Learn Python Programming Rounding in Python Take a deep dive into Python's rounding functions! Learn about floor, ceil, trunc, and round, and avoid common rounding errors in Python.
Learn Python Programming Python's modulo operator and floor division Learn about the some less well-known operators in Python: modulo and floor division—as well as how they interact with each other and how they're related!
Learn Python Programming Logical comparisons in Python: and & or Python's and and or keywords can be confusing for beginner programmers, but also for programmers coming from other programming languages. That's because in Python, these operators can behave differently than in other languages!
Learn Python Programming Why does scraping fail with requests and BeautifulSoup? Do you have scraping code which works in some websites but not others, even though you're sure the method you're using to get data out of the site is correct? JavaScript could be the problem!
Learn Python Programming Student stories: Programming with Pinstripes Teclado student Chris Nyland shares his experiences working a full-time legal job while learning programming on the said, developing tools to help said job!
Learn Python Programming Monthly Python Talk I've been collecting interesting Python talks, for students of all skill levels. Come back every month for a new one!
Learn Python Programming Python: how to use multiple decorators on one function Decorators are a confusing Python topic, especially when you see two or more used at once! Here's a simple explanation of what's going on.
Learn Python Programming Migrating from pip + virtualenv to Pipenv Pipenv is the new recommended packaging tool for Python. You no longer need to use pip and virtualenv separately. Learn how to migrate and simplify your development workflow!
Flask Token Authentication and Refreshing using Flask-JWT-Extended JWTs are great for processing authentication in a REST API. How can you stop requiring users provide their username and password every time the token expires? Learn about token-based authentication and token refresh!
Learn Python Programming Continuous Python Learning Learning Python after you've become knowledgeable can be difficult. Content online may be either too simple, or too specialised... What should you do?
Learn Python Programming Handy Python Development Tools Python is an extremely productive language, but did you know you can become even more productive by worrying less about potential mistakes and formatting inconsistencies?
Learn Python Programming Should I learn Flask or Django? Flask and Django are two behemoths of Python web development. Which one should you learn?
Flask Advanced configuration of Flask-JWT Flask-JWT is a great library to add user authentication to our Flask apps. Sometimes we want to configure it past what it gives us out of the box. Learn how in this post!
Learn Python Programming String formatting in Python Learn about all the different string formatting and interpolation techniques in Python2.7, 3.5, and 3.6. Concatenation, format, and the new f-strings!
Learn Python Programming Sending e-mails with Python Looking for an easy way to send e-mails using Python? This post looks into using two built-in libraries to get you sending e-mails in 5 minutes.
Flask Defining User Access Levels in Flask Access levels can be a tricky thing—having users, moderators, and administrators. How can you handle allowing access only to certain things to certain people?
Learn Python Programming Interacting with REST APIs with Python Interacting with REST APIs normally involves a lot of reading documentation. In this post we'll go through how to use Python requests to communicate with an existing REST API.
Flask Password encryption with Flask and Python Why encrypt? It's normal when you start making software to not worry about many things: performance, security, or even the products you make. However, if you have a product that people are starting
Understanding the Console Connecting to Linux servers I’ve mentioned before how if you are deploying your application to a server, it will most likely be Linux. It is therefore important that you are able to connect to your Linux
Understanding the Console Contents of files and introduction to Vi Let’s talk about reading and modifying files. This post is part of the "what is sudo?" series, which aims to help understand Linux and text consoles. The cat command Using the cat
Understanding the Console A word on programs A common misconception is that things like mkdir, rm or adduser are different from things you install in your system (e.g. postgresql, or mongod). They are not. All of them are programs.
Understanding the Console Basic Linux console commands Just like navigating a desktop, it is important to be able to navigate a console. This post is part of the "what is sudo?" series, which aims to help understand Linux and text
Understanding the Console Why would you want to use a console? You probably have a desk. You can put things on the desk, or move things, or pile things on top of one another. You have a folder in which you put important documents.
Understanding the Console The Linux Console In my online courses I talk a lot about programming, design, and databases. Lately I’ve been saying more about Linux. Normally when you deploy an application to a web server, this server
