September 2, 2021 by
Mike Have you ever needed to search for a file on your computer? Most operating systems have a way to do this. Windows Explorer has a search function and there's also a search built-in to the Start Menu now. Other operating systems like Mac and Linux are similar. There are also applications that you can download […]
September 1, 2021 by
Mike Do you need to work measurements often? What about converting from one unit of measurement to another? There is a Python package called Pint that makes working with quantities easy to do. Pint allows you do arithmetic operations between a numerical value and a quantity as well. You can see the many different unit types […]
This week we welcome Joshua Ebner (@Josh_Ebner) as our PyDev of the Week. Joshua trains people in data science at Sharp Sight. Let's take some time to get to know Joshua better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc): Professionally, I own a data science training company, Sharp Sight. My background […]
This week's PyDev of the Week is Paulus Schoutsen (@balloob). He is the founder of Home Assistant, an open source home automation tool / package. You can see what else Paulus is up to over on his GitHub profile. Let's take a few moments to get to know Paulus better! Can you tell us a […]
Texas Instruments announced that they are adding a new graphing calculator called TI-84 Plus CE Python. The TI-84 Plus uses CircuitPython rather than the standard Python that most developers are aware of. CircuitPython is made by AdaFruit for embedded devices, like a calculator. You can read more about CircuitPython being added to the calculator over […]
This week we welcome Daniel Zingaro as our PyDev of the Week! Daniel is the author of Learn to Code by Solving Problems: A Python Programming Primer and Algorithmic Thinking from No Starch Books. If you'd like to see what else Daniel is up to, you should visit his website. Daniel even braved sky-diving once! […]
