Ned Batchelder
How long did it take you to learn Python?
27 March
Wait, don’t answer that. It doesn’t matter. » more..
Functional strategies in Python
13 March
I got into a debate about Python’s support for functional programming (FP) with a friend. One of the challenging parts was listening to him say, “Python is broken” a number of times. » more..
Getting Started Testing with pytest
20 February
Next week I am presenting Getting Started Testing: pytest edition at Boston Python (event page). » more..
Re-using my presentations
13 February
Yesterday I got an email saying that someone in Turkey had stolen one of my presentations. The email included a YouTube link. » more..
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Code
software I made
- Aptus ·· a Mandelbrot set explorer
- coverage.py ·· for measuring Python code coverage
- hyphenate ·· for hyphenating words with the Liang/Knuth algorithm
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words I wrote
- Python Names and Values ·· how assignment works
- Kindling projects ·· small projects for new programmers
- Pragmatic Unicode ·· how to stop the pain