Python 101: Episode #10 – Functions
I recently completed Episode #10 of the Python 101 Screencast. It’s about the basics of functions. I hope you like it!
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PyDev of the Week: Kevin Ollivier
This week we would like to welcome Kevin Ollivier as our PyDev of the Week. He’s helped me (and many others) lots of times on the wxPython mailing list. Let’s spend some time getting to know him a bit better.
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wxPython: Extracting XML from the RichTextCtrl
I recently came across a StackOverflow question where the fellow was asking how to get wxPython’s RichTextCtrl’s XML data so he could save it to a database. I don’t know much about this control, but after a quick Google search, I found an article from 2008 that gave me the information I needed. I took
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Python 101: Episode #9 – Imports
Check out my latest episode of Python 101. This one is talks about how imports work in Python. You will learn about the following aspects of importing: import from module import submodule from module import * Enjoy!
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PyDev of the Week: Alex Gaynor
This week we welcome Alex Gaynor (@alex_gaynor) as our PyDev of the Week! Alex writes an interesting Python blog and is on the board of directors for the Python Software Foundation. You can get a feel for the projects that Alex contributes to via his Github page. Let’s spend some time getting to know him
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Python 101 Screencast: Episode #8 – File I/O
Check out my latest video from the Python 101 Screencast. In this episode we learn how to use Python’s file handling capabilities. You will learn how to read, write and append to a file.
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Python 101: Episode #7 – Exception Handling
I recently recorded the next episode of Python 101. This one is on Exception Handling. I hope you like it:
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PyDev of the Week: David Beazley
This week we welcome David Beazley (@dabeaz) as our PyDev of the Week! David is the author of the Python Essential Reference and the co-author of the Python Cookbook, Third edition. He also has a blog that I enjoyed when I was first learning Python, although I don’t think it’s updated much any more. You
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PyDev of the Week: Rémy Hubscher
This week we welcome Rémy Hubscher as our PyDev of the Week! Rémy works for Mozilla and is a very active contributor to open source projects. Just check out his Github profile! Let’s spend some time getting to know him better.
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Python 101: Episode 6 – Comprehensions
I finished up another Episode of Python 101. This one is about Python’s comprehension constructs. In this video, I cover list, dict and set comprehensions. I hope you enjoy it: You can support my Python 101 video project via my IndieGogo crowdfunding campaign, which is ending this week.
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PyDev of the Week: Tarek Ziade
This week we welcome Tarek Ziade (@tarek_ziade) as our PyDev of the Week! He is a contributor to a lot of open source projects, which you can see if you visit his Github profile. I have personally enjoyed some of his blog articles on Python. Let’s spend some time getting to know Tarek!
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Python 101: Episode #5 – Loops
I recorded the next episode of my Python 101 screencast today. You can support my crowdfunding campaign here. The video is about Python’s looping structures. You will also learn how to use the else construct with a loop. Here’s the video:
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PyDev of the Week: Stephan Deibel
This week we welcome Stephan Deibel as our PyDev of the Week. He is one of the co-founders of Wingware, the maker’s behind the popular Python IDE, Wing. I believe I met Stephan once at PyCon several years ago, although I doubt very much if he remembers it. Regardless, as a happy user of Wing,
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Python 101: Episode #4 – The if Statement
As many of you know, I relaunched my crowdfunding campaign for turning my book, Python 101, into a series of screencasts. I put together Episode #4 over the weekend. It’s about Python’s if statement. It ended up a bit longer than I expected, but I thought it went pretty well overall:
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PyDev of the Week: Anna Ossowski
This week we welcome Anna Ossowski (@OssAnna16) as our PyDev of the Week. Anna is an aspiring developer from Germany. She holds a degree in English and theology but fell in love with programming a while ago and is now working on building a career in the field. She is very involved in Django Girls.
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