If the mention of algebra conjures bad memories of math classes, a Python library called SymPy could change your mind about ...

I'm a successful systems administrator, been doing it for about 15 years, and I have some spare time on my hands, so I thought I would try my hand at learning some Python. I've done basic scripting ...

The Windows version of the Python interpreter can be run from the command line the same way it’s run in other operating systems, by typing python or python3 at the prompt. But there’s a feature unique ...

os.path.join (folder, filename) ensures the path is correct for the system. On Windows, it uses backslashes (reports\summary.txt); on Linux and macOS it uses forward slashes (reports/summary.txt).

Testing functions isn't hard, but how do you test user input and output? In my last article, I started looking at "pytest", a framework for testing Python programs that's really changed the way I look ...

One of the features that makes Python a great programming language is exceptions for error handling. Exceptions are convenient in many ways for handling errors and ...

Google is changing the payment model for Colaboratory, its Python-writing code system. Informally known as Colab, the platform is designed for users to write and execute Python code from within your ...