In this project-based tutorial, you’ll build a content aggregator from scratch using Python and the popular framework Django. With so much content coming out online daily, it can be time consuming to go to multiple sites and sources to consume information about your favorite subjects. This is why content aggregators are so popular and powerful, as you can use them to view all the latest news and content in one place. Whether you’re looking for a portfolio project or ways […]

A Python Zip application is a quick and cool option for you to bundle and distribute an executable application in a single ready-to-run file, which will make your end users’ experience more pleasant. If you want to learn about Python applications and how to create them using zipapp from the standard library, then this tutorial is for you. You’ll be able to create Python Zip applications as a quick and accessible way to distribute your software products to your end […]

You set up your project and wrote a view to use for testing. Then, you used built-in tags and filters as well as loaded tags from a library. In the previous section, you learned how to register tags and filters. In this section, you’re all set to write your first Django custom filter! Filters as Functions As mentioned previously, filters are Python functions. The most basic filters take a single argument: the value to filter. The result of a filter […]

Python’s not operator allows you to invert the truth value of Boolean expressions and objects. You can use this operator in Boolean contexts, such as if statements and while loops. It also works in non-Boolean contexts, which allows you to invert the truth value of your variables. Using the not operator effectively will help you write accurate negative Boolean expressions to control the flow of execution in your programs. In this tutorial, you’ll learn: How Python’s not operator works How […]

Django is a powerful framework for creating web applications in Python. Its features include database models, routing URLs, authentication, user management, administrative tools, and a template language. You can compose reusable HTML that changes based on the data you pass to the template language. Django templates use tags and filters to define a mini-language that’s similar to Python—but isn’t Python. You’ll get to know Django templates through the tags and filters you use to compose reusable HTML. In this tutorial, […]

In many situations, you’ll need to find the number of items stored in a data structure. Python’s built-in function len() is the tool that will help you with this task. There are some cases in which the use of len() is straightforward. However, there are other times when you’ll need to understand how this function works in more detail and how to apply it to different data types. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to: Find the length of built-in […]