In the last post introducing Python, I demonstrated how to make a simple app using variables and conditional statements. In order to do anything really powerful in a given programming language though, ...

I'll be posting pseudo-code here in the hopes that it's enough, but I can start giving more details if needed. Originally I had the contents of function1 and function2 in-line in this code and I ...

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Why write ten lines of code when one will do? From magic variable swaps to high-speed data counting, these Python snippets ...

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The latest monthly update to the Python extension for Visual Studio Code makes it easier for developers to keep track of variables and their data when working with the ever-popular programming ...

Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

I work in a lab where laptops are pervasive. They pushed out calculators, which decades earlier did the same to slide rules. As calculators become more powerful, for some jobs the Prime could be more ...

Python web applications have long adhered to the Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) standard, which describes how they talk to web servers. WSGI, originally introduced in 2003 and updated in 2010, ...

Corey Schafer’s YouTube channel is a go-to for clear, in-depth video tutorials covering a wide range of Python topics. The ...