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In this tutorial, you'll explore the various ways of interacting with Python. You'll learn about the REPL for quick testing and running scripts, as well as how to work with IDEs, Jupyter Notebooks, and online interpreters.
#basics #python
By – | Nov 18, 2024

NumPy Practical Examples: Useful Techniques

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use NumPy by exploring several interesting examples. You'll read data from a file into an array and analyze structured arrays to perform a reconciliation. You'll also learn how to quickly chart an analysis and turn a custom function into a vectorized function.
#intermediate #numpy #python
By – | Nov 20, 2024

Continuous Integration and Deployment for Python With GitHub Actions

With most software following agile methodologies, it's essential to have robust DevOps systems in place to manage, maintain, and automate common tasks with a continually changing codebase. By using GitHub Actions, you can automate your workflows efficiently, especially for Python projects.
#advanced #devops
By – | Nov 21, 2024

Expression vs Statement in Python: What's the Difference?

In this tutorial, you'll explore the differences between an expression and a statement in Python. You'll learn how expressions evaluate to values, while statements can cause side effects. You'll also explore the gray areas between them, which will enhance your Python programming skills.
#basics #python
By – | Nov 21, 2024

Efficient String Concatenation in Python

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to concatenate strings in Python. You'll use different tools and techniques for string concatenation, including the concatenation operators and the .join() method. You'll also explore other tools that can also be handy for string concatenation in Python.
#basics #best-practices #python
By – | Nov 24, 2024

#Python Insider

Python 3.14.0 alpha 2 released

By Hugo | Nov 20, 2024

#PyCoders

Issue #656 – Debugging TUIs, Dictionary Comprehensions, Puzzles, and More

By – | Nov 19, 2024

#Python Library

How to Debug Your Textual Application

Textual is a great Python package for creating a lightweight, powerful, text-based user interface. That means you can create a GUI in your terminal with Python without learning curses! But what happens when you encounter some problems that require debugging your application? A TUI takes over your terminal, which means you cannot see anything from […]
#Debugging #GUI Toolkits #Python
By Mike | Nov 19, 2024

#Adam Johnson – Blogs

Django-related Deals for Black Friday 2024

Here are some Django-related deals for this year’s Black Friday (29th November) and Cyber Monday (1st December), including my own.
By Adam Johnson | Nov 18, 2024

Boost Your Django DX updated again

I have just released the second update to Boost Your Django DX, my book of developer experience (DX) recommendations for Django projects. This update contains a new chapter, changes some recommended tools, and upgrades to Python 3.13 and Django 5.1. Overall, the book is 45 pages longer, now totalling 326!
By Adam Johnson | Nov 18, 2024

Git: count commits with

git rev-list lists details about commits (also known as “revisions”, hence the name). Its –count option outputs the count of commits in the given range. Pass it @, the short alias for HEAD, to count commits on the current branch:
By Adam Johnson | Nov 20, 2024

Django: find ghost tables without associated models

Heavy refactoring of models can leave a Django project with “ghost tables”, which were created for a model that was removed without any trace in the migration history. Thankfully, by using some Django internals, you can find such tables.
By Adam Johnson | Nov 21, 2024

#Hashnode

Mining Bitcoin with a Raspberry Pi 5: A Fun and Hilariously Slow Journey

Let’s get one thing straight: mining Bitcoin on a Raspberry Pi 5 is like trying to fill a swimming pool with a teaspoon. Possible? Technically. Practical? Not even close. But as a fun nerdy challenge from my Math professor for our Engineering club at…
By Chris Bolosan | Nov 18, 2024

Install Python, Miniconda, and create an environment env001 using PowerShell.

Due to PowerShell's execution policy, due to a security feature in Windows, which prevents scripts from running, and don t allow Conda to function properly, we need follow these steps:

Step 0: Allow Script Execution
Run this command in PowerShell to…
By user1272047 | Nov 18, 2024

Finding Elements in a List using Python

When working with Python, lists are one of the most versatile data structures you'll come across. It works majorly like Arrays, as seen in other programming languages. The lists allow you to store collections of items, such as integers, strings, or e…
By Swapnoneel Saha | Nov 18, 2024

Day 7: Overview of Progress and Future Plans

Today, I'm excited to share the progress made so far on my journey and provide a sneak peek into what’s to come. In this post, we’ll touch on a few key points that illustrate how everything is coming together and where we’re heading next.
Flashcard A…
By Anastasia Zaharieva | Nov 18, 2024

Python Project: Building a Store Calculator

Introduction:

I created a Store Calculator using Python. It is a simple program that calculates the total amount of items, allows the user to quit by pressing "q," and generates a receipt with all item prices. In this article, I’ll share how I built…
By Sheikh Abdul Wahid | Nov 18, 2024

Create Resources on AWS Using Ansible

If you're starting with cloud automation using Ansible, setting up AWS resources is a great project to try. In this blog, I'll show you how I created an AWS EC2 instance with Ansible. This guide is easy to follow and meant for anyone who knows the ba…
By Harsh Soni | Nov 18, 2024

Building for WebAssembly

I’m currently exploring two interesting topics for Memphis, my Python interpreter in Rust: building for WebAssembly and embedding CPython. With no major milestones to report this week, I thought I’d share some in-progress thoughts. For me, Memphis is…
By Jones Beach | Nov 18, 2024

Writing a Twitter (X) API Script to Post Tweets with Python

Social media automation can save time and improve engagement, whether you're managing a personal brand, running marketing campaigns, or sharing product updates.
Using Python, we can leverage Twitter's API to post tweets programmatically. I’ll break d…
By Steve Hatmaker Jr. | Nov 18, 2024

Tutorial: How to rate limit Python async requests to Etherscan – and other APIs

TL;DRThis article provides a tutorial on implementing rate limiting for Python async requests using the credit-rate-limit library. It demonstrates how to manage API rate limits effectively with an example using the Etherscan API, ensuring your asynch…
By Elnaril | Nov 18, 2024

StandBlog – A Blogging platform

Stand Blog is a simple blogging platform with key features like Home, About Us, Blog Entries, Contact Us, and options to create new posts. It allows users to submit new blog entries, view detailed posts, and send messages directly through the website…
By Ruchi Lamichhane | Nov 19, 2024

Python vs JavaScript: Complete Comparison of Essential Concepts

Purpose of This Guide
This guide is for learners who know programming and want a quick comparison of the key syntax and functional differences between Python and JavaScript. It focuses on the main differences to help build a solid foundation for usin…
By haiying liao | Nov 19, 2024

Understanding When to Use Node.js, Java, ASP.NET (C#), Golang, and Python in Web Development

In the world of web development, there are numerous programming languages and frameworks to choose from, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Deciding on the right language or platform for your web application depends on various factors like p…
By JealousGx | Nov 19, 2024

12 Data Structures and Top Interview Questions Every Developer Should Know

1. Arrays
An array is a collection of elements stored at contiguous memory locations. It allows constant-time access to elements if their index is known.
Analogy: Imagine a row of lockers in a school, each labeled with a number. To find an item, you …
By Bonaventure Ogeto | Nov 19, 2024

Understanding Seasonality in Time Series Data: An In-Depth Guide

Seasonality is a fundamental concept in time series analysis and forecasting. It refers to periodic fluctuations that occur at regular intervals due to seasonal factors. Understanding seasonality is crucial for accurate forecasting and making informe…
By Sai Prasanna Maharana | Nov 19, 2024

An In-Depth Guide to Time Series Data and Forecasting

Welcome to this comprehensive guide on Time Series Data and Forecasting. This article aims to provide an in-depth understanding of time series data, its applications, methods for handling null values, and essential terms associated with time series f…
By Sai Prasanna Maharana | Nov 19, 2024

Linear Search Explained: The Simple Approach to Finding Data

In our exploration of data structures and algorithms, we've seen the importance of sorting algorithms like Bubble Sort, Quick Sort, and Merge Sort, which help us arrange data in a particular order to make it easier to find, analyze, and manipulate. N…
By Keerthi Ravilla Subramanyam | Nov 19, 2024

Exploring the World of Internet of Things (IoT) in Mobile Apps

What is IoT?
IoT refers to a network of interconnected devices that communicate with each other over the internet. These devices collect, analyze, and exchange data to perform specific tasks, making our lives more efficient and connected.
Think about…
By CodnestX | Nov 19, 2024

Day 8: Importing Data for Data Science

Welcome to Day 8 of the Data Science Challenge! Today, we’re diving into the crucial step of importing data from various sources. Whether you’re working with CSV files, pulling data from a database, or gathering information through APIs, knowing how …
By Anastasia Zaharieva | Nov 19, 2024

How to Add Page Numbers in Word Documents: Python Solution

Although page numbers are rarely a hot topic when discussing Word documents, they play a crucial role, especially in lengthy documents. Page numbers not only help readers quickly navigate to specific sections but also make printed versions more organ…
By Casie Liu | Nov 19, 2024

Understanding Autocorrelation: An In-Depth Guide

Autocorrelation is a fundamental concept in time series analysis and statistics. It measures the similarity between a time series and a lagged version of itself over successive time intervals. This guide aims to provide an in-depth understanding of a…
By Sai Prasanna Maharana | Nov 19, 2024

From Zero to Hero: A Beginner's Guide to Python Web Development with Flask and Django

Web development has become an essential skill in today’s tech-driven world, and Python is one of the most popular programming languages for building web applications. Its simplicity, flexibility, and vast ecosystem of libraries make it a go-to choice…
By Arnab Kabasi | Nov 19, 2024

The Power of Input Validation with AWS and Python

Introduction
Managing AWS resources efficiently is a critical challenge for cloud architects and developers, especially using a dynamic language like Python. While Python offers flexibility and rapid development capabilities, its lack of built-in typ…
By Jason | Nov 19, 2024

Loading files automatically to bronze lakehouse

In my last post on LinkedIn, I explained how to export AdventureWorks2022 tables to csv files. If you don’t want to generate them, you can get them here, as stated in the last post (after my edit in which I realized I made a mistake). My actual blog …
By Kay Sauter | Nov 19, 2024

Methods to Utilize Native Code in Java: How Java Loads Code from Other Languages

Source: Methods to Utilize Native Code in Java: How Java Loads Code from Other Languages
1. Introduction to Native Code in Java

Java Native Interface (JNI) is a framework that allows Java code running in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to call …
By Tuanh.net | Nov 20, 2024

Understanding Exponential Smoothing: An In-Depth Guide

Exponential Smoothing is a family of forecasting methods that assign exponentially decreasing weights to past observations. These methods are widely used in time series forecasting due to their simplicity and effectiveness, especially when dealing wi…
By Sai Prasanna Maharana | Nov 20, 2024

Python Use Cases

Today, we're taking a side quest away from the 30-day challenge because I found it interesting to learn even more about Python, and I wanted to share it here.
Python is one of the most versatile programming languages and is used across a wide range o…
By Anastasia Zaharieva | Nov 20, 2024

scope and hoisting in javascript

Introduction:
In JavaScript, two fundamental concepts that every developer must understand are scope and hoisting. These concepts govern how variables, functions, and objects are accessed and managed within a program. Without a clear understanding of…
By shubham kabsuri | Nov 20, 2024

Understanding Stationarity, Dickey-Fuller Test in Time Series Analysis: An In-Depth Guide

In time series analysis, stationarity is a fundamental concept that significantly impacts the modeling and forecasting of data. This guide will delve into the concepts of stationarity and non-stationarity, the Dickey-Fuller test for stationarity, met…
By Sai Prasanna Maharana | Nov 20, 2024

The Role of Python in E-commerce Fraud Detection and Prevention

Introduction
E-commerce has grown dramatically in recent years and has given consumers unprecedented convenience and access to products. However, with this growth, e-commerce platforms have become a target for fraudsters. From credit card fraud to ac…
By Lucy | Nov 20, 2024

Series Introduction

Hello and welcome! Let me tell you in case you don’t know ( it’s good if you know already ) that businesses and developers are constantly searching for tools and platforms that allow them to build robust applications while managing cloud resources ef…
By Azeez Aremu | Nov 20, 2024

Building Your Own AI-Powered Telegram Bot with Python: A Beginner's Guide

Hello Geeks, I hope you are doing well!
I am back with a new and different topic, as you may noticed that it is more programming-ish article. I added the “Programming“ section on the blog, therefor we will have these kind of articles as well. Hope yo…
By Ali Hussainzada | Nov 20, 2024

Understanding Python's Platform Independence: A Deep Dive into Bytecode, AST, and Machine Code

Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world.

One of its key features is its platform independence.

What does platform independence mean?

How does Python achieve platform independence?

This blog will explore:

How Python p…
By Deepak Kumar Mohanty | Nov 20, 2024

Django's post_save doesn't always

Django’s post_save methods allow execution of custom code on an insert or update of a record after the save method is called.
The serialized object propagates through the signal handlers as the instance parameter which is eventually committed to the …
By Danny Crasto | Nov 21, 2024

Building HAL: A Hardware Assistant that Learns

In the world of AI and ML, we, application developers, now need to be able to mesh different languages and frameworks together and create an application that utilizes various technologies. We always did that in a way, but I believe it is even more im…
By TJ Gokken | Nov 21, 2024

Understanding ARIMA, SARIMA, and SARIMAX Models: An In-Depth Guide

Time series forecasting is a critical aspect of data analysis, enabling us to predict future values based on past observations. Among the most popular and effective methods for time series forecasting are the ARIMA, SARIMA, and SARIMAX models. This g…
By Sai Prasanna Maharana | Nov 21, 2024

ML Chapter 8.1 : Deep Learning

Welcome to Part 8 – Deep Learning! If you're new to this blog, I strongly advise you to read the previous posts because this one is quite advanced. Thank you!
Deep Learning is the most exciting and powerful branch of Machine Learning. Deep Learning m…
By Fatima Jannet | Nov 21, 2024

Article on Pytest for API Testing: Comparison with Karate and SuperTest

Introduction
In this article, we will explore Pytest, a popular Python testing framework, in the context of testing RESTful APIs, comparing it with other popular frameworks like Karate (for Java) and SuperTest (for Node.js). The goal is to provide a …
By JAIME ELIAS FLORES QUISPE | Nov 21, 2024

Discrete Digital Deception: Bits Fooling You

Introduction: Welcome to the Matrix!
What’s your screen time today?
We’re living in an increasingly digital world, where nothing is truly continuous. Everything you see, hear, and experience digitally is an approximation, a clever lie designed to tri…
By Supreeth Mysore Venkatesh | Nov 21, 2024

Practical Data Science: Rectangular Data and Estimation Techniques in SQL

Hey everyone, welcome back! If you’re new here, I’m Dhyuthidhar Saraswathula. I write blogs focused on computer science, with a special emphasis on data science and analytics.
Today, let’s dive into Rectangular Data and the SQL techniques used to ana…
By S.S.S DHYUTHIDHAR | Nov 21, 2024

Mario Python Cheatsheet

Introduction
When I first started learning Python, I found myself constantly Googling the basics. I'd make a little progress here and there, but found myself stuff stuck on simple, quick items.I think it's because a lot of examples use random numbers…
By David Galiata | Nov 21, 2024

Welcome!

I decided to just jump in and figure out what the hell I want to talk about here. I love Home Assistant and home automation in general, Scripting and DJing. Most likely, this blog will be used to share my findings and how I setup my stuff at home or …
By Jean-François Simard | Nov 21, 2024

Extract Hyperlinks from Word Documents with Python [Latest Guide]

"How do I extract hyperlinks from a Word document?" is a common question found across platforms like the Microsoft Community, GitHub, and Stack Overflow. Extracting hyperlinks from Word documents can be a challenging task for many. Since Microsoft Wo…
By Casie Liu | Nov 22, 2024

Breaking Down Python’s String Reversal

I’ve known for a while that reversing a string in Python is "text"[::-1]. However, it’s only now that I’ve truly understood how that works. Here’s what I learned today!
Breaking Down the Syntax
String slicing in Python uses the [start:stop:step] synt…
By Chuma Kabaghe | Nov 22, 2024

How to Password Protect a PDF and Unprotect it with Python [Quick & Simple]

PDFs are widely used for their stability and compatibility across platforms, making them ideal for file sharing, printing, and archiving. However, this popularity also brings up the challenge of ensuring PDF security. Adding permission or open passwo…
By Casie Liu | Nov 22, 2024

Text Preprocessing in NLP

Introduction
After getting the data, we’ll be doing text pre-processing on the dataset.
Text pre-processing is of 2 types,

Basic Text pre-processing

Advance Text pre-processing

POS (Parts of Speech) Tag

Chunking

Parsing

Coreference relation

…
By Avdhesh Varshney | Nov 22, 2024

How to Learn Python for JavaScript Developers [Full Handbook]

As a developer with experience in JavaScript, you likely know how versatile the language is, especially when it comes to web development. JavaScript powers both frontend and backend development (thanks to Node.js) and has grown to become one of the m…
By German Cocca | Nov 22, 2024

Design Patterns in Python: The Complete Reference

Design patterns are a cornerstone of software engineering. They provide proven solutions to recurring design problems and enable developers to build robust, scalable, and maintainable systems. This comprehensive guide covers all 23 GoF (Gang of Four)…
By Ahmad W Khan | Nov 22, 2024

Openstack Components and APIs

Hello and welcome! let’s get this series started with quick look into Openstack – through it’s components and APIs. OpenStack, the leading open-source cloud platform, is the backbone for creating scalable and flexible cloud infrastructures. It’s modu…
By Azeez Aremu | Nov 22, 2024

EXCITEMENT, DISCOVERY AND CHALLENGES- a media guru’s journey to tech begins.

You don’t necessarily have to take this headline seriously. And that is because I do not see myself as a media guru, but many people do. I see myself as a student who has enjoyed learning within the media space for over a decade. From being a newsroo…
By Moshood Akinleye | Nov 22, 2024

Stop Reading Your Code, Start Seeing It: The Visual Development Revolution

In 2024, we're still coding like it's 1999. Today, that changes.
The Problem with Modern IDEs
Three monitors. Five IDE windows. Endless walls of text. Another Monday morning, and Sarah's screen looks like a relic from the last century. Her "integrate…
By shinoj cm | Nov 22, 2024

Analyzing the PCam Dataset with CNNs and Attention Mechanisms

INTRODUCTION
In this blog post, we explore the use of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and enhanced architectures with attention mechanisms for classifying the PatchCamelyon (PCam) dataset, a benchmark for detecting metastatic tissue in histopath…
By Rushil Ravi | Nov 22, 2024

Integrating Celery with Django: A Comprehensive Guide

Celery is a powerful distributed task queue that can handle millions of tasks per minute. When combined with Django, it becomes an indispensable tool for handling asynchronous tasks, such as sending emails, processing images, or performing long-runni…
By Nikhil Akki | Nov 23, 2024

Python Flask API with SQLALCHEMY integration

Step 1: I fork this Repository

Step 2: I check if the fork Repository is now save on my repository

Step 3: Make a folder where we save the application

Step 4: Open the command prompt and go to that folder using cd and dir commands

Step 5: Clone y…
By Cañete,Brandon L. | Nov 23, 2024

My Python Learning Journey: Week 3 – Steps I Took, Problems I Faced, and How I Solved Them.

Hey everyone, in this week, I learned about the following Python concepts:

File I/O:(r, w, a) (with open)

Object-Oriented Programming (OOPS): classes, objects, attributes & methods

These are the steps I took to grasp the concepts:

Reading from…
By Sheikh Abdul Wahid | Nov 23, 2024

Mastering Python RegEx: A Comprehensive Guide to Text Manipulation

Introduction
Regular Expressions (RegEx) are a powerful tool for anyone dealing with text data in Python. Whether you’re cleaning messy data for analysis, building search functions, or extracting information from large text files, knowing how to use …
By Simran Anand | Nov 23, 2024

I Switched to Hashnode Docs

A few months ago, Hashnode launched a new app called "Docs", and I decided to move the documentation of one of my open-source projects to Hashnode.
https://pyaction.imsadra.me/docs

Working with it is as simple as writing blogs on Hashnode but in an…
By Sadra Yahyapour | Nov 23, 2024

Text Representation in NLP

Introduction

What is Feature Extraction from text?

To text representation

To text recognition

Why do we need it?

Why is it difficult?

What is the core idea?

What are the techniques?

OHE (One Hot Encoding)

BOW (Bag of Words)

ngrams

TfIdf
…
By Avdhesh Varshney | Nov 23, 2024

Run PySpark on virtualenv

Running Pyspark on local device just using the python’s virtual environment.

We all have heard about the Apcahe spark and it’s python variant Pyspark, which normally we have seen running on Azure Databricks or Amazon Aws using different clusters or …
By Dhirendra Jha | Nov 23, 2024

Extracting All Images From A Google Doc Using Python

Google makes it as easy as possible to add new images to a Google Doc, with options like drag-and-drop, paste from clipboard, insert from Drive/URL, etc. But they make it surprisingly hard to get the images back out! I’ve written about this before [b…
By GreenFlux | Nov 23, 2024

Squashing Django Migrations the Easy Way

My django project currently has almost 300 models (and another 80-ish 3rd party models), along with some 250 or so migration files from 6 years of development. This is a common situation in long-running Django projects – as your application grows, mi…
By Jack Linke | Nov 23, 2024

Top Python Libraries Every Developer Should Know

Python’s extensive ecosystem of libraries makes it a go-to programming language for developers across various domains. Whether you’re into web development, data science, machine learning, or automation, there’s a Python library for nearly every task….
By Ayusharpcoder | Nov 24, 2024

Django: Accessing foreign key objects (one to many, many to one relationships)

For demonstration, let’s create a Django project and start an app call books. Let’s take the example of the relationship between books and reviews and create two simple models for them. As you know, one book can have many reviews.
class Book(models.M…
By Rohan | Nov 24, 2024

Code Like a Pro: A Guide to Modern Clean Code

Hey there, code wrangler. I see you’re not here to just slap together a few lines of code and call it a day. You’re here to craft something timeless, something you can be proud of. You’ve probably wrestled with spaghetti code at 3 AM, cursed at crypt…
By Ahmad W Khan | Nov 24, 2024

Interfacing C code with Python

Sometimes, you may want more performance out of your Python projects, and the size of your project size has grown so much that it would be more difficult to port it over to a more performant language.
Sometimes you may want the ability to perform low…
By Oduah Chigozie | Nov 24, 2024

Protocol Buffers – Google's data interchange format 🎃

Protocol Buffers are language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanisms for serializing structured data.

Basically, Protocol Buffers (often referred to as Protobuf) is a data format developed by Google used for serializing data, similar to XML…
By Anirudh Singh Bhadauria | Nov 24, 2024

#406 – Matthias

Weeknotes (2024 week 47)

Weeknotes (2024 week 47)
I missed a single co-writing session and of course that lead to four weeks of no posts at all to the blog. Oh well.
Debugging
I want to share a few debugging stories from the last weeks.
Pillow 11 and Django’s get_image…
By Matthias Kestenholz | Nov 20, 2024