There are times when you are writing an application and you need to run another application. For example, you may need to open Microsoft Notepad on Windows for some reason. Or if you are on Linux, you might want to run grep. Python has support for launching external applications via the subprocess module. The subprocess […]
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This week we welcome Florian Dahlitz (@DahlitzF) as our PyDev of the Week! Florian is a contributor to the CPython programming language and the PyTest framework. He is also a contributor to Real Python. You can check out Florian’s personal blog or get his newsletter to keep up-to-date with him. Let’s spend some time getting
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In this video, you will learn the basics of using the Jupyter Notebook. How to change cells, edit cells, run cells, and much more!
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to improve the image viewer application that you created in the previous video tutorial to make it load up a folder of images. Then you will add some buttons so that the user can go forwards and backwards through the images or play a slideshow of the images.
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Application developers are always working with files. You create them whenever you write a new script or application. You write reports in Microsoft Word, you save emails or download books or music. Files are everywhere. Your web browser downloads lots of little files to make your browsing experience faster. When you write programs, you have
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I recently decided to relaunch the Mouse vs Python YouTube channel. I am working on new tutorials from the 2nd Edition of Python 101 as well as starting some new content on regular Python tutorials and wxPython tutorials. Here are a few examples of the new content: I have lots of ideas for other Python
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In this video tutorial, you will learn all about Python’s list data type. If videos aren’t your thing, then you can read the same content here: Python 101: Learning About Lists
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This week we welcome Adrin Jalali (@adrinjalali) as our PyDev of the Week! Adrin works on the popular scikit-learn package as well as Fairlearn, an AI package for Python. You can see what else Adrin is up to via his website or by checking out his Github profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know
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In this video tutorial, you will learn how to use Python’s urllib to download files from the internet: If you prefer reading versus watching, then you can check out this related tutorial: Python 101: How to Download a File Would you like to learn more about Python? Python 101 – 2nd Edition Purchase now on
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Creating software is hard work. To make your software better, your application needs to keep working even when the unexpected happens. For example, let’s say your application needs to pull information down from the Internet. What happens if the person using your application loses their Internet connectivity? Another common issue is what to do if
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Learn how to use Strings in Python in this screencast. This video is based on a chapter from my book, Python 101 2nd Edition. You can read the written version here: Python 101: Working with Strings
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This week we welcome Kyle Stanley (@aeros_py) as our PyDev of the Week! Kyle is a core developer of the Python programming language. If you’d like to see what Kyle is working on, you can check out his Github profile. You can also connect with Kyle on LinkedIn. Let’s spend some time getting to know
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This week we welcome Dong-hee Na (@dongheena92) as our PyDev of the Week! Dong-hee is a core developer of the Python programming language. You can see some of what he has been working on over on Github. Let’s take some time to get to know him better! Can you tell us a little about yourself
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This week we welcome Seth Michael Larson (@sethmlarson) as our PyDev of the Week! Seth is the lead maintainer of urllib3. He also writes a Python blog. You can see some of Seth’s other contributions over on Github. Let’s take a few moments to get to know Seth better! Can you tell us a little
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There are many times when you are writing code that you will need to find a way to iterate over something. Perhaps you’ll need to iterate over the letters in a string or the objects in a list. The process of iterating over something is done via a loop. A loop is a programming construct
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