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• Provide a Python developer glossary of the top 100 Python development concepts sorted by the most commonly used. For each concept include a brief description and the URL for the Python official documentation and the appropriate GitHub repo, pypa.io Python package, Conda or other source code repository. Answer using MediaWiki format.

• Provide a Python developer glossary of the top 100 Python development concepts sorted by the most commonly used. For each Python concept include a brief description and the URL for the Python official documentation, include the URL to the appropriate rosettacode.org link, include the URL for the pypi.org pip link, include the appropriate URL of the Python 3 Module of the Week pymotw.com, and the Python standard library source code repository or appropriate GitHub repo. Answer using MediaWiki format.

• Provide a Python module glossary of the top 100 Python modules that are not part of the Python Standard Library sorted by the most commonly used. For each Python module include a brief description and the URL for the Python official documentation, include the URL to the appropriate rosettacode.org link, include the URL for the pypi.org pip link, include the appropriate URL of the Python 3 Module of the Week pymotw.com, and the Python standard library source code repository or appropriate GitHub repo. Answer using MediaWiki format.

• Provide a Python module glossary of the top 100 Python modules that are not part of the Python Standard Library sorted by the most commonly used. For each Python module include a brief description and the URL for the Python official documentation, include the URL for the pypi.org pip link, and include the URL for the appropriate GitHub repo. Answer using MediaWiki format.

Creating an exhaustive glossary of the top 100 Python development concepts, including descriptions and links to official documentation and relevant repositories, is a substantial task. This list will cover a mix of foundational elements, standard library modules, and popular third-party packages, along with their primary usage within the Python ecosystem. Note that the Python ecosystem is vast and dynamic, with many packages and tools available, so this list focuses on those concepts that are widely recognized and utilized across various Python applications.

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Stores data that can be used and manipulated in a program. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#using-python-as-a-calculator]

Defines the type of data: `int`, `float`, `str`, `bool`, `list`, `tuple`, `dict`, `set`. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html]

A block of code which only runs when it is called. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#defining-functions]

A file containing Python definitions and statements. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html]

A way of structuring Python’s module namespace by using “dotted module names”. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#packages]

A tool to keep dependencies required by different projects separate. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html]

The package installer for Python. [Documentation: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/] [Source: https://github.com/pypa/pip]

Includes statements like `if`, `for`, `while`, and `try` for controlling the flow of execution. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html]

Provides a concise way to create lists. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#list-comprehensions]

A simple way of creating iterators using a function. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html#generators]

A way to modify functions or methods using other functions. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-decorator]

Python’s approach towards object-oriented programming. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html]

Handling errors detected during execution. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/errors.html]

Reading and writing files. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-files]

Provides regular expression matching operations. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html]

A library for numerical operations. [Documentation: https://numpy.org/doc/stable/] [Source: https://github.com/numpy/numpy]

A library for data manipulation and analysis. [Documentation: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/] [Source: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas]

A plotting library for creating static, interactive, and animated visualizations. [Documentation: https://matplotlib.org/stable/contents.html] [Source: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib]

A library used for scientific computing and technical computing. [Documentation: https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/] [Source: https://github.com/scipy/scipy]

An open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text. [Documentation: https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/] [Source: https://github.com/jupyter/notebook]

A micro web framework. [Documentation: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.0.x/] [Source: https://github.com/pallets/flask]

A high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. [Documentation: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/] [Source: https://github.com/django/django]

A library to write concurrent code using the async/await syntax. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html]

== 24. PyTest

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A simple, yet elegant HTTP library. [Documentation: https://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/] [Source: https://github.com/psf/requests]

A library for pulling data out of HTML and XML files. [Documentation: https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/] [Source: https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/]

A SQL toolkit and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) library. [Documentation: https://www.sqlalchemy.org/] [Source: https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy]

An end-to-end open-source platform for machine learning. [Documentation: https://www.tensorflow.org/overview] [Source: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow]

An open-source machine learning library. [Documentation: https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/index.html] [Source: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch]

A machine learning library for Python. [Documentation: https://scikit-learn.org/stable/documentation.html] [Source: https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn]

A tool to create isolated Python environments. [Documentation: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/] [Source: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv]

A tool for dependency management and packaging in Python. [Documentation: https://python-poetry.org/docs/] [Source: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry]

The uncompromising Python code formatter. [Documentation: https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/] [Source: https://github.com/psf/black]

An optional static type checker for Python. [Documentation: http://mypy-lang.org/] [Source: https://github.com/python/mypy]

A way to specify the expected data types of function arguments, return values, and variables. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html]

A tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation. [Documentation: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/] [Source: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx]

A generic virtualenv management and test command-line tool. [Documentation: https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/] [Source: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox]

An open-source package management system and environment management system. [Documentation: https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/] [Source: https://github.com/conda/conda]

An asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. [Documentation: https://docs.celeryproject.org/en/stable/] [Source: https://github.com/celery/celery]

A modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints. [Documentation: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/] [Source: https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi]

A productive Python framework for building web applications. [Documentation: https://dash.plotly.com/introduction] [Source: https://github.com/plotly/dash]

An interactive, open-source, and browser-based graphing library for Python. [Documentation: https://plotly.com/python/] [Source: https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py]

A set of Python modules designed for writing video games. [Documentation: https://www.pygame.org/docs/] [Source: https://github.com/pygame/pygame]

A program that converts Python programs into stand-alone executables, under Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. [Documentation: https://www.pyinstaller.org/] [Source: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller]

A library that provides a structure similar to what’s found in Microsoft Windows INI files. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html]

The standard library for implementing flexible event logging systems. [Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html]

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