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13 Sep 2022
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The Most Popular Python Libraries

What programming language is simple to learn and has enormous potential? Python! Its power comes from the amazing libraries that are used by programmers on a daily basis to solve problems. Let’s see which Python libraries are the most popular and what they are used for. Python is a programming language that has numerous applications across a variety of industries. It has gained tremendous popularity in recent years. Compared to other popular programming languages, Python offers a shallow learning curve, which attracts people who want to take their first steps into programming.
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12 Sep 2022
Alexandre Bruffa

Adding a List to a Set in Python: 5 Things You Must Know

What is a Python set? What is a list in Python, for that matter? This article will give an overview of these two data structures and show how to add list values to a set in Python. To explain the differences between sets and lists in Python – and to help you understand how to add a list to a set correctly – let’s start with an example of these data structures.
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7 Sep 2022
Juliano Luiz Faccioni

How to Reverse a Range in Python

Find out how to reverse a range in Python and learn more about the range(), reversed(), and sorted() functions. Early in your Python journey, you’ll start working with sequences and ranges. At some point, you may wonder ‘How would I get these values in the reverse order?’. If you think about it, we reverse ranges constantly: when we sort files in our computer from ascending to descending order, we effectively reverse their original order.
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31 Aug 2022
Kateryna Koidan

Python or R: Which to Learn as a New Data Analyst?

Thinking about becoming a data analyst? It’s a very promising career path, but data analysts are often required to master at least one programming language. Let’s explore whether this should be Python or R. If you scroll through a couple of data analyst job descriptions, you’ll notice that most of them have a requirement for at least one programming language – Python, R, or SQL. SQL is somewhat unique as the key language for communicating with relational databases.
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29 Aug 2022
Marcin Koryszewski

Learning Python Makes You Smarter

Our brain is like a muscle; it shrinks without exercise. In this article, I will tell you what to do to tire your mind a bit and build intellectual muscles instead of mindlessly scrolling on your smartphone. Get brain-fit with Python! Learning new things is always a good idea. But some choices are better for us than others. Take coding for example. Do you know that when you learn Python, you exercise your brain to level up?
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24 Aug 2022
Kateryna Koidan

How to Use Notebooks in Python

When reading or watching Python tutorials online, you might notice that many data scientists use Python notebooks for their projects. Let’s explore what a notebook is and how to use notebooks in Python. Python is a general-purpose programming language that can be used for just about anything. It is also one of the key tools used in data science these days. There are several popular Python IDEs for data science, but if you follow this field for a while, you’ll notice that many data scientists choose to carry on their projects in Jupyter Notebooks.
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22 Aug 2022
Xavier Rigoulet

How to Decrement a Python for Loop

Do you know how to decrement in Python? It’s easy! You can do it with a simple for loop, and I’ll show you how. Unlike other programming languages (such as C++) Python has no decrement operator (i.e. similar to the -- in C++). In Python, we state the beginning and the end of the iteration with the number of steps in between. If you need a refresher on the Python for loop, read Kateryna's article on writing forloops in Python, then come back here.
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17 Aug 2022
Luke Hande

Python Libraries Every Programming Beginner Should Know

Want to take full advantage of the Python computer programming language? Check out our top Python libraries for beginners! Python is a popular general-purpose programming language. Its clear syntax makes it ideal for beginners to learn. One of this language’s advantages is the large number of open-source libraries available. A Python library is a group of related code modules. You can use these modules in your own programs to make coding simpler and faster – e.
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15 Aug 2022
Xavier Rigoulet

Free Python Course: Find Out If Programming Is For You

Have you heard about software engineers making half a million US dollars annually? Do you want to learn to program but do not know if you are cut out for it? Our free Python course can help you find out if programming is for you. But first, let's define programming. Programming is the action of providing a set of instructions to the computer to make it perform a task. A pre-defined set of instructions is called an algorithm.
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10 Aug 2022
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The 5 Best Resources to Start Learning Python

Do you want to learn to program in Python? Or maybe you are just wondering if an IT career is for you? In this article, I’ll answer some basic questions about Python learning methods and resources. Python is one of today’s most popular computer programming languages. It’s used in many ways across different industries. Before we dive into our discussion of the best resources for learning Python, let’s try to understand what programming is.
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