Modeling polymorphism in relational databases is a challenging task. In this article, we present several modeling techniques to represent polymorphic objects in a relational database using the Django object-relational mapping (ORM). This intermediate-level tutorial is designed for readers who are already familiar with the fundamental design of Django. Free Bonus: Click here to get the […]
Python Community Interview With Corey Schafer
For this week’s community interview, I am joined by Corey Schafer, of YouTube fame. Corey is a full-time content creator publishing regular Python tutorials on YouTube. In this interview, we talk to Corey about his YouTube channel and his advice for budding YouTubers and content creators, getting his first developer job, and his passion for […]
Make a Location-Based Web App With Django and GeoDjango
Throughout this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Django and GeoDjango to build a location-based web application from scratch. You’ll be building a simple nearby shops application that lists the shops closest to a user’s location. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to: Use Django to build a simple web application from […]
How to Write Beautiful Python Code With PEP 8
PEP 8, sometimes spelled PEP8 or PEP-8, is a document that provides guidelines and best practices on how to write Python code. It was written in 2001 by Guido van Rossom, Barry Warsaw, and Nick Coghlan. The primary focus of PEP 8 is to improve the readability and consistency of Python code. PEP stands for […]
A Pythonista’s Holiday Wish List
It’s that time of year again when everyone is looking to get last minute gifts. Whether you’re a friend of a Python developer or one yourself, I’ve got the perfect wish list if you’re looking to get a little something special. I’ve combed through the interwebs and polled my fellow Real Python authors to find […]
Thonny: The Beginner-Friendly Python Editor
Are you a Python beginner looking for a tool that can support your learning? This article is for you! Every programmer needs a place to write their code. This article will discuss an awesome tool called Thonny that will enable you to start working with Python in a beginner-friendly environment. In this article, you’ll learn: […]
Python Community Interview With Brian Peterson
To date, I’ve interviewed people you’ve likely heard of before from the Python community. But this column isn’t just about interviewing the rock stars and core devs. It’s also a means to shine light on the huge contributions to the community that can often go unthanked and overlooked. As such, I present to you Brian […]
An Intro to Deep Learning in Python
Deep learning is a type of machine learning that’s growing at an almost frightening pace. Nearly every projection has the deep learning industry expanding massively over the next decade. This market research report, for example, expects deep learning to grow 71x in the US and more than that globally over the next ten years. There’s […]
Python Pandas Groupby Tutorial
In this Pandas group by we are going to learn how to organize Pandas dataframes by groups. More specifically, we are going to learn how to group by one and multiple columns. Furthermore, we are going to learn how calculate some basics summary statistics (e.g., mean, median), convert Pandas groupby to dataframe, calculate the percentage of […]
Sending Emails With Python
You probably found this tutorial because you want to send emails using Python. Perhaps you want to receive email reminders from your code, send a confirmation email to users when they create an account, or send emails to members of your organization to remind them to pay their dues. Sending emails manually is a time-consuming […]
Building Serverless Python Apps Using AWS Chalice
Shipping a web application usually involves having your code up and running on single or multiple servers. In this model, you end up setting up processes for monitoring, provisioning, and scaling your servers up or down. Although this seems to work well, having all the logistics around a web application handled in an automated manner […]
Explorative Data Analysis with Pandas, SciPy, and Seaborn
In this post we are going to learn to explore data using Python, Pandas, and Seaborn. The data we are going to explore is data from a Wikipedia article. In this post we are actually going to learn how to parse data from a URL, exploring this data by grouping it and data visualization. More […]
Python Community Interview With Emily Morehouse
I’m very pleased to be joined this week by Emily Morehouse. Emily is one of the newest additions to the CPython core developer team, and the founder and director of engineering of Cuttlesoft. Emily and I talk about the recent CPython core developer sprint and the fact that she completed three majors in college at […]
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Do you have a growing engineering organization that needs help hiring effectively? I can help! I have consulting availability over the next few months to help organizations hire better. I can design your hiring process, write interview questions, teach staff how to interview successfully, or even run your hiring rounds. Read on more for details, […]
Hire me to help you hire
Do you have a growing engineering organization that needs help hiring effectively? I can help! I have consulting availability over the next few months to help organizations hire better. I can design your hiring process, write interview questions, teach staff how to interview successfully, or even run your hiring rounds. Read on more for details, […]