In the last post introducing Python, I demonstrated how to make a simple app using variables and conditional statements. In order to do anything really powerful in a given programming language though, ...

Python includes several modules for implementing algorithms elegantly and concisely using whatever style is most appropriate for the task. It supports purely procedural, object-oriented, and ...

Python trades runtime speed for programmer convenience, and most of the time it’s a good tradeoff. One doesn’t typically need the raw speed of C for most workaday applications. And when you need to ...

Functions are the structured or procedural programming way of organizing the logic in your programs. Large blocks of code can be neatly segregated into manageable chunks, and space is saved by putting ...

Still using Excel for your data analysis? Learn how to leverage Python so you can work with larger datasets and automate repetitive tasks. Learning to code, whether with Python, JavaScript, or another ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I ...

Spiffy and convenient as Python is, most everyone who uses the language knows it’s comparatively creaky—orders of magnitude slower than C, Java, or JavaScript for CPU-intensive work. But several ...