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Real Python: Python KeyError Exceptions and How to Handle Them

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/python-keyerror/

Python’s KeyError exception is a common exception encountered by beginners. Knowing why a KeyError can be raised and some solutions to prevent it from stopping your program are essential steps to impr
Paolo Amoroso: Revisiting Building Android Apps in Python Using Kivy with Android Studio

Link: http://blog.paoloamoroso.com/2019/11/revisiting-building-android-apps-in.html

One of the books I read on Kivy, a Python cross-platform GUI framework, is Building Android Apps in Python Using Kivy with Android Studio: With Pyjnius, Plyer, and Buildozer by Ahmed Fawzy Mohamed Gad
Stack Abuse: Insertion Sort in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/insertion-sort-in-python/

Introduction
If you're majoring in Computer Science, Insertion Sort is most likely one of the first sorting algorithms you have heard of. It is intuitive and easy to implement, but it's very slow on l
Paolo Amoroso: Two Books About the Kivy GUI Framework

Link: http://blog.paoloamoroso.com/2019/11/two-books-about-kivy-gui-framework.html

The Kivy Python GUI framework is intriguing.Not only it’s cross-platform but also supports Android. Java is too verbose and low level for me and Kivy is an opportunity for developing native Android ap
Chris Moffitt: Tips for Selecting Columns in a DataFrame

Link: https://pbpython.com/selecting-columns.html


Introduction
This article will discuss several tips and shortcuts for using
iloc
to work with a
data set that has a large number of columns. Even if you have some experience with using
iloc
you s
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #396 (Nov. 26, 2019)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/396

#396 – NOVEMBER 26, 2019 View in Browser » PyCon 2020 Registration Is Now Open PyCon is the largest annual gathering for the community that uses and develops the open-source Python programming l
Janusworx: #100DaysOfCode, Days 005, 006 and 007 – The Collections Module

Link: https://janusworx.com/100daysofcode-days-005-006-and-007-the-collections-module/

I have been at this an hour daily for four days now.
It just is not clicking for me.
One thing is for sure, this Talk Python course is definitely going to take longer than a hundred days!
I don’t kn
Lintel Technologies: Manhole service in Twisted Application.

Link: https://howto.lintel.in/how-to-run-manhole-service-in-twisted/

What is Manhole?
Manhole is an in-process service, that will accept UNIX domain socket connections and present the stack traces for all threads and an interactive prompt.
Using it we can access and mo
PyBites: From webscraper to wordcloud

Link: https://pybit.es/guest-webscraper-to-wordcloud.html

Living in Belgium, I decided to scrape the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.
I wanted to know what kept people busy when reading the news, so I went for a collection of all comments on all article
PyBites: There's no wrong way... to eat a Bite of Py

Link: https://pybit.es/guest-eat-a-bite-of-py.html

The Bites of Py exercises from PyBites are a wonderful way to improve your Python skills in short, focused practice sessions. You can even work on them right from your browser! Of course, that's not t
Real Python: Python Descriptors: An Introduction

Link: https://realpython.com/python-descriptors/

Descriptors are a specific Python feature that power a lot of the magic hidden under the language’s hood. If you’ve ever thought that Python descriptors are an advanced topic with few practical applic
Python Anywhere: Python 3.8 now available!

Link: https://blog.pythonanywhere.com/184/

If you signed up since 26 November, you'll have Python 3.8 available on your account -- you can use it just like any other Python version.
If you signed up before then, it's a little more complicated,
Talk Python to Me: #240 A guided tour of the CPython source code

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/240/a-guided-tour-of-the-cpython-source-code

You might use Python every day. But how much do you know about what happens under the covers, down at the C level? When you type something like variable = [], what are the byte-codes that accomplish t
Janusworx: #100DaysOfCode, Day 008 – The Collections Module

Link: https://janusworx.com/100daysofcode-day-008-the-collections-module/

Finally feels like something is happening.
Did two hours today.
I don’t know if what I do is cheating, but I darn near print everything to see output and then iterate on the errors.
I understood h
Wingware Blog: Navigating Python Code with Wing Pro 7 (part 3 of 3)

Link: https://wingware.com/blog/code-navigation-3

Last week and the week before, we looked at some of the code navigation features in Wing,
including goto-definition, find uses, and project-wide search, code index menus, and the
Source Browser.
This
Codementor: How I learned Python

Link: https://www.codementor.io/kschoos/how-i-learned-python-116ihhinlh

About me
Hi,
I'm Kai and I am currently between my Bachelor's and my Master's Degree in Computer Engineering / Science. I want to help people to develop their skills in python.
Why I wanted to...