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Learn Python with a Book Designed for Beginners Hello! I’m Michael Driscoll, and I’m excited to announce the third edition of Python 101. For years, Python 101 has helped readers take their first steps into programming. Whether you’re a complete beginner, a student, or someone looking to learn Python for work or personal projects, the […]
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I am happy to announce that my latest book, Python Typing, is now available on all platforms. You can get your copy on Gumroad or Leanpub or Amazon Python has had type hinting support since Python 3.5, over TEN years ago! However, Python’s type annotations have changed repeatedly over the years. In Python Typing: Type Checking
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It’s officially summer, and I am bringing you some HOT Python deals today! Get 33% off almost all my books and courses on Gumroad today using the following H5N5F7K You can start learning the basics of Python with Python 101, or get more targeted learning with my book, Python Logging. If you want to create
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In this article, you will learn how to query the DOM in Textual. You will discover that the DOM keeps track of all the widgets in your application. By running queries against the DOM, you can find widgets quickly and update them, too. You will be learning the following topics related to the DOM: The
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You will sometimes come across examples of code that use one or two asterisks. Depending on how the asterisks are used, they can mean different things to Python. Check your understanding of what a single asterisk means in the following quiz! The Quiz What will be the output if you run this code? numbers =
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In this episode, we hear from two sisters who put together a beginner’s book about Python. The unique hook for their book is that one sister wrote the text while the other did the illustrations. Listen in as we learn about these incredible sisters and how they got into software programming, writing, and technical education.
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Python has had type hinting support since Python 3.5, over TEN years ago! However, Python’s type annotations have changed repeatedly over the years. In Python Typing: Type Checking for Python Programmers, you will learn all you need to know to add type hints to your Python applications effectively. You will also learn how to use Python
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I am happy to announce my latest book, Vibe Coding Video Games with Python. Here’s the announcement from my Kickstarter: Welcome to Vibe Coding Video Games with Python. In this book, you will learn how to use artificial intelligence to create mini-games. You will attempt to recreate the look and feel of various classic video
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Black Friday deals came early this year. You can get 50% off of any of my Python books or courses until the end of November. You can use this coupon code at checkout: BLACKISBACK The following links already have the discount applied: Python eBooks Python 101 Python 201: Intermediate Python The Python Quiz Book Automating
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If you are heading back to school and need to learn Python, consider checking out my sale. You can get 25% off any of my eBooks or courses using the following coupon at checkout: FALL25 Python Store My books and course cover the following topics: Beginner Python (Python 101) Intermediate Python Creating GUIs with wxPython
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Text-based user interfaces (TUIs) have gained significant popularity in recent years. Even Rust has its own library called Ratatui after all. Python has several different TUI packages to choose from. One of those packages is called Asciimatics. While Asciimatics is not as full-featured and slick as Textual is, you can do quite a bit with
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Learn how to create text-based user interfaces (TUIs) using Python and the amazing Textual package. Textual is a rapid application development framework for your terminal or web browser. You can build complex, sophisticated applications in your terminal. While terminal applications are text-based rather than pixel-based, they still provide fantastic user interfaces. The Textual package allows
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Happy Fourth of July! I am hosting a sale for the 4th of July weekend, where you can get 25% off most of my books and courses. Here are the books included in the sale and the direct links with the 25% coupon already applied: Python 101 Python 201: Intermediate Python ReportLab: PDF Processing in
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JupyterLab, the latest iteration of the Jupyter Notebook, is a versatile tool that empowers you to share your code in an easily understandable format. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Jupyter Notebooks or variations of the Notebook architecture for any or all of the following: teaching presentations learning a computer language numerical
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are nearly here, so it’s time to do a Python sale! All my books and courses are 35% off until December 4th if you use this code: BF24 at checkout. You can learn about any of the following topics in my books and courses: Basic Python (Python 101) PDF Processing
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