Grow Your Python Portfolio With 13 Intermediate Project Ideas

Now that you know the basics of Python, you can put that knowledge to use by building projects to put in your portfolio. The trick is finding project ideas that are just right for your level. Creating a variety of applications is a way to demonstrate your knowledge and share it with others. In this course, you’ll get 13 project ideas that you can...

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Learn IP Address Concepts With Python's ipaddress Module

Python’s ipaddress module is an underappreciated gem from the Python standard library. You don’t have to be a full-blown network engineer to have been exposed to IP addresses in the wild. IP addresses and networks are ubiquitous in software development and infrastructure. They underpin how computers, well, address each other. Learning through doing...

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #17: Linear Programming, PySimpleGUI, and More

Are you familiar with linear programming, and how it can be used to solve resource optimization problems? Would you like to free your Python code from a clunky command line and start making convenient graphical interfaces for your users? This week on the show, David Amos is back with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects. ...

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Python import: Advanced Techniques and Tips

In Python, you use the import keyword to make code in one module available in another. Imports in Python are important for structuring your code effectively. Using imports properly will make you more productive, allowing you to reuse code while keeping your projects maintainable. This tutorial will provide a thorough overview of Python’s import statement...

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Pointers and Objects in Python

If you’ve ever worked with lower-level languages like C or C++, then you may have heard of pointers. Pointers are essentially variables that hold the memory address of another variable. They allow you to create great efficiency in parts of your code but can lead to various memory management bugs. You’ll learn about Python’s object model and see why...

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Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in Python 3

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a method of structuring a program by bundling related properties and behaviors into individual objects. In this tutorial, you’ll learn the basics of object-oriented programming in Python. Conceptually, objects are like the components of a system. Think of a program as a factory assembly line of sorts. At each step...

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #16: Thinking in Pandas: Python Data Analysis the Right Way

Are you using the Python library Pandas the right way? Do you wonder about getting better performance, or how to optimize your data for analysis? What does normalization mean? This week on the show we have Hannah Stepanek to discuss her new book "Thinking in Pandas". [ Improve Your Python With 🐍 Python Tricks 💌 – Get a short &...

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Get Started With Django Part 2: Django User Management

If you finished the first part of this series, then you may already have a lot of ideas for your own Django applications. At some point, you might decide to extend them with user accounts. In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to work with Django user management and add it to your program. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to:...

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Unicode in Python: Working With Character Encodings

Python’s Unicode support is strong and robust, but it takes some time to master. There are many ways of encoding text into binary data, and in this course you’ll learn a bit of the history of encodings. You’ll also spend time learning the intricacies of Unicode, UTF-8, and how to use them when programming Python. You’ll practice with multiple examples...

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Python's reduce(): From Functional to Pythonic Style

Python’s reduce() is a function that implements a mathematical technique called folding or reduction. reduce() is useful when you need to apply a function to an iterable and reduce it to a single cumulative value. Python’s reduce() is popular among developers with a functional programming background, but Python has more to offer. In this tutorial,...

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