This post was originally published hereIn this tutorial I’ll help demystify what’s behind class methods, static methods, and regular instance methods. If you develop an intuitive understanding for their differences you’ll be able to write object-oriented ... (more…)

Learn Python, a powerful language used by sites like YouTube and Dropbox. Learn the fundamentals of programming to build web apps and manipulate data. Master Python loops to deepen your knowledge. (more…)

Source code: Lib/json/__init__.py JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), specified by RFC 7159(which obsoletes RFC 4627) and by ECMA-404, is a lightweight data interchange format inspired by JavaScript... (more…)

The challenge Write a function that, given a string of text (possibly with punctuation and line-breaks), returns an array of the top-3 most occurring words, in descending order of the number of occurrences. Assumptions: A word is a string of letters (A to... (more…)

Soon after joining Microsoft, Guido van Rossum has returned to his roots, hoping to find ways of making Python run faster. (more…)