Core Python Language Tutorials
This page features all of our “pure Python” tutorials that focus on the core language features.
What is Python?
Python, named after the British comedy group Monty Python, is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Its flexibility allows it to do many things, both big and small. Python can be used to write simple programs, but it also possesses the full power required to create complex, large-scale enterprise solutions. Some of the ways in which Python is used includes:
- Desktop graphical application development, including games;
- Mathematical and scientific analysis of data; and
- Web and internet development.
Python’s presence in the world of computer programming can be found everywhere. For example, Python is used in some of the largest internet sites on earth - like Reddit, Dropbox, and Youtube, to name a few. The popular Python web framework Django powers both Instagram and Pinterest. LucasFilms’s award winning visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, uses Python to make help make their magic come to life.
It’s easy to forget just how powerful Python is because it’s so easy to learn.
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How to Write Pythonic Loops
Jul 16, 2019 basics best-practices python
Reading and Writing Files in Python
Jul 09, 2019 intermediate python
Generating Random Data in Python
Jun 25, 2019 data-science intermediate python
Pointers in Python: What's the Point?
May 29, 2019 intermediate python
Writing Cleaner Python Code With PyLint
May 14, 2019 intermediate python
Immutability in Python
Apr 18, 2019 intermediate python
Working With JSON Data in Python
Mar 28, 2019 intermediate python
Python Decorators 101
Mar 19, 2019 intermediate python
Writing Comments in Python
Mar 08, 2019 basics best-practices python
Idiomatic Python 101
Mar 04, 2019 basics best-practices python
Test-Driven Development With PyTest
Mar 04, 2019 intermediate python testing
Emulating switch/case Statements in Python
Mar 02, 2019 intermediate python
@staticmethod vs @classmethod in Python
Mar 02, 2019 intermediate python
Using List Comprehensions Effectively
Mar 01, 2019 intermediate python