Today (Sunday, July 14th) is my birthday. And as happens every year, I’m celebrating with huge discounts on all of my online courses and books. I’m now 49, so you can get 49% off of anything in my online store. But as with birthdays, this massive sale won’t last long ...

If you’ve been using Python for at least six months, but still find yourself searching on Stack Overflow and Google for answers to your problems — you’re not alone. The good news is that the solution to your problem, to greater Python fluency, is easy: Practice, practice, and more practice. ...

A month or two ago, I saw an online quiz that caught my eye: How much of the Python standard library do you know? Now, the “standard library” is the collection of modules and packages that come with Python. It constitutes the “batteries” that “batteries included” refers to in the ...

Let’s face it: Stack Overflow has made developers’ lives easier. Almost every time I have a question, I find that someone on Stack Overflow has asked it, and that people have answered it, often in great detail. I’m thus not against Stack Overflow, not by a long shot. But I ...

Just a reminder: Registration for the advanced (B2) cohort of Weekly Python Exercise, which will begin on July 2nd, will remain open for the next two weeks. BUT early-bird pricing ($80 for 15 weeks of Python exercises, solutions, and community) ends today — Tuesday, June 18th. If you want to ...

Here’s a quick question I often ask students in my Python classes: >>> x = 100 >>> y = x >>> x = 200 After executing the above code, what is the value of y? The answer: >>> print(y)100 Many of my students, especially those with a background in C, ...