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Thonny: The Beginner-Friendly Python Editor

Thonny: The Beginner-Friendly Python Editor

In this tutorial, you’ll learn all about Thonny, a free Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that was especially designed with the beginner Pythonista in mind. It has a built-in debugger and allows you to do step-through expression evaluation.

Dec 12, 2018 basics tools

Python Community Interview

Python Community Interview With Brian Peterson

Dec 10, 2018 community

Sending Emails With Python

Sending Emails With Python

Dec 05, 2018 intermediate web-dev

Building Serverless Apps Using AWS Chalice

Building Serverless Python Apps Using AWS Chalice

Dec 03, 2018 intermediate web-dev

Python Community Interview

Python Community Interview With Emily Morehouse

Nov 28, 2018 community

Continuous Integration with Python: An Introduction

Continuous Integration with Python: An Introduction

Nov 26, 2018 best-practices intermediate testing

Memory Management in Python

Memory Management in Python

Nov 21, 2018 intermediate python

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Interactive Data Visualization in Python With Bokeh

Interactive Data Visualization in Python With Bokeh

Nov 19, 2018 data-science intermediate

Python Community Interview

Python Community Interview With Kenneth Reitz

Nov 14, 2018 community

How to Publish an Open-Source Python Package to PyPI

How to Publish an Open-Source Python Package to PyPI

Nov 12, 2018 best-practices intermediate tools

Introduction to Python 3

Python "while" Loops (Indefinite Iteration)

Nov 07, 2018 basics python

Writing Comments in Python (Guide)

Writing Comments in Python (Guide)

Nov 05, 2018 basics best-practices python

A Basic Python Setup for Machine Learning on Windows

Setting Up Python for Machine Learning on Windows

Oct 31, 2018 basics data-science machine-learning

Python Community Interview

Python Community Interview With Michael Kennedy

Oct 29, 2018 community

Practical Text Classification With Python and Keras

Practical Text Classification With Python and Keras

Oct 24, 2018 advanced data-science machine-learning

Getting Started With Testing in Python

Getting Started With Testing in Python

Oct 22, 2018 best-practices intermediate testing

Python, Boto3, and AWS S3: Demystified

Python, Boto3, and AWS S3: Demystified

Oct 17, 2018 devops intermediate

Python's range() Function

The Python range() Function (Guide)

Oct 15, 2018 basics python

Python Community Interview

Python Community Interview With Mike Grouchy

Oct 10, 2018 community

How to Round Numbers in Python

How to Round Numbers in Python

Oct 08, 2018 best-practices intermediate python

Building Flask REST APIs

Building and Documenting Python REST APIs With Flask and Connexion – Part 2

Oct 03, 2018 api databases flask intermediate web-dev

Splitting, Concatenating, and Joining Strings in Python

Splitting, Concatenating, and Joining Strings in Python

Oct 01, 2018 basics python

Color Spaces and How to Use Them With OpenCV and Python

Image Segmentation Using Color Spaces in OpenCV + Python

Sep 26, 2018 intermediate machine-learning

Python Community Interview With Mahdi Yusuf

Python Community Interview With Mahdi Yusuf

Sep 24, 2018 community

Absolute vs Relative Imports in Python

Absolute vs Relative Imports in Python

Sep 19, 2018 best-practices intermediate python

Top 10 Must-Watch PyCon Talks

Top 10 Must-Watch PyCon Talks

Sep 17, 2018 community

Logging in Python

Logging in Python

Sep 12, 2018 intermediate tools

The Best Python Books

The Best Python Books

Sep 10, 2018 basics intermediate python

Introduction to Python 3

Conditional Statements in Python

Sep 05, 2018 basics python

Introduction to Python 3

Python Program Lexical Structure

Sep 03, 2018 basics python

1M Monthly Views on Real Python

We're Celebrating 1 Million Page Views per Month!

Sep 01, 2018 community

Pandas Tricks

Python Pandas: Tricks & Features You May Not Know

Aug 29, 2018 data-science intermediate

Python Community Interview

Python Community Interview With Mariatta Wijaya

Aug 27, 2018 community

Python Decorators

Primer on Python Decorators

Aug 22, 2018 intermediate python

Introduction to Python 3

Sets in Python

Aug 20, 2018 basics python

Django Redirects Tutorial

The Ultimate Guide to Django Redirects

Aug 15, 2018 django intermediate web-dev

Git Tips for Python Developers

Advanced Git Tips for Python Developers

Aug 13, 2018 advanced tools

Python Community Interview

Python Community Interview With Mike Driscoll

Aug 08, 2018 community

Introduction to Python 3

Dictionaries in Python

Aug 06, 2018 basics python

Python Socket Programming

Socket Programming in Python (Guide)

Aug 01, 2018 advanced python web-dev

Python Code Quality Illustration

Python Code Quality: Tools & Best Practices

Jul 30, 2018 best-practices python tools

Documenting Python Code Guide

Documenting Python Code: A Complete Guide

Jul 25, 2018 best-practices intermediate python

Python & Pandas

Fast, Flexible, Easy and Intuitive: How to Speed Up Your Pandas Projects

Jul 23, 2018 data-science python

Introduction to Python 3

Lists and Tuples in Python

Jul 18, 2018 basics python

Python CSV Parsing

Reading and Writing CSV Files in Python

Jul 16, 2018 data-science intermediate python

Generating Random Data With Python

Generating Random Data in Python (Guide)

Jul 11, 2018 data-science intermediate python

Introduction to Python 3

Strings and Character Data in Python

Jul 09, 2018 basics python

Python String Formatting

Python String Formatting Best Practices

Jul 04, 2018 basics best-practices python

Python Histogram Plots

Python Histogram Plotting: NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas & Seaborn

Jul 02, 2018 basics data-science

Cool New Features in Python 3.7

Cool New Features in Python 3.7

Jun 27, 2018 python

What Can I Build With Python?

What Can I Do With Python?

Jun 25, 2018 basics python

Introduction to Python 3

Operators and Expressions in Python

Jun 20, 2018 basics python

Python YouTube Channels

The Ultimate List of Python YouTube Channels

Jun 18, 2018 community python

Introduction to Python 3

Variables in Python

Jun 12, 2018 basics python

Building Flask REST APIs

Building and Documenting Python REST APIs With Flask and Connexion

Jun 11, 2018 api flask intermediate web-dev

Introduction to Python 3

Basic Data Types in Python

Jun 05, 2018 basics python

Python Application Layouts and Project Structures

Python Application Layouts: A Reference

Jun 04, 2018 basics best-practices python

Python Itertools

Itertools in Python 3, By Example

May 30, 2018 advanced python

Introduction to Python 3

Interacting with Python

May 28, 2018 basics python

Introduction to Python 3

Python 3 Installation & Setup Guide

May 23, 2018 basics best-practices python

Introduction to Python 3

Introduction to Python 3

May 21, 2018 basics python

Data Classes in Python 3.7 (And Above)

The Ultimate Guide to Data Classes in Python 3.7

May 15, 2018 intermediate python

F-Strings in Python 3.6

Python 3's f-Strings: An Improved String Formatting Syntax (Guide)

May 14, 2018 basics python

Operator and Function Overloading in Python

Operator and Function Overloading in Custom Python Classes

May 08, 2018 intermediate python

Pure Python vs NumPy vs TensorFlow performance comparison

Pure Python vs NumPy vs TensorFlow Performance Comparison

May 07, 2018 advanced data-science machine-learning

Python Metaclasses and Metaprogramming

Python Metaclasses

May 01, 2018 advanced python

An Introduction to Python Exceptions

Python Exceptions: An Introduction

Apr 30, 2018 basics python

A Guide to Pipenv, the new Python Packaging Tool

Pipenv: A Guide to the New Python Packaging Tool

Apr 24, 2018 intermediate tools

Python 3 "pathlib" Module: Taming The Filesystem

Python 3's pathlib Module: Taming the File System

Apr 23, 2018 intermediate python

Python Modules & Packages

Python Modules and Packages – An Introduction

Apr 17, 2018 basics python

Working With JSON Data in Python

Working With JSON Data in Python

Apr 16, 2018 intermediate python

Array Programming with NumPy

Look Ma, No For-Loops: Array Programming With NumPy

Apr 10, 2018 data-science intermediate

Python Debugging With Pdb (Guide)

Python Debugging With Pdb

Apr 09, 2018 intermediate python tools

Introduction to Git and GitHub for Python Developers

Introduction to Git and GitHub for Python Developers

Apr 04, 2018 basics tools

Beginner Tips for Learning Python

11 Beginner Tips for Learning Python Programming

Apr 03, 2018 basics python

Recursion in Python

Thinking Recursively in Python

Mar 27, 2018 intermediate python

Python Data Cleaning With NumPy and Pandas

Pythonic Data Cleaning With NumPy and Pandas

Mar 26, 2018 data-science intermediate

Python Speech Recognition

The Ultimate Guide To Speech Recognition With Python

Mar 21, 2018 advanced data-science machine-learning

Testing Python Command-Line Apps

4 Techniques for Testing Python Command-Line (CLI) Apps

Mar 20, 2018 best-practices testing

Python IDEs and Code Editors: The Complete Guide

Python IDEs and Code Editors (Guide)

Mar 13, 2018 basics tools

Python Project for Beginners: Bitcoin Price Notification Service

Python Project for Beginners: Bitcoin Price Notifications

Mar 08, 2018 basics web-dev

What is the Python Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)?

What is the Python Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)?

Mar 06, 2018 advanced python

Python Matplotlib

Python Plotting With Matplotlib (Guide)

Feb 28, 2018 basics data-science

OOP in Python 3

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in Python 3

Feb 13, 2018 intermediate python

World-Class Software Companies Using Python

8 World-Class Software Companies That Use Python

Feb 08, 2018 python

Modern Web Automation with Python and Selenium

Modern Web Automation With Python and Selenium

Feb 06, 2018 intermediate testing web-scraping

Shallow vs Deep Copies in Python

Shallow vs Deep Copying of Python Objects

Jan 31, 2018 advanced python

Python + Memcached for Efficient Caching

Python + Memcached: Efficient Caching in Distributed Applications

Jan 30, 2018 databases intermediate web-dev

Using Docker for Offline Python Deployments

Simplifying Offline Python Deployments With Docker

Jan 24, 2018 devops docker intermediate python

Python Web Scraping

Practical Introduction to Web Scraping in Python

Jan 23, 2018 basics web-scraping

PyBites: Daily Python tips

Building a Simple Web App With Bottle, SQLAlchemy, and the Twitter API

api databases web-dev

AWS Lambda, API gateway and Python logos

Code Evaluation With AWS Lambda and API Gateway

advanced devops web-dev

Angular, Flask logos

User Authentication With Angular 4 and Flask

advanced flask front-end web-dev

Test Driven Development of a Django RESTful API

advanced api django testing web-dev

Python classmethods, staticmethods, and instance methods

Python's Instance, Class, and Static Methods Demystified

intermediate python

Getting Started with Django Channels

advanced databases django web-dev

Flask: token based authentication

Token-Based Authentication With Flask

advanced flask web-dev

Django, Ansible logos

Automating Django Deployments with Fabric and Ansible

advanced devops django web-dev

Python and Mongo logos

Introduction to MongoDB and Python

basics databases

Python generators

Introduction to Python Generators

intermediate python

Django, Redis logos

Caching in Django With Redis

databases django intermediate web-dev

Flask by example part 8

Flask by Example – Custom Angular Directive with D3

flask front-end web-dev

Mocking in Python part two

Testing External APIs With Mock Servers

advanced api testing web-dev

Mocking in Python part one

Mocking External APIs in Python

advanced api testing web-dev

Slack and Python logos

Getting Started With the Slack API Using Python and Flask

api flask intermediate web-dev

Django and AWS Elastic Beanstock logos

Deploying Django + Python 3 + PostgreSQL to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

advanced databases devops django web-dev

Python Virtual Environments (venv)

Python Virtual Environments: A Primer

best-practices intermediate python tools

Python for social scientists

Python for Social Scientists

data-science python

Python web apps

Python-driven Web Applications

Cookiecutter, Django and Fedora logos

Development and Deployment of Django on Fedora

devops django tools web-dev

PyGame – A Primer

Cookiecutter and Django logos

Development and Deployment of Cookiecutter-Django via Docker

devops django docker web-dev

Emacs – The Best Python Editor?

intermediate tools

Introduction to Python 3

First Steps With Python

Python and VIM

VIM and Python – A Match Made in Heaven

intermediate tools

Django, Linkedin logos

LinkedIn Social Authentication in Django

advanced django web-dev

Django Setup Guide

Starting a Django Project

basics best-practices django web-dev

Python Programming Challenge – First to Five

Python Programming Challenge – First to Five

Python command line libraries

Comparing Python Command-Line Parsing Libraries – Argparse, Docopt, and Click

intermediate tools

Image of Flask and Martini logos and Sinatra hat

Python, Ruby, and Golang: A Web Service Application Comparison

databases flask web-dev

Django, Celery logos

Asynchronous Tasks With Django and Celery

advanced databases django web-dev

Using Pandas to read Excel files

Using Pandas to Read Large Excel Files in Python

Create a REST API in Minutes With Pyramid and Ramses

Create a REST API in Minutes With Pyramid and Ramses

Python, Ruby and Golang logos

Python, Ruby, and Golang: A Command-Line Application Comparison

intermediate python

Flask angular auth

Handling User Authentication With Angular and Flask

flask front-end web-dev

'Minimum viable test'

The Minimum Viable Test Suite

flask intermediate testing web-dev

Django and docker logos

Django Development with Docker Compose and Machine

advanced devops django docker web-dev

Django and postgres logos

Fun with Django's New Postgres Features

advanced databases django web-dev

Flask scaffold

Scaffold a Flask Project

basics flask web-dev

Flask and Docker images

Dockerizing Flask With Compose and Machine – From Localhost to the Cloud

advanced devops docker flask web-dev

Learn Python the Methodical Way

The Ultimate Flask Front-End – Part 2

advanced flask front-end web-dev

Analyzing Obesity in England With Python

Analyzing Obesity in England With Python

basics data-science

The Ultimate Flask Front-End

advanced flask front-end web-dev

Python API Integration

API Integration in Python – Part 1

api basics web-dev

Flask by example part 7

Flask by Example – Updating the UI

basics flask front-end web-dev

Scrapy part 2

Web Scraping and Crawling with Scrapy and MongoDB

databases web-scraping

Docker

Docker in Action – Fitter, Happier, More Productive

devops docker flask web-dev

The Most Diabolical Python Antipattern

The Most Diabolical Python Antipattern

best-practices intermediate python

Deploying a Django app to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Deploying a Django App to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

advanced databases devops django web-dev

Optical character recognition demo results

Setting up a Simple OCR Server

api data-science flask intermediate web-dev

Scrapy

Web Scraping with Scrapy and MongoDB

databases web-scraping

Flask email confirmation

Handling Email Confirmation During Registration in Flask

databases flask intermediate web-dev

Legos

Model-View-Controller (MVC) Explained – With Legos

intermediate web-dev

Image fingerprint flow

Fingerprinting Images for Near-Duplicate Detection

data-science machine-learning

Requests cache

Caching External API Requests

advanced api flask web-dev

Deploying Django on Dokku

Deploying Django on Dokku

advanced devops django docker web-dev

Automatically Scale Heroku Dynos

Automatically Scale Heroku Dynos

advanced devops web-dev

Flask by example part 6

Flask by Example – Updating the Staging Environment

devops flask web-dev

Twitter Sentiment Analysis – Overall bar chart

Twitter Sentiment Analysis – Python, Docker, Elasticsearch, Kibana

advanced api data-science docker web-dev

Adding Social Authentication to Django

Adding Social Authentication to Django

Kickstarting Flask on Ubuntu – Setup and Deployment

Kickstarting Flask on Ubuntu – Setup and Deployment

devops flask web-dev

Django Rest Framework CBVs

Django Rest Framework – Class Based Views

api django web-dev

Flask by example part 5

Flask by Example – Integrating Flask and Angular

flask front-end web-dev

Flask stock visualizer app screenshot

Full Stack Development – Fetching Data, Visualizing with D3, and Deploying with Dokku

data-science devops flask front-end web-dev

Django Rest Framework – An Introduction

api django web-dev

Flask by example part 4

Flask by Example – Implementing a Redis Task Queue

databases flask web-dev

Django and AJAX Form Submissions – More Practice

Django and AJAX Form Submissions – More Practice

django front-end web-dev

Django and AJAX Form Submissions – Say 'Goodbye' to the Page Refresh

Django and AJAX Form Submissions – Say 'Goodbye' to the Page Refresh

django front-end web-dev

Flask by example part 3

Flask by Example – Text Processing with Requests, BeautifulSoup, and NLTK

data-science flask web-dev

Setting Up Sublime Text 3 for Python Developers

Setting Up Sublime Text 3 for Full Stack Python Development

Python Inner Functions

Python Inner Functions—What Are They Good For?

intermediate python

Django migrations

Data Migrations

databases django web-dev

Django migrations

Digging Deeper Into Migrations

advanced databases django web-dev

Python Face Recognition and Face Detection

Face Detection in Python Using a Webcam

data-science machine-learning

Django migrations

Django Migrations – A Primer

basics databases django web-dev

Python Face Recognition and Face Detection

Face Recognition with Python, in Under 25 Lines of Code

data-science machine-learning

Discover Flask, Part 2 – Creating a Login Page

Discover Flask, Part 2 – Creating a Login Page

basics flask web-dev

Discover Flask, Part 1 – Setting Up a Static Site

Discover Flask, Part 1 – Setting Up a Static Site

basics flask web-dev

Python Interview Problem – Parsing CSV Files

Python Interview Problem – Parsing CSV Files

basics data-science python

Flask by example part 2

Flask by Example – Setting up Postgres, SQLAlchemy, and Alembic

databases devops flask web-dev

Flask by example part 1

Flask by Example – Project Setup

basics devops flask web-dev

Using Flask-Login for User Management with Flask

Using Flask-Login for User Management with Flask

Jinja Templating Engine

Primer on Jinja Templating

basics flask web-dev

Python Web Applications With Flask – Part III

Python Web Applications With Flask – Part III

Working with Django and Flask on Nitrous.IO

Working with Django and Flask on Nitrous.IO

django flask tools web-dev

Kickstarting a Django Open Source Project

Kickstarting a Django Open Source Project

Lyricize: A Flask app to create lyrics using Markov chains

Lyricize: A Flask app to create lyrics using Markov chains

Transaction Management with Django 1.6

Transaction Management with Django 1.6

advanced databases django web-dev

Test driven development process

Django 1.6 Test Driven Development

basics django testing web-dev

Rethink Flask – A Simple Todo List Powered by Flask and RethinkDB

Rethink Flask – A Simple Todo List Powered by Flask and RethinkDB

databases flask web-dev

Python Web Applications With Flask – Part II

Python Web Applications With Flask – Part II

Migrating your Django Project to Heroku

Migrating your Django Project to Heroku

advanced databases devops django web-dev

Generating Code Documentation with Pycco

Generating Code Documentation with Pycco

advanced django tools web-dev

An Effective Sales Page with Bootstrap 3

An Effective Sales Page with Bootstrap 3

basics front-end web-dev

Integration Testing with pyVows and Django

Integration Testing with pyVows and Django

django testing web-dev

Getting Started with Bootstrap 3

Getting Started with Bootstrap 3

basics front-end web-dev

Unit Testing with pyVows and Django

Unit Testing with pyVows and Django

django testing web-dev

Asynchronous Testing with Django and pyVows

Asynchronous Testing with Django and pyVows

django testing web-dev

Testing in Django (Part 2) – Model Mommy vs Django Testing Fixtures

Testing in Django (Part 2) – Model Mommy vs Django Testing Fixtures

advanced django testing web-dev

Python Web Applications with Flask – Part I

basics flask web-dev

Django Pony

Testing in Django (Part 1) – Best Practices and Examples

basics best-practices django testing web-dev

Create a Super Basic REST API with Django Tastypie

api django web-dev

Developing with Bottle – Part 2 (plot.ly API)

data-science web-dev

Modern Web Automation with Python and Selenium

Headless Selenium Testing with Python and PhantomJS

front-end intermediate testing web-dev web-scraping

Web2py – Migrating from SQLite to MySQL

advanced databases web-dev

Developing with Bottle

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