Blog
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“Python Workout” is Manning’s Deal of the Day!
I’m a firm believer in improving your Python fluency via practice, practice, and more practice. “Python Workout” is a collection of my 50 favorite exercises from my 20 years of
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Variables are pronouns: A simple metaphor for Python newbies
I teach about 10 different courses to companies around the world, but my favorite remains “Python for non-programmers.” Participants in this course are typically network and system administrators, support engineers,
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Sharpen your Python skills with Weekly Python Exercise
It’s time for another cohort of Weekly Python Exercise! This time, it’s an advanced cohort with 15 weeks of practice in such subjects as functional programming, object-oriented programming, iterators, generators,
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Why do Python lists let you += a tuple, when you can’t + a tuple?
Let’s say you have a list in Python: >>> mylist = [10, 20, 30] You want to add something to that list. The most standard way to do this is
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Registration (and early-bird pricing) is open for Weekly Python Exercise
Do you use Python, but sometimes feel stuck? Do you visit Stack Overflow every time you want to solve a problem? Do you wish that you understood how to use
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Python dicts and memory usage
Let’s say that we create a new, empty Python dictionary: >>> d = {} How much memory does this new, empty dict consume? We can find out with “sys.getsizeof“: >>>
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Weekly Python Exercise A2 (functions + modules for beginners) closes today
If you are a relative beginner to Python, and want to improve your understanding of functions and modules, then there’s no better way to do so than practice. Weekly Python
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“Python Workout” is Manning’s Deal of the Day!
If you’ve just finished a Python course or book, then you might feel a bit nervous about your Python knowledge. You might be wondering how you can become a master
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There’s still time to join Weekly Python Exercise
Another cohort of Weekly Python Exercise starts next week! This time, it’s course A2 — for beginners, focusing on functions and modules. Registration closes on Friday. So if you want
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My interview on the “Talk Python” podcast
I was delighted to appear on the popular “Talk Python to Me” podcast, run by Michael Kennedy. In the podcast, I talk about teaching, learning, and teaching Python to companies.