Python

Python is a popular programming language in open source circles. Read the article collection to find out about Python's welcoming community, learn how to get started programming in Python, and scripts for improving your Python programming chops.

Perceiving Python programming paradigms

Python supports imperative, functional, procedural, and object-oriented programming; here are tips on choosing the right one for a specific use case.

Predicting NFL play outcomes with Python and data science

In part 2 of this series on machine learning with Python, train and use a data model to predict plays from a National Football League dataset.

Formatting NFL data for doing data science with Python

In part 1 of this series on machine learning with Python, learn how to prepare a National Football League dataset for training.

Munch on open data with Python and Pandas

Analyzing the Stack Overflow Survey with Python and Pandas

Do your own data science exploration and analysis on the annual developer survey's dataset.

Build web apps to automate sysadmin tasks

There are lots of ways to save time as a sysadmin. Here's one way to build a web app using open source tools to automate a chunk of your daily routine away.

An advanced look at Python interfaces using zope.interface

Zope.interface helps declare what interfaces exist, which objects provide them, and how to query for that information.

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