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Earlier this week, I came across another fun package called datefinder. The idea behind this package is that it can take any string with dates in it and transform them into a list of Python datetime objects. I would have loved this package at my old job where I did a lot of text file […]
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The other day, I came across this interesting experimental package called import_from_github_com. The package uses the new import hooks provided in PEP 302 to basically allow you to import a package from github. What the package actually appears to do is install the package and add it to locals. Anyway, you need Python 3.2 or
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The wxPython toolkit added context managers to its code base a few years ago, but for some reason you don’t see very many examples of their use. In this article, we’ll look at three examples of context managers in wxPython. A wxPython user was the first person to suggest using context managers in wxPython on
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Python came out with a special new keyword several years ago in Python 2.5 that is known as the “with statement”. This new keyword allows a developer to create context managers. But wait! What’s a context manager? They are handy constructs that allow you to set something up and tear something down automatically. For example,
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Have you ever wondered how to process command line arguments in Python? Yeah, there’s a module for that. It’s called argparse, which is a replacement for optparse. In this article, we’ll be taking a whirlwind tour of this helpful module. Let’s start with something simple! Getting Started I have always found the simplest way to
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The other day, I came across an interesting StackOverflow question where the fellow was trying to figure out how to open a sub-frame only once. Basically he wanted a single instance of the sub-frame (and other sub-frames). After digging around a bit on Google, I found an old thread from the wxPython Google Group that
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I recently completed Episode #10 of the Python 101 Screencast. It’s about the basics of functions. I hope you like it!
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I recently came across a StackOverflow question where the fellow was asking how to get wxPython’s RichTextCtrl’s XML data so he could save it to a database. I don’t know much about this control, but after a quick Google search, I found an article from 2008 that gave me the information I needed. I took
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Check out my latest video from the Python 101 Screencast. In this episode we learn how to use Python’s file handling capabilities. You will learn how to read, write and append to a file.
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I recently recorded the next episode of Python 101. This one is on Exception Handling. I hope you like it:
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I finished up another Episode of Python 101. This one is about Python’s comprehension constructs. In this video, I cover list, dict and set comprehensions. I hope you enjoy it: You can support my Python 101 video project via my IndieGogo crowdfunding campaign, which is ending this week.
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I recorded the next episode of my Python 101 screencast today. You can support my crowdfunding campaign here. The video is about Python’s looping structures. You will also learn how to use the else construct with a loop. Here’s the video:
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I recently took on a project where I needed to graph some data on a webpage using data I had queried from a database. Since I love Python, I decided to use it to accomplish this task. I went with Flask for serving the webpage and pygal for creating the graphs. In this tutorial, I
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My latest project is turning my book, Python 101, into a Screencast. I have started a Kickstarter to raise funds to help in this endeavor. You can check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34257246/the-python-101-screencast The basic idea is to take each chapter of the book and turn it into a screencast. There are 44 chapters currently that
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I am currently working on another Kickstarter campaign to turn my book, Python 101 into a video series. I am planning on launching this project on Wednesday, March 25th. There are 44 chapters in my book, so I’ll be creating a minimum of 44 screencast videos. Here is what is currently covered in the book
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