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Announcing: Trainer Weekly, practical advice for technical trainers
Do you offer technical training? Or are you just interested in becoming a trainer? I’ve been doing technical training for several years now, and it has become the main thing
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Free download: Cheat sheet for Python data structures
[thrive_leads id=’1573′] Just about every day of every week, I teach Python. I teach not only in Israel, but also in Europe, China, and the US. While I do teach
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The (lack of a) case against Python 3
A few days ago, well-known author and developer Zed Shaw wrote a blog post, “The Case Against Python 3.” I have a huge amount of respect for Zed’s work, and
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Why you should read “Weapons of Math Destruction”
Review of “Weapons of Math Destruction: How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy,” by Cathy O’Neil Over the last few years, the study of statistics has taken on new
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Implementing “zip” with list comprehensions
I love Python’s “zip” function. I’m not sure just what it is about zip that I enjoy, but I have often found it to be quite useful. Before I describe
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Fun with floats
I’m in Shanghai, and before I left to teach this morning, I decided to check the weather. I knew that it would be hot, but I wanted to double-check that
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Announcing: An online community for technical trainers
Over the last few years, my work has moved away from day-to-day software development, and more in the direction of technical training: Helping companies (and individuals) by teaching people how
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Speedy string concatenation in Python
As many people know, one of the mantras of the Python programming language is, “There should be one, and only one, way to do it.” (Use “import this” in your
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Want to learn Chinese?
I run a side project that has nothing to do with computers or programming: Every Monday, I publish “Mandarin Weekly,” a curated collection of links and resources for people learning
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Another free regexp Q&A webinar!
The last Webinar I did, with Q&A about regular expressions, was great fun — so much, that I’ve decided to do another one. So, if you have questions (big or