The built-in function max in Python is broken and this article explains why, drawing parallels with other programming and mathematics concepts.
This article teaches you how to use functools.partial, how it works, and when to use it, with clear examples.
This tutorial uses Pokémon to introduce readers to data science with pandas and matplotlib.
In this article I explore a common code smell related to conditionals and Boolean values and show how to fix it.
This article shows how to use the Python built-in divmod for unit conversions.
This article explains what *args means in Python and how to use it in your own functions.
In the 9th part of this series of building a Python compiler and interpreter we will add support for Boolean operators and Boolean short-circuiting.
This article explains why a user would need to use enums in their code and shows how to do it with a simple example.
This article shows 5 ways of flattening a list of lists, ranked from worst to best.
A conversation between Rodrigo Girão Serrão and Stephen Gruppetta on analogies in programming.
In the 8th part of this series of building a Python compiler and interpreter we will add support for Boolean literals and Boolean operators.
Today I learned how many soft keywords Python has and what they are.
Today I learned that the underscore _ is a soft keyword in Python.
In the 7th part of this series of building a Python compiler and interpreter we will add support for if statements.
In the 6th part of this series of building a Python compiler and interpreter we will add support for variables, simple assignments, and chained assignments.
In the 5th part of this series of building a Python compiler and interpreter we will add support for multiple statements in our program.
In the 4th part of this series of building a Python compiler and interpreter we will add support for more arithmetic operations and parenthesised expressions.
