Learning how to define a function in Python is one of the most important steps to mastering the language. Functions are blocks of code that perform a specific task and can be “called” from any point ...

In the last post introducing Python, I demonstrated how to make a simple app using variables and conditional statements. In order to do anything really powerful in a given programming language though, ...

Find out what makes Python a versatile powerhouse for modern software development—from data science to machine learning, systems automation, web and API development, and more. It may seem odd to ...

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Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python's syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than ...

Why write ten lines of code when one will do? From magic variable swaps to high-speed data counting, these Python snippets will transform your code.