Python Practice Problems: Get Ready for Your Next Interview

Are you a Python developer brushing up on your skills before an interview? If so, then this tutorial will usher you through a series of Python practice problems meant to simulate common coding test scenarios. After you develop your own solutions, you’ll walk through the Real Python team’s answers so you can optimize your code, impress your interviewer,...

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #27: Preparing for an Interview With Python Practice Problems

What is an effective way to prepare for a Python interview? Would you like a set of problems that increase in difficulty to practice and hone your Python skills? This week on the show, we have Jim Anderson to talk about his new Real Python article, "Python Practice Problems: Get Ready for Your Next Interview." This article provides several problems,...

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Numbers in Python

You don’t need to be a math whiz to program well. The truth is, few programmers need to know more than basic algebra. Of course, how much math you need to know depends on the application you’re working on. In general, the level of math required to be a programmer is lower than you might expect. Although math and computer programming aren’t as correlated...

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Command Line Interfaces in Python

Adding the capability of processing Python command line arguments provides a user-friendly interface to your text-based command line program. It’s similar to what a graphical user interface is for a visual application that’s manipulated by graphical elements or widgets. Python exposes a mechanism to capture and extract your Python command line arguments....

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Plot With Pandas: Python Data Visualization for Beginners

Whether you’re just getting to know a dataset or preparing to publish your findings, visualization is an essential tool. Python’s popular data analysis library, pandas, provides several different options for visualizing your data with .plot(). Even if you’re at the beginning of your pandas journey, you’ll soon be creating basic plots that will yield...

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #26: 5 Years Podcasting Python with Michael Kennedy: Growth, GIL, Async, and More

Why is Python pulling in so many new programmers? Maybe some of that growth is from Python being a full-spectrum language. This week on the show we have Michael Kennedy, the host of the podcast "Talk Python to Me". Michael reflects on five years of podcasting about Python, and many of the changes he has seen in the Python landscape. ...

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Find & Fix Code Bugs in Python: Debug With IDLE

Everyone makes mistakes—even seasoned professional developers! Python’s interactive interpreter, IDLE, is pretty good at catching mistakes like syntax errors and runtime errors, but there’s a third type of error that you may have already experienced. Logic errors occur when an otherwise valid program doesn’t do what was intended. Logic errors cause...

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Exploring HTTPS and Cryptography in Python

Have you ever wondered why it’s okay for you to send your credit card information over the Internet? You may have noticed the https:// on URLs in your browser, but what is it, and how does it keep your information safe? Or perhaps you want to create a Python HTTPS application, but you’re not exactly sure what that means. In this course, you’ll get...

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Video Subtitles & Transcripts Now Available on Real Python

Hey there, I’ve got a big update to share today: Real Python video courses now have full subtitles and transcripts! I think this is going to do a lot for accessibility and making your favorite Python learning resources easier to review & more searchable. Let’s do a quick demo. Video lessons now come with full subtitles that you can turn on and...

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #25: Data Version Control in Python and Real Python Video Transcripts

Wouldn't it be nice to a use a form of version control for data? Something that would allow you to track and version your datasets and models. Well, that's what the tool called DVC is designed to do. This week on the show, David Amos is here and he's brought another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. [ Improve Your...

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