When I first learned about regular expressions, I didn’t appreciate their power. But there’s a reason regular expressions have survived seven decades of technological disruption: coders who understand regular expressions have a massive advantage when working with textual data. They can write in a single line of code what takes others dozens! This article is … Read more
Freelancing is the new mega trend of our time. Large freelancing platforms such as Upwork and Fiverr grow double-digit—they’re out to disrupt the organization of the world’s talents. And it seems like they’re succeeding! Do you want to participate in this trend rather than only holding on to your cozy developer job as long as … Read more
Freelancing is the new mega trend. And there’s a good reason: more and more companies see the cost benefits of hiring outside expertise by the hour. Much like cloud computing revolutionized the server market, freelancing disrupts the talent market with a pay-as-you go model for businesses. The big benefits for freelance developers are convincing as … Read more
If you’re like me, you try things first in your code and fix the bugs as they come. One frequent bug in Python is the IndentationError: unexpected indent. So, what does this error message mean? The error IndentationError: unexpected indent arises if you use inconsistent indentation of tabs or whitespaces for indented code blocks such … Read more
Congratulations, you’re about to learn one of the most frequently used regex operators: the question mark quantifier A?. In particular, this article is all about the ? quantifier in Python’s re library. You can also watch the explainer video while you skim through the tutorial: Related article: Python Regex Superpower – The Ultimate Guide What’s the … Read more
Summary: Metaclasses are a class of a class. In other words, a class is an instance of a metaclass. Metaclass can be created using two methods: (1) type Class which is the built-in metaclass in Python. (2) Creating custom metaclass using the metaclass keyword. Problem: What are metaclasses and why do we use them in … Read more
You’re about to learn one of the most frequently used regex operators: the dot regex . in Python’s re library. You can also watch the walk-through video as you read through the tutorial: Related article: Python Regex Superpower – The Ultimate Guide What’s the Dot Regex in Python’s Re Library? The dot regex . matches … Read more
Introduction To yield In Python While using a function, we generally use the return keyword to return a value computed by the function. Similarly, the yield keyword also returns a value from a function, but it also maintains the state of the local variables inside the function and when the function is reused in the … Read more
There’s a new guy in town. He’s called freelancing and he’s out for no good. Freelancing platforms such as Upwork and Fiverr are out to disrupt the organization of the world’s talents. Both platforms grow double-digits year-over-year. The proportion of freelancers in the total population is on the rise. Soon, we may find ourselves in … Read more
Summary: Use the global keyword to declare a global variable inside the local scope of a function so that it can be modified or used outside the function as well. To use global variables across modules create a special configuration module and import the module into our main program. The module is available as a … Read more
Clever business owners are never too busy to learn something new and improve their business continuously. I know you are busy yourself but listening to a podcast while going for a walk can hardly be classified as a huge time investment. So, what are the best freelance developer podcasts on the planet? This article compiles … Read more
In this article, you’ll learn the ultimate answer to the following question: How To Eliminate All The Whitespace From A String—on Both Ends, and In-Between Words? Summary: Use the string methods join(), split(), strip(), rstrip(), lstrip() and or replace()—in specific combinations—to remove any whitespace in a given string. The simplest way to remove all whitespaces … Read more