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Demystifying Decorators • Parts 3 to 7
The second 'Demystifying Decorators' article, which brings this mini-series on decorators to a conclusion
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Stephen Gruppetta
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Demystifying Decorators • They Don't Need to be Cryptic
"What on Earth is going on with decorators?" Is this you? They're not as hard as you think. But we need to get there step by step
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Dropping Values (#2 in The `itertools` Series • `dropwhile()` and `takewhile()`)
Yteria has another gig. She still can't use the word "for". This time, it's `itertools.dropwhile()` that comes to the rescue
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If Feynman Were Teaching Today… A Simplified Python Simulation of Diffusion
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Demystifying Decorators • They Don't Need to be Cryptic
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`bytes`: The Lesser-Known Python Built-In Sequence • And Understanding UTF-8 Encoding
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Where's William? How Quickly Can You Find Him? • What's a Python Hashable Object?
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Why Can't I Just Use A List? • Understanding NumPy's `ndarray` (A NumPy for Numpties article)
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What Can A Coffee Machine Teach You About Python's Functions?
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The Properties of Python's `property`
Exploring Python's properties through my return to athletics training
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I Want My Own Fancy F-String Format Specifiers… Sure You Can
You're familiar (perhaps) with the format specifiers you can use in f-strings, such as `{:0.2f}`. But can you create your own?
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Loss of Words • A Nested Journey (#1 in The `itertools` Series • `product()`)
Follow Yteria on her troubled journey, explore her unusual world in this first article in The `itertools` Series. Discover `itertools.product()` and…
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Counting: How Hard Can it Be?
The fascinating subtleties of counting in Python
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Hermione's Undetectable Extension Charm: Revealed (Using Python)
How could Hermione possibly fit all those things in her small handbag in HP:DH? It's linked to objects and their references in Python, of course
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The One About the £5 Note and the Trip to the Coffee Shop • The Difference Between `is` and `==` in Python
Many misunderstand the `is` keyword in Python and use it in situations when `==` is more appropriate. Let's explore this through a recent trip to a…
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On Shared Birthdays (and a Bit on Pythagorean Triplets) • Pythonic Code
A Python journey through probabilities, `itertools`, and some more Pythonic tools–and yes, we'll explore the Birthday Paradox
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