Do yourself a favor and learn this one properly once and for all — Creating loops is a common task for programmers, and the Python range function offers an easy-to-use but important tool when creating for-loops. Python has the for loop, which requires some kind of iterable object that returns its elements one by one. This article will closely examine the Python range function…

try.. except.. else.. finally — Python exception handling is the process of identifying and responding to errors in a program. In other words, it is a way to deal with errors that might occur in your program. In this article, you will learn how to handle errors in Python by using the try and except…

Valid keys, multiple ways to create, default values, view objects — The dictionary is one of the language’s most powerful data types. In other programming languages and computer science in general, dictionaries are also known as associative arrays. They allow you to associate one or more keys to values. In this article, I’ll share some ‘beyond the basics’ tips and tricks…

It knows more than just programming languages — We’ve all read about Github Copilot by now, I assume. If you haven’t, here’s the TL;DR… Github Copilot is an AI-based autocomplete on steriods for developers What surprised me most is that this thing doesn’t just know programming languages. Here are a couple of examples where I didn’t expect it…

Apply these tricks in your Python code to make it more concise and performant — Here are eight neat Python tricks some I’m sure you haven’t seen before. Apply these tricks in your Python code to make it more concise and performant! 1. Sorting Objects by Multiple Keys Suppose we want to sort the following list of dictionaries: people = [ { 'name': 'John', "age": 64 }, { 'name': 'Janet', "age": 34 }, {…

Two reasons: other projects, and Medium’s changes — For those following me, you may have noticed I don’t write as regularly as I used to do on here. There are a couple of reasons, in order of importance: I’m working on awesome projects that eat up most of my time Medium has changed the focus of this platform …

Tips to improve the way you write and use comments — A Python comment is an explanation in the source code of a Python program. It doesn’t do anything besides being informative and is ignored by the Python interpreter. In this article, you will learn: what Python comments are, how to add comments to your Python code, what the common pitfalls…

Get off to a good start with these helpful tips and learning tactics — Getting started is hard, no matter what subject it is. To prevent getting discouraged early on, I’m sharing these tips to optimize your learning path. 1. Dive into the basics You’d think the Python website itself would contain a good tutorial like most other languages do. However, they mostly link to other sites or dive…

#4: Code never lies, comments sometimes do — Some things you don’t learn at school. These lessons come right from the work floor; I learned them the hard way! 1. Cheap, fast, reliable — Pick two I love this one because it makes the ones hearing it (your manager) think for themselves: Do you want it to be reliable and fast? It can be done…