220908171538.md)
 
 ## Zlib

notes/20231207123339.md

@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ for i, title in enumerate(import_this_output.splitlines()[2:], start=1):
 
 I love how expressive Python is! 🐍 😍
 
-#contextmanager #contextlib #zen #enumerate #stringformatting
+#contextlib #codecs #zen #enumerate #format

notes/20231212064259.md

@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ Note there are two ways to define Python context managers:
 
 • Function-Based: Utilize contextlib module's @contextmanager decorator and write a function with a yield statement. More lightweight and straightforward for simpler tasks.
 
-#contextmanager #contextlib #withstatement
+#contextmanager #contextlib

notes/20231212143456.md

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Sparse is better than dense.
+
+Just by using more space (e.g. characters + newlines) your code will be much more pleasant / readable.
+
+```
+# dense
+def generate_xmas_tree(rows=10):
+    width, output = rows*2, []
+    for i in range(1, width+1, 2):
+        row = "*"*i
+        output.append(row.center(width, " "))
+    return "\n".join(output)
+
+
+# sparse
+def generate_xmas_tree(rows=10):
+    width = rows * 2
+    output = []
+
+    for i in range(1, width + 1, 2):
+        row = "*" * i
+        output.append(row.center(width, " "))
+
+    return "\n".join(output)
+```
+
+#zen