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Level up your Python skills with six new courses
Want to level up your Python skills, to solve more problems in less time, and with less code? Want to take advantage of the latest techniques in the Python world?
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Improve your “pandas” skills with “Pandas Workout”
As you might know, I’ve been working lately on my new book, Pandas Workout, with 50 exercises to improve your fluency using the “pandas” library for data analysis. Well, I
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Python parameters primer
Python makes it easy to write functions. For example, I can write: def hello(name): return f’Hello, {name}!’ I can then run the function with: hello(‘world’) which will then, not surprisingly,
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It’s time to learn Python
I’m on a mission: I want to help people to do more in less time, and to have better careers. How? Using Python. If you’re reading this, then you might
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Write better Python functions!
Whether you’re a newcomer to Python or an old hand, you’re probably writing lots of functions — functions that perform calculations, functions that parse files, functions that check passwords, and
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One year of “Python for non-programmers”
In the spring of last year, as the coronavirus pandemic began, it was pretty clear that this would be the major event of our lives, and that a lot of
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Reminder: Weekly Python Exercise B1 (advanced topics 1) starts on Tuesday!
If you’ve been using Python for a year or more, and want to sharpen your skills, then I have good news: A new cohort of Weekly Python Exercise starts this
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You can, but should you? Combining some of Python’s more esoteric features
Note: As usual, readers of my blog (and my students) found a simpler and more elegant solution than I did… I knew that the boolean “or” operator returned the first
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This Black Friday, get 40% off all 25 of my Python, Git, and data science courses
It’s time: My Black Friday sale, with 40% off all 25 products in my online store, is live! What am I offering? All of my courses about Python, Git, and
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Reminder: My “Intro to SQL” course is this Sunday!
This is just a reminder that on Sunday, I’ll be teaching a live, 4-hour introductory course on databases and SQL. If you haven’t ever worked with databases before, then this