About Jacob Schmitt

Hi, I’m Jake. I copyedit tutorials here at Real Python. After a decade-plus editing textbooks and other educational materials in the academic publishing industry, I decided to pursue my interest in technical editing and was fortunate enough to find a home in the Python community.

When I’m not studying style guides or wrangling misplaced modifiers, I’m typically chasing after my kids, making music, or soaking up liquid sunshine in my hometown of Portland, Oregon.

Tutorials Jacob Contributed to:

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in Python
The Walrus Operator: Python's Assignment Expressions
Effective Python Testing With pytest
Beautiful Soup: Build a Web Scraper With Python
How to Install Python on Your System: A Guide
Functional Programming in Python: When and How to Use It
How to Write an Installable Django App
Split Your Dataset With scikit-learn's train_test_split()
PyTorch vs TensorFlow for Your Python Deep Learning Project
Build a Blog Using Django, GraphQL, and Vue
Python & APIs: A Winning Combo for Reading Public Data
Create and Modify PDF Files in Python
Develop Data Visualization Interfaces in Python With Dash
Working With Linear Systems in Python With scipy.linalg
A Practical Introduction to Web Scraping in Python
Level Up Your Skills With the Real Python Slack Community
Combining Data in pandas With merge(), .join(), and concat()
Python's sum(): The Pythonic Way to Sum Values
Build a Personal Diary With Django and Python
A Python Guide to the Fibonacci Sequence
Using Python Optional Arguments When Defining Functions
Python's deque: Implement Efficient Queues and Stacks
Python's ChainMap: Manage Multiple Contexts Effectively
Python and REST APIs: Interacting With Web Services
Python's collections: A Buffet of Specialized Data Types
Your First Steps With Django: Set Up a Django Project
Python Community Interview With Dustin Ingram
Using FastAPI to Build Python Web APIs
What Can I Do With Python?
Python's Counter: The Pythonic Way to Count Objects
Reverse Python Lists: Beyond .reverse() and reversed()
CPython Internals: Paperback Now Available!
Simplify Complex Numbers With Python
Python Practice Problems: Parsing CSV Files
Python's filter(): Extract Values From Iterables
Python Community Interview With Sebastián Ramírez
Context Managers and Python's with Statement
Python News: What's New From May 2021
Visualizing Data in Python Using plt.scatter()
Build a Bulk File Rename Tool With Python and PyQt
Embedded Python: Build a Game on the BBC micro:bit
Write Pythonic and Clean Code With namedtuple
Recursion in Python: An Introduction
Natural Language Processing With Python's NLTK Package
Python News: What's New From April 2021
Build a Platform Game in Python With Arcade
Python Basics: Paperback Now Available!
Python Community Interview With Moshe Zadka
Deploying a Python Flask Example Application Using Heroku
Build a Python Directory Tree Generator for the Command Line
Start Contributing to Python: Your First Steps
The k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN) Algorithm in Python
Python Community Interview With Will McGugan
OrderedDict vs dict in Python: The Right Tool for the Job
Python Community Interview With Dane Hillard
Build an Asteroids Game With Python and Pygame
Python AI: How to Build a Neural Network & Make Predictions
Python Community Interview With Ewa Jodlowska
Build a Contact Book With Python, PyQt, and SQLite
The Real Python Podcast: It's Been a Year!
Python and MongoDB: Connecting to NoSQL Databases
Brython: Python in Your Browser
pandas Sort: Your Guide to Sorting Data in Python
Python Microservices With gRPC
Python Inner Functions: What Are They Good For?
Qt Designer and Python: Build Your GUI Applications Faster
Python Web Applications: Deploy Your Script as a Flask App
Stochastic Gradient Descent Algorithm With Python and NumPy
How to Use Python: Your First Steps
C for Python Programmers
Make Your First Python Game: Rock, Paper, Scissors!
Sentiment Analysis: First Steps With Python's NLTK Library
NumPy Tutorial: Your First Steps Into Data Science in Python
Python's .append(): Add Items to Your Lists in Place
Python and MySQL Database: A Practical Introduction
Use PyQt's QThread to Prevent Freezing GUIs
The pass Statement: How to Do Nothing in Python
What Is Data Engineering and Is It Right for You?
Bitwise Operators in Python
Real Python's Office Hours: Learn With Python Experts in Real Time
Handling SQL Databases With PyQt: The Basics
np.linspace(): Create Evenly or Non-Evenly Spaced Arrays
PyQt Layouts: Create Professional-Looking GUI Applications
Python enumerate(): Simplify Loops That Need Counters
Python and PyQt: Creating Menus, Toolbars, and Status Bars
PyPy: Faster Python With Minimal Effort
Use Sentiment Analysis With Python to Classify Movie Reviews
Caching in Python Using the LRU Cache Strategy
Fourier Transforms With scipy.fft: Python Signal Processing
Get Started With Django Part 3: Django View Authorization
Python Modulo in Practice: How to Use the % Operator
Python Booleans: Use Truth Values in Your Code
Data Management With Python, SQLite, and SQLAlchemy
Using ggplot in Python: Visualizing Data With plotnine
Python Community Interview With Anthony Shaw
Python 3.9: Cool New Features for You to Try
Python's map(): Processing Iterables Without a Loop
The Python return Statement: Usage and Best Practices
Python Community Interview With David Amos
Python Practice Problems: Get Ready for Your Next Interview
Numbers in Python
Plot With pandas: Python Data Visualization for Beginners
Find & Fix Code Bugs in Python: Debug With IDLE
Common Python Data Structures (Guide)
Python mmap: Improved File I/O With Memory Mapping
Data Version Control With Python and DVC
Python Community Interview With Bruno Oliveira
Pass by Reference in Python: Background and Best Practices
What Are Python Wheels and Why Should You Care?
Customize the Django Admin With Python
Namespaces and Scope in Python
Generative Adversarial Networks: Build Your First Models
Python Packages: Five Real Python Favorites
K-Means Clustering in Python: A Practical Guide
pandas Project: Make a Gradebook With Python & pandas
Learn IP Address Concepts With Python's ipaddress Module
Python import: Advanced Techniques and Tips
Get Started With Django Part 2: Django User Management
Python's reduce(): From Functional to Pythonic Style
The Python heapq Module: Using Heaps and Priority Queues
Hands-On Linear Programming: Optimization With Python
PySimpleGUI: The Simple Way to Create a GUI With Python
Python Keywords: An Introduction
SettingWithCopyWarning in pandas: Views vs Copies
Python Community Interview With Kattni Rembor
Regular Expressions: Regexes in Python (Part 2)
Build Physical Projects With Python on the Raspberry Pi
Python Community Interview With Russell Keith-Magee
Python vs JavaScript for Pythonistas
Python Community Interview With Christopher Bailey
Python eval(): Evaluate Expressions Dynamically
How to Move a Django Model to Another App
Using Python datetime to Work With Dates and Times
Regular Expressions: Regexes in Python (Part 1)
The Python pickle Module: How to Persist Objects in Python
The pandas DataFrame: Make Working With Data Delightful
Sorting Algorithms in Python
How to Provide Test Fixtures for Django Models in Pytest
How to Make an Instagram Bot With Python and InstaPy
Linked Lists in Python: An Introduction
How to Use any() in Python
The Python math Module: Everything You Need to Know
Python Basics Exercises: Scopes (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: Dictionaries (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: Installing Packages With pip (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: Lists and Tuples (Course)
Python Basics: Lists and Tuples (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: Functions and Loops (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: Reading and Writing Files (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: Strings and String Methods (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: Modules and Packages (Course)
Python Basics: Modules and Packages (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: Conditional Logic and Control Flow (Course)
Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files (Course)
Python Basics: Installing Packages With pip (Course)
Python Basics: Object-Oriented Programming (Course)
Python Basics Exercises: File System Operations (Course)
Python Basics: File System Operations (Course)
Python Basics: Dictionaries (Course)
Python Basics: Scopes (Course)
Python Basics: Numbers and Math (Course)
Python Basics: Strings and String Methods (Course)
Python Basics: Conditional Logic and Control Flow (Course)
Python Basics: Functions and Loops (Course)
Python Basics: Code Your First Python Program (Course)