--- title: "SLIDES - understanding python \\*args and \\*\\*kwargs" description: "Python and are super useful tools, that when used properly can make you code much simpler and easier to maintain. Large manual conversions from a dataset to..." date: 2020-07-02 published: true tags: - python template: blog-post --- Python `*args` and `**kwargs` are super useful tools, that when used properly can make you code much simpler and easier to maintain. Large manual conversions from a dataset to function arguments can be packed and unpacked into lists or dictionaries. Beware though, this power **can** lead to some really unreadable/unusable code if done wrong. I generally post these as a carousel on LinkedIn based on a full article. Let mw know what you think of it shown inside of a blog [@_waylonwalker](https://twitter.com/_WaylonWalker). [![python args and kwargs](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/fdb43b2d-c53d-4cfc-b83c-ab4804cd734e.webp)](https://waylonwalker.com/python-args-kwargs) See the full article [here](https://waylonwalker.com/python-args-kwargs) ## Slides --- ![1](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/bf003440-5ddb-4b31-a52b-affe9989aa55.webp) --- ![2](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/22de97ef-3b0b-4b39-b5f9-11060d07e452.webp) --- ![3](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/b3000590-5046-4d97-a206-2c1ede4dbd63.webp) --- ![4](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/60c5e29b-8f03-4648-b424-9e1e08427a20.webp) --- ![5](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/e76daea2-ba7f-40b3-9fa9-fb2dc2dd9d2b.webp) --- ![6](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/3be607dc-b473-48b3-bd9c-0e83df03869c.webp) --- ![7](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/da79480e-2bb6-4147-9cc2-bdadfa0bf299.webp) --- ![8](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/acd39f5a-e66e-4a26-8060-f1a63ce0c8cc.webp) --- ![9](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/e68808cb-b891-4424-aeb9-77c2426b43db.webp) --- ![10](https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/fae12e44-6f79-456d-80b6-c4f2727f69a1.webp)