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19th April 2018 - Link Blog

How to Use Static Type Checking in Python 3.6 (via) Useful introduction to optional static typing in Python 3.6, including how to use mypy, PyCharm and the Atom mypy plugin.

Posted 19th April 2018 at 6:30 pm

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