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Python 101 – How to Generate a PDF
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a very popular way to share documents across multiple platforms. The goal of the PDF is to create a document that will look the same on multiple platforms and Read more…
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PyDev of the Week: Tony Roberts
This week we welcome Tony Roberts as our PyDev of the Week! Tony is the creator and maintainer of PyXLL, a paid add-in for Microsoft Excel that lets you script Excel using the Python programming Read more…
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An Intro to Python Editors
The Python programming language comes with its own built-in Integrated Development Environment (IDE) called IDLE. The name, IDLE, supposedly came from the actor, Eric Idle, who was a part of the Monty Python troupe, which Read more…
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Converting CSV to Excel with Python
There are many common file types that you will need to work with as a software developer. One such format is the CSV file. CSV stands for “Comma-Separated Values” and is a text file format Read more…
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PyCharm 2021.3 EAP Is Open!
Introducing the Early Access Program for PyCharm 2021.3, where you can try the new PyCharm features before they are officially released! This program is designed to give you a chance to try all the improvements Read more…
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Python 101 – Assignment Expressions
Assignment expressions were added to Python in version 3.8. The general idea is that an assignment expression allows you to assign to variables within an expression. The syntax for doing this is: NAME := expr Read more…
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Python 101 – How to Create a Python Package
When you create a Python file, you are creating a Python module. Any Python file that you create can be imported by another Python script. Thus, by definition, it is also a Python module. If Read more…
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Creating an MP3 Tagger GUI with wxPython
I don’t know about you, but I enjoy listening to music. As an avid music fan, I also like to rip my CDs to MP3 so I can listen to my music on the go Read more…
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How to Send Emails with Python
Python provides a couple of really nice modules that you can use to craft emails with. They are the email and smtplib modules. Instead of going over various methods in these two modules, you’ll spend Read more…
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PyDev of the Week: Tonya Sims
This week we welcome Tonya Sims (@TonyaSims) as our PyDev of the Week! Tonya is a Python Developer Advocate for Vonage and is an active member of the Real Python community. Tonya recently gave a Read more…