Use The Underscore in The REPL
You can obtain the result of the last expression in a Python REPL with the underscore operator, e.g. in the Python REPL this looks like: … read more
Blog
Read the latest blog articles from Python Land, about Python and related topics.
The Zen of Python (PEP-20 easter egg)
One of the earliest Python PEP’s is PEP-20, written in 2004. It lists 19 theses or rules for Python programming called The Zen of Python. … read more
This is Why Python Will Stay Among The Top Languages in 2021
Python has a long history, starting around 1991 with its first release in a newsgroup called alt.sources. Since then, we all know how omnipresent the … read more
Python Image Processing With Pillow
The Pillow Python Imaging Library is ideal for image processing. Typically, it’s used for archival and batch processing applications. Of course, you’re free to use … read more
Working With Emoji in Python
There’s a package for pretty much everything you can think of in the Python ecosystem, all installable with a simple pip command. So it shouldn’t … read more
Convert a String to Title Case Using Python
With this trick, you can quickly convert a Python string to title case. To quote from the Wikipedia article: “Title case or headline case is a style of capitalization used … read more
Swap Two Python Variables Without Using a Third One
With this neat little trick, you can swap two Python variables without using a third variable: It’s just one line of code! As you can … read more
Python Data Class: A Better Way to Store Data
A Python data class is a regular Python class that has the @dataclass decorator. It is specifically created to hold data. Since Python version 3.7, … read more
Python Return Multiple Values
With Python, we can return multiple values at once. Obviously, most functions in Python return a single value, usually the result of the work done … read more
Check memory usage of your Python objects
With sys.getsizeof() you can check the memory usage of an object. To do so, first import the module sys: Woah… wait… why is this huge … read more