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Enjoyed the movie? Now you can also enjoy the (Jupyter note)book!
About a month ago, I started my “Python standard library video explainer series” on YouTube. My goal is to walk through the Python standard library, one little bit at a
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Weekly Python Exercise is a PyCon Africa 2019 bronze sponsor
I’ve attended two Python conferences so far this year: PyCon (in May, in Cleveland, Ohio) and EuroPython (in July, in Basel, Switzerland). Both were fantastic; I was happy to be
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It’s my annual birthday sale!
Today (Sunday, July 14th) is my birthday. And as happens every year, I’m celebrating with huge discounts on all of my online courses and books. I’m now 49, so you
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Registration for Weekly Python Exercise closes today!
If you’ve been using Python for at least six months, but still find yourself searching on Stack Overflow and Google for answers to your problems — you’re not alone. The
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Announcing: Python standard library, video explainer
A month or two ago, I saw an online quiz that caught my eye: How much of the Python standard library do you know? Now, the “standard library” is the
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Want to level up your Python? Join Weekly Python Exercise, starting July 2nd
Let’s face it: Stack Overflow has made developers’ lives easier. Almost every time I have a question, I find that someone on Stack Overflow has asked it, and that people
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Early-bird pricing for Weekly Python Exercise ends today!
Just a reminder: Registration for the advanced (B2) cohort of Weekly Python Exercise, which will begin on July 2nd, will remain open for the next two weeks. BUT early-bird pricing
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Understanding Python assignment
Here’s a quick question I often ask students in my Python classes: >>> x = 100 >>> y = x >>> x = 200 After executing the above code, what
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Reminder: Early-bird pricing for Weekly Python Exercise ends tomorrow
This is just a quick reminder that if you want to join the advanced cohort of Weekly Python Exercise starting July 2nd, you should do it by tomorrow (Tuesday, June
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Playing with Python strings, lists, and variable names — or, a complex answer to a simple question
I recently received a question from a reader of my “Better developers” list. He asks: Is there any way to turn a str type into a list type? For example,