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My free, weekly “Python for non-programmers” course continues tomorrow, Friday April 24th, at 10 a.m. Eastern. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to program, then you’re always free to join. (About 1,600 people have already done so.) And yes, we’ve been going for a month already… but if you join, you have access to all…

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My free, weekly “Python for non-programmers” course continues! Today, we’ll start to talk about “strings” — in other words, text! Letters, words, sentences, and anything else contains text is a string in Python. Join me for the live session, and get access to all previous recordings, Jupyter notebooks, and our private forum, by registering at…

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If you’ve never programmed a computer before — or if you tried, and found it frustrating and difficult — then you’re welcome to join my “Python for non-programmers” course, which takes place on Thursdays at 10 a.m. Eastern. The class is 100% free of charge, and open to anyone who wants. Just register at https://PythonForNonProgrammers.com/.…

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This is just a reminder that my 100% free, weekly “Python for non-programmers” course is continuing tomorrow (Friday, March 27th) at 10 am Eastern. Join me for live discussion, coding, and Q&A as we march (slowly) through the Python language. Sounds interesting? Sign up at https://PythonForNonProgrammers.com ! We’ll be talking about making decisions with the…

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If you’ve been using Python for a while, and want to up your game, then I’ve got great news for you: I have released three new advanced Python courses, all available immediately from my online store: Advanced Python data structures This 5-hour course assumes that you’re familiar and comfortable with strings, lists, tuples, and dicts,…

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This is a tough time for the world. Wherever you live, you have likely been affected by covid-19, the coronavirus that has been making its way to every country, city, and town. Many countries, companies, and individuals are now restricted to their homes.  This can be frustrating in many ways.  Moreover, I’m not alone in…

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If you’ve been using Python for a while, then you know that it’s easy to learn — and even fun to use. But you probably also find yourself stuck on occasion, frustrated that the ideas and techniques don’t flow more easily. The only solution to that problem is practice. And in Weekly Python Exercise, you…

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I’m delighted to announce that my book, “Python Workout,” is Manning’s “Deal of the Day” for February 28th. The book contains 50 complete exercises and solutions on all of the core aspects of Python — data structures, functions, comprehensions, objects, and iterators. It also has an additional 150 “beyond the exercise” problems to keep you…

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How many times a day do you visit Stack Overflow?  (If you’re like most programmers, the answer is “many.”)  Wouldn’t it be nice to just be able to write Python code, without interrupting your work every few hours to check (or double-check) something? After all, whether you’re a data scientist, app developer, or just a…

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This is a final reminder that in a few hours, registration will close for Weekly Python Exercise A1: Data structures for beginners. Again and again, WPE participants have said that Weekly Python Exercise was the boost they needed to become more familiar with Python. Now, if Python fluency is your goal, then that’s great.  But…

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