Python: Beginner to Expert
John Lockwood 
I firmly believe that every software developer should know how to use the command line. At the same time that this is my position, it feels strange to have to advocate for it since the alternative of ignoring the command prompt altogether is a very recent development. For us dinosaurs born in the last century, … Read more
In what Buddhists consider to be the first teaching the Buddha gave after he achieved enlightenment, he counseled his listeners to adopt a middle way, between the extremes of sensual indulgence on the one hand, and severe asceticism on the other. Of course, I’m definitely no buddha, but this idea of charting a middle course … Read more
We often talk about two different kinds of control flow in programming courses: branching and looping. A program branches when it goes down one path or another based on a condition. Both of these types of control flow are essential features of the vast majority of programming languages. We discuss some common ways to loop … Read more
Python, currently the most popular programming language, is a free, open-source, general-purpose language. If you’re looking to learn Python, we have a ton of articles for you! What we’ll do in this article is organize these resources for you, since some are more appropriate for beginners to the Python language or to even programming languages … Read more
If you’ve ever created a Python class, you are probably already familiar with dunder methods, though you may not yet know you are. If you don’t yet know that you are, you’re probably waiting for me to clarify: What is a dunder method? I’m glad you asked. A dunder method — also known as a … Read more
Docker and Python are two great tools that work great together to simplify the development and deployment of an application. Most of my readers are naturally already quite familiar with Python, and I’m sure most are familiar with Docker, but if you’re not, don’t worry. The answer to can you use Docker with Python is … Read more
Although it may not appear that way at first because of how well Python objects are integrated into the language, Python is a highly object-oriented language. We won’t stop to prove that yet, but we will toward the end of the article. Instead, because this article focuses on the needs of beginning software developers, we … Read more
Since Python is a very accessible language, many developers learn it as a first language. If you’re new to programming and Python, you may be working to gain confidence in the language. At the same time, you’re ramping up on basic programming skills. While finding your footing, you may also be wondering if you made … Read more
Other than data science and machine learning, I believe the one use case driving the popularity of Python in recent years has been its suitability for serverless cloud computing. Especially for junior developers interested in a role as a Software Developer or DevOps Engineer, I would argue that learning about serverless computing represents a huge … Read more
Most Python developers know about dictionaries, lists, and tuples — three workhorse collections that are so useful that they repeatedly appear in Python code. Compared to other languages, these essential collections have such excellent support in the language that they feel almost like native types. For example, they all have special constructors and operators unique … Read more
