About Philipp Acsany
Philipp Acsany — Python Educator
Core Real Python team · since 2021
Philipp obtained a diploma in graphics design at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, specialized in type development and programming. He worked over a decade as a font engineer where he created Python programs that powered the production pipeline for clients like Spotify, Slack, and The New Yorker.
At Real Python, Philipp creates and reviews video courses, in-depth Python tutorials, quizzes, and supporting learning materials.
Besides working with Real Python, Philipp is a freelance software engineer and co-host of the Django meetups in Berlin.
Tutorials by Philipp:
- Python enumerate(): Simplify Loops That Need Counters
- Python Hits the Big Screen and Other Python News for June 2025
- Build a Personal Diary With Django and Python
- Primer on Jinja Templating
- HTML and CSS for Python Developers
- Using Python's pip to Manage Your Projects' Dependencies
- Working With JSON Data in Python
- Dependency Management With Python Poetry
- Logging in Python
- Python News Roundup: November 2024
- What Are CRUD Operations?
- Build a Blog Using Django, GraphQL, and Vue
- Add Logging and Notification Messages to Flask Web Projects
- Enhance Your Flask Web Project With a Database
- Build a Scalable Flask Web Project From Scratch
- Build a Code Image Generator With Python
- How to Make Engaging Programming Videos
- Choosing the Best Coding Font for Programming
- How to Evaluate the Quality of Python Packages
- The Terminal: First Steps and Useful Commands
- Build a JavaScript Front End for a Flask API
- Python News: What's New From November 2022
- Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 3
- Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 2
- Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 1
- When Do You Use an Ellipsis in Python?
- Build a Flashcards App With Django
- Python News: What's New From May 2022
- Build a URL Shortener With FastAPI and Python
- Pagination for a User-Friendly Django App
Courses by Philipp:
- Python Continuous Integration and Deployment Using GitHub Actions
- Building a Code Image Generator With Python
- Ways to Start Interacting With Python
- Customizing VS Code Through Color Themes
- Customize VS Code Settings
- Python Basics Exercises: Scopes
- Finding Python Easter Eggs
- Python Basics Exercises: Dictionaries
- Python Basics Exercises: Installing Packages With pip
- Python Basics Exercises: Functions and Loops
- Advent of Code: Solving Puzzles With Python
- Python Basics Exercises: Modules and Packages
- Python Basics: Modules and Packages
- Replacing a String in Python
- Python Basics: Installing Packages With pip
- Using the Terminal on Windows
- Using the Terminal on Linux
- Using the Terminal on macOS
- Python Basics: Dictionaries
- Refactoring: Prepare Your Code to Get Help
- Python Basics: Scopes
- Python Basics: Functions and Loops
- Write and Test a Python Function: Interview Practice
- Exploring Keywords in Python
- Looping With Python enumerate()
Tutorials Contributed to by Philipp:
- Nested Loops in Python
- Getting Started With Python IDLE
- How to Exit Loops Early With the Python Break Keyword
- Python Code Quality: Best Practices and Tools
- Python while Loops: Repeating Tasks Conditionally
- How to Use sorted() and .sort() in Python
- Python Keywords: An Introduction
- Build a Quiz Application With Python
- Build a Dice-Rolling Application With Python
- Develop Data Visualization Interfaces in Python With Dash
- Top Python Game Engines
- Build a Tic-Tac-Toe Game With Python and Tkinter
- How to Split a Python List or Iterable Into Chunks
- Python and TOML: New Best Friends
- Executing Python Scripts With a Shebang
- How to Flush the Output of the Python Print Function
- How to Download Files From URLs With Python
- Getters and Setters: Manage Attributes in Python
- Create and Modify PDF Files in Python
- pandas GroupBy: Your Guide to Grouping Data in Python
- Get Started With Django: Build a Portfolio App
- How to Replace a String in Python
- How to Get a List of All Files in a Directory With Python
- Python's urllib.request for HTTP Requests
- Python's pathlib Module: Taming the File System
- Strings and Character Data in Python
- A Practical Introduction to Web Scraping in Python
- Get Started With Django User Management
- Python Classes: The Power of Object-Oriented Programming
- Python Set Comprehensions: How and When to Use Them
- Asynchronous Tasks With Django and Celery
- Python Timer Functions: Three Ways to Monitor Your Code
- When to Use a List Comprehension in Python
- Basic Input and Output in Python
- Efficient String Concatenation in Python
- NumPy Practical Examples: Useful Techniques
- Python Dictionary Comprehensions: How and When to Use Them
- Build a Contact Book App With Python, Textual, and SQLite
- Python's Built-in Functions: A Complete Exploration
- Creating Great README Files for Your Python Projects
- Build a Guitar Synthesizer: Play Musical Tablature in Python
- PyTorch vs TensorFlow for Your Python Deep Learning Project
- Pydantic: Simplifying Data Validation in Python
- Python's Magic Methods: Leverage Their Power in Your Classes
- The Python Rich Package: Unleash the Power of Console Text
- Document Your Python Code and Projects With ChatGPT
- Build a Blog From Scratch With Django
- How to Sort Unicode Strings Alphabetically in Python
- Generate Beautiful QR Codes With Python
- What Are Python Asterisk and Slash Special Parameters For?
- Why Are Membership Tests So Fast for range() in Python?
- How to Launch an HTTP Server in One Line of Python Code
- Build Robust Continuous Integration With Docker and Friends
- SOLID Principles: Improve Object-Oriented Design in Python
- Python's del: Remove References From Scopes and Containers
- The Python Standard REPL: Try Out Code and Ideas Quickly
- Python's Assignment Operator: Write Robust Assignments
- How to Get and Use the Current Time in Python
- Advent of Code: Solving Your Puzzles With Python
- ChatterBot: Build a Chatbot With Python
- Custom Python Strings: Inheriting From str vs UserString
- Build a Site Connectivity Checker in Python
- Build and Submit HTML Forms With Django – Part 4
- Build and Handle POST Requests in Django – Part 3
- Build a Django Front End With Bulma – Part 2
- Build a Social Network With Django – Part 1
- Django Templates: Implementing Custom Tags and Filters
Courses Contributed to by Philipp:
- Exploring Protocols in Python
- Implementing the Factory Method Pattern in Python
- Execute Your Python Scripts With a Shebang
- First Steps With LangChain
- Working With Missing Data in Polars
- Using the Python subprocess Module
- MySQL Databases and Python
- Checking for Membership Using Python's "in" and "not in" Operators
- Building a Code Image Generator With Python
- Concatenating Strings in Python Efficiently
- Building a Python Command-Line To-Do App With Typer
- Creating a Scalable Flask Web Application From Scratch
- Exploring Python's tuple Data Type With Examples
- Handling or Preventing Errors in Python: LBYL vs EAFP
- Managing Dependencies With Python Poetry
- Formatting Floats Inside Python F-Strings
- Introduction to Web Scraping With Python
- Python's Magic Methods in Classes
- Exercises Course: Introduction to Web Scraping With Python
- Listing All Files in a Directory With Python
- HTML and CSS Foundations for Python Developers
- Python Deep Learning: PyTorch vs Tensorflow
- Python Basics Exercises: Lists and Tuples
- HTTP Requests With Python's urllib.request
- Python Basics Exercises: Reading and Writing Files
- Python Basics Exercises: Strings and String Methods
- How to Get the Current Time in Python
- Python Basics Exercises: Building Systems With Classes
- Python Basics Exercises: Object-Oriented Programming
- Python Basics Exercises: Conditional Logic and Control Flow
- What Does if __name__ == "__main__" Mean in Python?
- Reversing Strings in Python
- Filtering Iterables With Python
- Jinja Templating
- Using the Terminal on Windows
- Python Basics: Building Systems With Classes
- Using the Terminal on Linux
- Python Basics: Object-Oriented Programming
- Using the Terminal on macOS
- Everyday Project Packaging With pyproject.toml
- Python Basics: Strings and String Methods
- Building a URL Shortener With FastAPI and Python
- Looping With Python enumerate()
- A Beginner's Guide to pip
- Logging Inside Python
- Working With JSON in Python