Elite Coder Input-Output (I/O) Operations I/O stands for input and output operations. As the name describes, it refers to getting data and displaying data. Python uses streams of data to ingest and display data. You have already encountered the print() function, which prints data to a console or terminal. The print function does not write data to … Read more
Variables Part 2 Welcome to part two of the variables instruction. In this lesson, we will cover floats using lists and dictionaries. We will include links to Python documentation that can further your understanding of what functions are available to lists and dictionaries. Don’t be discouraged if the concepts still seem a bit foreign to … Read more
Variables Part 1 A variable is an object that holds information for later use. Variables in Python are not strongly typed, meaning you do not need to explicitly define a variable with the type, only a name, and its value. As an example, if I wanted an integer called var1 with a value of 7, … Read more
Data analysts and Machine Learning (ML) experts regularly use Python because of its powerful integration with ML and calculation libraries. As a data analyst or ML expert what libraries they use and they will undoubtedly say numpy (not covered in this post) and pandas. Python Pandas Pandas are actually built-in methods within Python 3. If … Read more
Code Interview Tips Each code interview post starts with some tips to help get you through coding interviews. Each writer has had their own experience with interviewing code candidates; I will provide my experience and things I’ve noticed from both good and not-so-good interviews. Do: Ask the recruiter if the topic of the coding interview … Read more
Getting input into Python is relatively easy. Accepting inputs opens many opportunities for developing applications, even as a novice programmer. In this article, we show you how to accept input easily, store it into a variable, and print it back on the screen. Even the most complex apps can start by accepting some type of … Read more
Azure is Microsoft’s cloud platform and a competitor to Amazon AWS. The first thing we need to cover is getting access to the Azure portal. Azure portal is the web interface where you can create and manage resources. If you don’t have a free tier Azure account, we recommend checking out our getting started page … Read more
Python has an interesting way of handling structures within structures. Advanced users might know that arrays in Python are generic, and different data types can intermingle within the same array. In this article we will talk about JSON usage and node trees. For the JSON discussion, we will cover when it’s used and how to … Read more
In this article, we are going to discuss the fundamentals of Python and how to print to the screen. There is no knowledge required to follow along, but you will want to have set up your Python development environment. We will talk about types of variables and provide examples of how they can be used. … Read more