# rasbt/python_reference

Useful functions, tutorials, and other Python-related things

Repository: https://github.com/rasbt/python_reference
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/python_reference
Language: Jupyter Notebook
License Family: other
Topics: python-tips, learning-python
Last push: 2022-06-27T11:54:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4691, "days_push": 1528, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3892, forks 938 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:28.389608+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of Python tutorials, Jupyter notebooks, useful scripts, and snippets covering topics from scope resolution and unit testing to data science and plotting. It serves as a learning reference rather than an installable software package.

## Use cases
- learn python tips and tricks
- understand python scope resolution and the legb rule
- learn sqlite database operations in python
- get started with multiprocessing in python
- find useful regular expression examples
- learn unit testing in python
- prepare data for machine learning tasks

## When to choose
- you are learning Python and want practical notebook-based tutorials
- you need quick reference snippets for common Python tasks
- you want examples spanning testing, data science, and visualization

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready library with an API
- you require actively maintained, up-to-date content
- you need licensed, redistributable code (no license is provided)

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, documentation, data-science, testing, data-visualization
- domain: tutorials, programming-languages, data-science, education, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: jupyter-notebooks, python-tips, tutorials, snippets, reference-collection

## Member repositories
- rasbt/python_reference (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:28.389608+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:25:36.821155+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rasbt/python_reference (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:28.389608+00:00, sha 8e396fe70834)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.