Learn the 3-step process to localize your Python scripts using the gettext CLI tools. Includes tips for pluralization, ...

If you have never programmed before, then make sure to read the next section to find out precisely what an “if statement” is, and how to use it. if magic_number ...

Python, for all its power and popularity, has long lacked a form of flow control found in other languages—a way to take a value and match it elegantly against one of a number of possible conditions.

As with other programming languages, Python has libraries to make coding tasks easier. Here's how you can take advantage of them, and how you can create your own libraries as well. Libraries are ...

Discover the secrets to generating random numbers in Python using the NumPy library. Unleash the full potential of your code today!

Why is your Python app so slow? Find out by using Python’s built-in profiler to locate bottlenecks in your Python code Python may not be the fastest language around, but it is often fast enough. And ...

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, ...

Introducing Anaconda, a Python distribution for scientific research. I've looked at several ways you could use Python to do scientific calculations in the past, but I've never actually covered how to ...

Not every programmer likes creating GUI code. Most hacker types don’t mind a command line interface, but very few ordinary users appreciate them. However, if you write command line programs in Python, ...