Learn how to make beautiful choropleth maps in Python and Geopandas — In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make amazing maps in Python using GeoPandas and Matplotlib. Maps can be an incredibly approachable form of data visualization that people can readily understand. The process of making maps, however, isn’t the most straightforward task. …

Learn How to Use Excel to Automate Excel Reporting — Excel is powerful and it’s everywhere. But it’s also repetitive and manual. Sure, you could use tools like VBA to automate reporting, but using a general-purpose language like Python allows you to automate broader aspects of your reporting processes (like moving and emailing files). By the end of this post…

Write concise clean code — There are some coding conventions in Python that not only make your code stick out as entry-level, but are also less efficient! In this post, you’ll learn about 5 of these habits and how you can fix them to make your code cleaner and make you look like a more…

Dive into the exciting world of Python sets! — Python sets are incredibly useful tools that often go overlooked! In this post, you’ll learn how Python sets can make your life easier by de-duplicating data, finding intersections between collections and much more! What are Python Sets? Python sets work similarly to sets in mathematical set theory. This means that sets are unique and…

Assign multiple items, improve your conditionals, and more! — Python is a great programming language that makes it easy to up and running. There are many hidden gems in the language that make it even easier to use. The tips listed below not only make your code easier to read, but also make your code safer to run. You’ll…

Avoid unnecessary for loops, access dictionary items more effectively, and more — One of the nice things about Python is that it’s easy to get stuff working. Another nice thing is that there are a number of hidden treasures in Python to make your code cleaner, easier to read, and easier to write. In this article, you’ll learn four easy ways to…

Learn to rename and automate your file organization with Python! — You know those sales reports you get sent every day? The ones labelled as East-Sales-01Jan2021.xlsx, East-Sales-01Jan2021.xlsx, and so on? Say you want them called 2021–01–01 — East Sales. You could rename them one by one, manually. Or you could use the magic of Python! In this post, you’ll learn how…

Make your MatPlotlib graphs stand out — Matplotlib is one of the most commonly used data visualization libraries in Python. However, its default settings lead to drab, uninspiring graphs. This quick tutorial will guide you through some of the tips and tricks you can use to design much prettier Matplotlib graphs. What you’ll be making! We’ll be taking some COVID-19 Vaccine…

Really comprehend those list comprehensions! — List comprehensions provide elegant, concise ways to create, modify, and filter lists in Python. They work similar to a for-loop, but in a much more Pythonic way. How to write a list comprehension Let’s take a look at how to write list comprehensions by comparing them to a for-loop. …