Hi, I’m Tappan. I edit video for Real Python :) I’m from Vermont — so an ice skier. I do a ton of mountain biking, a bit of youtubing, and a skosh of rock climbing.

Tutorials Tappan Contributed to:

• Everyday Project Packaging With pyproject.toml (Course)
• Deploy a Django App With Gunicorn and Nginx (Course)
• Refactoring: Prepare Your Code to Get Help (Course)
• Python Basics: Scopes (Course)
• Cool New Features in Python 3.11 (Course)
• Python Basics: Numbers and Math (Course)
• Providing Multiple Constructors in Your Python Classes (Course)
• Python Basics: Strings and String Methods (Course)
• Sneaky REST APIs With Django Ninja (Course)
• Building Python Project Documentation With MkDocs (Course)
• Python Basics: Conditional Logic and Control Flow (Course)
• Building Command Line Interfaces With argparse (Course)
• Python Basics: Functions and Loops (Course)
• Building a URL Shortener With FastAPI and Python (Course)
• Caching in Python With lru_cache (Course)
• Exploring Special Function Parameters (Course)
• Python Basics: Finding and Fixing Code Bugs (Course)
• Managing Attributes With Python's property() (Course)
• Using the Python not Operator (Course)
• SQLite and SQLAlchemy in Python: Moving Your Data Beyond Flat Files (Course)
• Using the Python and Operator (Course)
• Building a Site Connectivity Checker (Course)
• Python mmap: Doing File I/O With Memory Mapping (Course)
• Combining Data in pandas With concat() and merge() (Course)
• Write and Test a Python Function: Interview Practice (Course)
• Data Cleaning With pandas and NumPy (Course)
• Exploring Scopes and Closures in Python (Course)
• Using Python Class Constructors (Course)
• Testing Your Code With pytest (Course)
• Building a Django User Management System (Course)
• Exploring Keywords in Python (Course)
• Python REST APIs With FastAPI (Course)
• Using Python's datetime Module (Course)
• Python Basics: Code Your First Python Program (Course)
• Sorting Data in Python With Pandas (Course)
• Counting With Python's Counter (Course)
• Exploring the Fibonacci Sequence With Python (Course)
• Starting With Linear Regression in Python (Course)
• Python any(): Powered Up Boolean Function (Course)
• Defining Python Functions With Optional Arguments (Course)
• Python's len() Function (Course)
• Looping With Python enumerate() (Course)
• Starting With Python IDLE (Course)
• Working With Pipenv (Course)
• Deploy Your Python Script on the Web With Flask (Course)
• Raising and Handling Python Exceptions (Course)
• Host Your Django Project on Heroku (Course)
• Binary, Bytes, and Bitwise Operators in Python (Course)
• Data Visualization Interfaces in Python With Dash (Course)
• Building a Neural Network & Making Predictions With Python AI (Course)
• Building Lists With Python's .append() (Course)
• Using plt.scatter() to Visualize Data in Python (Course)
• Reading Input and Writing Output in Python (Course)
• Writing Idiomatic Python (Course)
• Python Assignment Expressions and Using the Walrus Operator (Course)
• Using Pygame to Build an Asteroids Game in Python (Course)
• Cool New Features in Python 3.10 (Course)
• Rock, Paper, Scissors With Python: A Command Line Game (Course)
• Pass by Reference in Python: Best Practices (Course)
• Using Data Classes in Python (Course)
• Graph Your Data With Python and ggplot (Course)
• Splitting Datasets With scikit-learn and train_test_split() (Course)
• Exploring the Python math Module (Course)
• Reading and Writing Files With Pandas (Course)
• Using the Python return Statement Effectively (Course)
• Using sleep() to Code a Python Uptime Bot (Course)
• The Pandas DataFrame: Working With Data Efficiently (Course)
• Speech Recognition With Python (Course)
• The Square Root Function in Python (Course)
• Defining and Calling Python Functions (Course)
• Python Inner Functions (Course)
• Python vs JavaScript for Python Developers (Course)
• Using Pandas to Make a Gradebook in Python (Course)
• Python Basics: Setting Up Python (Course)
• Explore Your Dataset With Pandas (Course)
• How to Set Up a Django Project (Course)
• Using the Python or Operator (Course)
• Stacks and Queues: Selecting the Ideal Data Structure (Course)
• Simplify Python GUI Development With PySimpleGUI (Course)
• Python's map() Function: Transforming Iterables (Course)
• Learn Text Classification With Python and Keras (Course)
• Start Managing Multiple Python Versions With pyenv (Course)
• Python vs Java: Object Oriented Programming (Course)
• Understanding Python List Comprehensions (Course)
• Records and Sets: Selecting the Ideal Data Structure (Course)
• Python Booleans: Leveraging the Values of Truth (Course)
• Django View Authorization: Restricting Access (Course)
• Navigating Namespaces and Scope in Python (Course)
• Dictionaries and Arrays: Selecting the Ideal Data Structure (Course)
• Creating PyQt Layouts for GUI Applications (Course)
• Python Modulo: Using the % Operator (Course)
• Plot With Pandas: Python Data Visualization Basics (Course)
• Evaluate Expressions Dynamically With Python eval() (Course)
• Introduction to Sorting Algorithms in Python (Course)
• Building HTTP APIs With Django REST Framework (Course)
• Django Admin Customization (Course)
• Serializing Objects With the Python pickle Module (Course)
• Python Turtle for Beginners (Course)
• Speed Up Python With Concurrency (Course)
• How Python Manages Memory (Course)
• Formatting Python Strings (Course)
• Regular Expressions and Building Regexes in Python (Course)
• Handling Missing Keys With the Python defaultdict Type (Course)
• Simulating Real-World Processes in Python With SimPy (Course)
• Creating a Binary Search in Python (Course)
• Getting Started With MicroPython (Course)
• Web Scraping With Beautiful Soup and Python (Course)
• Cool New Features in Python 3.9 (Course)
• Using Google Login With Flask (Course)
• Working With Linked Lists in Python (Course)
• Command Line Interfaces in Python (Course)
• Exploring HTTPS and Cryptography in Python (Course)
• Editing Excel Spreadsheets in Python With openpyxl (Course)
• Django Redirects (Course)
• Identify Invalid Python Syntax (Course)
• Practical Recipes for Working With Files in Python (Course)
• Python's None: Null in Python (Course)
• Mastering Python's Built-in time Module (Course)
• Grow Your Python Portfolio With 13 Intermediate Project Ideas (Course)
• Pointers and Objects in Python (Course)
• Unicode in Python: Working With Character Encodings (Course)
• Creating a Discord Bot in Python (Course)
• Python Generators 101 (Course)
• Getting the Most Out of a Python Traceback (Course)
• Parallel Iteration With Python's zip() Function (Course)
• A Beginner's Guide to Pip (Course)
• Convert a Python String to int (Course)
• Improve Your Tests With the Python Mock Object Library (Course)
• The Python print() Function: Go Beyond the Basics (Course)
• Structuring a Python Application (Course)
• Python Coding Interviews: Tips & Best Practices (Course)
• Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide (Course)
• Arduino With Python: How to Get Started (Course)
• Comparing Python Objects the Right Way: "is" vs "==" (Course)
• Using NumPy's np.arange() Effectively (Course)
• Make a 2D Side-Scroller Game With PyGame (Course)
• Defining Main Functions in Python (Course)
• How to Implement a Python Stack (Course)
• How to Work With a PDF in Python (Course)
• Finding the Perfect Python Code Editor (Course)
• Sets in Python (Course)
• Python Modules and Packages: An Introduction (Course)
• Basic Data Types in Python (Course)
• Supercharge Your Classes With Python super() (Course)
• Python args and kwargs: Demystified (Course)
• Sorting Data With Python (Course)
• Python Dictionary Iteration: Advanced Tips & Tricks (Course)
• Documenting Python Code: A Complete Guide (Course)
• Variables in Python (Course)
• Python, Boto3, and AWS S3: Demystified (Course)
• Python KeyError Exceptions and How to Handle Them (Course)
• Threading in Python (Course)
• Thinking Recursively in Python (Course)
• Cool New Features in Python 3.8 (Course)
• Python Type Checking (Course)
• Python Plotting With Matplotlib (Course)
• The Python range() Function (Course)
• Get Started With Django: Build a Portfolio App (Course)
• Strings and Character Data in Python (Course)
• Thonny: The Beginner-Friendly Python Editor (Course)
• Python Debugging With pdb (Course)
• Absolute vs Relative Imports in Python (Course)
• Lists and Tuples in Python (Course)
• How to Use Python Lambda Functions (Course)
• Python Histogram Plotting: NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas & Seaborn (Course)
• Traditional Face Detection With Python (Course)
• Dictionaries in Python (Course)
• How to Write Pythonic Loops (Course)
• Reading and Writing Files in Python (Course)
• Functional Programming in Python (Course)
• Generating Random Data in Python (Course)
• How to Publish Your Own Python Package to PyPI (Course)
• OOP Method Types in Python: @classmethod vs @staticmethod vs Instance Methods (Course)
• Continuous Integration With Python (Course)
• Installing Python on Windows, macOS, and Linux (Course)
• Writing Cleaner Python Code With PyLint (Course)
• Python Context Managers and the "with" Statement (Course)
• Make a Location-Based Web App With Django and GeoDjango (Course)
• Conditional Statements in Python (if/elif/else) (Course)
• Sending Emails With Python (Course)
• Immutability in Python (Course)
• Hands-On Python 3 Concurrency With the asyncio Module (Course)
• Idiomatic Pandas: Tricks & Features You May Not Know (Course)
• Documenting Python Projects With Sphinx and Read The Docs (Course)
• Making HTTP Requests With Python (Course)
• Idiomatic Python 101 (Course)
• Pythonic OOP String Conversion: __repr__ vs __str__ (Course)
• Test-Driven Development With PyTest (Course)
• Pandas DataFrames 101 (Course)
• Emulating switch/case Statements in Python (Course)
• Migrating Applications From Python 2 to Python 3 (Course)
• @staticmethod vs @classmethod in Python (Course)
• Mastering While Loops (Course)
• Using List Comprehensions Effectively (Course)
• Reading and Writing CSV Files (Course)
• Using Jupyter Notebooks (Course)
• Python Imports 101 (Course)
• For Loops in Python (Definite Iteration) (Course)
• Working With Python Virtual Environments (Course)