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In this video tutorial, you will learn how exception handling works in Python. Specifically, you will learn the following: Common exceptions Handling exceptions Raising exceptions Examining exception objects Using the finally statement Using the else statement If you prefer to read a tutorial, you might be interested in this: Python 101 – Exception Handling Want
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Animated GIFs are an image type that contains multiple images with slight differences. These are then played back kind of like a cartoon is. You could even think of it as a flip-book with a stick man that is slightly different on each page. When you flip the book, the image appears to move. You
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This week we welcome James Murphy as our PyDev of the Week! James is the founder of mCoding and also has a popular Python tutorial channel on YouTube. You can also see what James is up to over on GitHub. Let’s spend some time getting to know James better! Can you tell us a little
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Andy Warhol is a well-known artist who created a famous image where there are multiple copies of the same face but with different background colors. You can do a similar trick with software using Python and the Pillow package. You will also need to have NumPy installed to make this work. Let’s find out how
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This week we welcome Raghav Bali (@Rghv_Bali) as our PyDev of the Week. Raghav is the co-author of Generative AI with Python and TensorFlow 2, a book that teaches you how to create images, text, and music with VAEs, GANs, LSTMs, GPT models and more. You can see what else Raghav has been up to
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This week we welcome Fernando Masanori (@fmasanori) as our PyDev of the Week! Fernando is a Professor at FATEC São José dos Campos in Brazil. He is the creator of the first Brazilian MOOC to teach programming Python for Zombies. You can see what else Fernando is up to on his website or by checking
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This week we welcome Jaime Buelta (@jaimebuelta) as our PyDev of the Week! Jaime has written several books on automation with Python as well as on Docker. You can see some of his books over on Amazon. You can also catch up with Jaime by visiting his website. Let’s spend a few moments getting to
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You have just created an awesome new application. Maybe it’s a game or maybe it’s an image viewer. Whatever your application is, you want to share it with your friend or a family member. However, you know they won’t know how to install Python or any of the dependencies. What do you do? You need
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This week we welcome Cooper Lees (@cooperlees) as our PyDev of the Week! Cooper has contributed to the Python programming language. He is also a maintainer on bandersnatch and black, among others. You can see what else Cooper has been up to over on his website or on GitHub. Let’s spend some time getting to
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This week we welcome Tim Arnold (@jtimarnold) as our PyDev of the Week! Tim co-authored Black Hat Python, 2nd Edition: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters. If you’re interested in hacking or pentesting, you might want to check out that book! You can see what else Tim is up to on his website / blog
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I am making Python 101: 2nd Edition free during PyCon 2021. This sale will end, Monday, May 17th, 2021. You can get the book free using the following links: Leanpub – https://leanpub.com/py101/c/pycon Gumroad – https://gumroad.com/l/pypy101/pycon Or pay what you want starting at $5 using this link: https://gumroad.com/l/pypy101 If you like the eBook and you’d like
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Pillow is a package devoted to working with images in Python. Starting in Pillow 8.2, there is a new drawing type: the rounded rectangle. A rounded rectangle lets you round the corners of the rectangle. So instead of sharp corners, you get rounded ones! You can read all about the new drawing type in the
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There are lots of fun Python snippets out there that you can use to convert your photos into ASCII art. Anthony Shaw, an author, and contributor at Real Python, has his own snippet on GitHub. Most of these small programs use the Pillow package. These programs work best with simple images, especially ones that don’t
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This week we welcome Parker Allen as our PyDev of the Week! Parker works at BentoBox a restaurant software company that uses Python on its backend. Let’s spend some time getting to know Parker! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc): I have a non-traditional route into becoming a software engineer.
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