In this article, I'll be exploring the basics of Python, i.e. variables, input and output. You'll need Python (2.7+), a computer, and some free time. Variables Simply put, variables are like envelopes ...

Without functions all we have are attributes of objects. Functions are where variables live. This extract from Programmer's Python: Everything is an Object explains that functions bring something new ...

I'll be posting pseudo-code here in the hopes that it's enough, but I can start giving more details if needed. Originally I had the contents of function1 and function2 in-line in this code and I ...

Let’s start from the beginning: what is Python and why should you learn it? Python is one of the world’s most popular programming languages. It powers a huge number of extremely influential apps and ...

def set_time(self, hour=0, minute=0, second=0, millisecond=0): if not (0 <= hour < 24): raise ValueError(f'Hour ({hour}) must be 0-23') self.hour = hour if not (0 ...

In writing the most recent Hack This (“Scrape the Web with Beautiful Soup”) I again found myself trapped between the competing causes of blog-brevity and making sure everything is totally clear for ...

Last time, we learned how to apply Python's 'if statement' to change processing based on conditions. For example, it was code ...