Python tutorials

Quiz: Structural Pattern Matching

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 11 QuestionsBy Bartosz Zaczyński Share In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Structural Pattern Matching in Python. You’ll revisit the syntax of the match statement and case clauses, explore various types of patterns supported by Python, and learn about guards, unions, aliases, and name binding. The quiz contains 11 questions and there is no time limit. You’ll get 1 point for each correct answer. At the end of the quiz, you’ll receive a total score. The […]

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Quiz: Python Closures: Common Use Cases and Examples

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 6 QuestionsBy Leodanis Pozo Ramos Share In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Python closures. Closures are a common feature in functional programming languages and are particularly popular in Python because they allow you to create function-based decorators. Take this quiz after reading our Python Closures: Common Use Cases and Examples tutorial. The quiz contains 6 questions and there is no time limit. You’ll get 1 point for each correct answer. At the end of the […]

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Build a Contact Book App With Python, Textual, and SQLite

Building projects is a great way to learn programming and have fun at the same time. When you work on a project, you apply different coding skills simultaneously, which is good practice for what you’ll do in a real-life project. In this tutorial, you’ll create a contact book application with a text-based interface (TUI) based on Python and Textual. To store the contact data, your app will use an SQLite database. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to: Create the […]

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What’s New in Python 3.13

Python 3.13 was published on October 7, 2024. This new version is a major step forward for the language, although several of the biggest changes are happening under the hood and won’t be immediately visible to you. In a sense, Python 3.13 is laying the groundwork for some future improvements, especially to the language’s performance. As you watch the course, you’ll learn more about the background for this and dive into some new features that are fully available now. In […]

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Python News Roundup: October 2024

October is always an important month for Python, as this is when a new major version is released. Python 3.13 is the new version this year, and it brings several new features that lay the groundwork for other changes in the future. As one version of Python comes to life, another is put to rest. Python 3.8 is already five years old, which means that this version won’t be supported any longer. There are also exciting developments happening in the […]

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Quiz: Iterators and Iterables in Python: Run Efficient Iterations

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 20 QuestionsBy Martin Breuss Share In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Python’s Iterators and Iterables. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to create and work with iterators and iterables, understand the differences between them, and review how to use generator functions and the yield statement. The quiz contains 20 questions and there is no time limit. You’ll get 1 point for each correct answer. At the end of the quiz, you’ll receive a […]

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Quiz: Python import: Advanced Techniques and Tips

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 5 QuestionsBy Martin Breuss Share In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Python’s import statement and related topics. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to use modules in your scripts and import modules dynamically at runtime. The quiz contains 5 questions and there is no time limit. You’ll get 1 point for each correct answer. At the end of the quiz, you’ll receive a total score. The maximum score is 100%. Good luck! « […]

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Quiz: When to Use a List Comprehension in Python

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 8 QuestionsBy Martin Breuss Share In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of List Comprehension in Python. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to rewrite loops as list comprehensions, how to choose when to use list comprehensions, how you can use conditional logic in your comprehensions, and how to profile your code to resolve performance questions. The quiz contains 8 questions and there is no time limit. You’ll get 1 point for each correct answer. […]

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Beyond multi-core parallelism: faster Mandelbrot with SIMD

What do you do when computation is too expensive? Recently I’ve had a brilliant business idea: Mandelbrot-as-a-Service! Instead of companies calculating their own fractals, I will do it for them, freshly calculated in the cloud, with no work on their part. And by using cloud computing, I will be able to scale to the no-doubt vast number of customers who will be paying for my ingenious new service. I have two goals: Speeding up results: The faster I can return […]

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Quiz: A Guide to Modern Python String Formatting Tools

Interactive Quiz ⋅ 10 QuestionsBy Leodanis Pozo Ramos Share Test your understanding of Python’s tools for string formatting, including f-strings and the .format() method. Take this quiz after reading our A Guide to Modern Python String Formatting Tools tutorial. The quiz contains 10 questions and there is no time limit. You’ll get 1 point for each correct answer. At the end of the quiz, you’ll receive a total score. The maximum score is 100%. Good luck! « Browse All Python […]

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