How to Install Pandas on PyCharm?

Problem Formulation: Given a PyCharm project. How to install the pandas library in your project within a virtual environment or globally? Solution that always works: Open File > Settings > Project from the PyCharm menu. Select your current project. Click the Python Interpreter tab within your project tab. Click the small + symbol to add … Read more

TensorFlow — A Helpful Illustrated Guide

Machine Learning (ML) is a sought-after skill in today’s automated world. Google is one of the key players in the Machine Learning space. With the growing scale and popularity of deep learning, the limitations of a single machine become more and more pronounced. Motivation Training a model on a single computer can take a long … Read more

Python len()

Python’s built-in function len() returns the length of the given string, array, list, tuple, dictionary, or any other iterable. The type of the return value is an integer that represents the number of elements in this iterable. Usage Learn by example! Here are some examples on how to use the len() built-in function. The examples … Read more

The Remote Freelancing Boom [Statistics & Report]

You can download the slides of the Finxter Remote Freelancing Report here as a high-resolution PDF: Study Findings Observation 1: Paradigm shift towards remote + freelancing Observation 2: Efficiency gains through remote workΒ  Observation 3: Efficiency gains through freelancing žThesis: mega productivity surge ahead in the next decadeΒ  Observation 1: The Paradigm Shift Towards Remote … Read more

How to Get the Command History in Python?

If you’re working with the command line in Windows or the terminal in Linux and macOS, you know about the feature of the command-line history. You can access all previously issued commands with the arrow up or arrow down keys. As a Python coder, you want to be able to control everything from your Python … Read more

How to Import Libraries in Python’s exec() Function?

What is the exec() Function exec() is a built-in Python function that is most commonly used to dynamically execute code,  either as a string or object code. To properly understand how we can use exec() to import libraries and modules we need to familiarize ourselves with the syntax of the function itself, as it becomes relevant later: … Read more

Symbolic Math with SymPy

This article shows how to solve math equations and expressions symbolically, in Python. Thanks to the Sympy library, this turns out to be an extremely easy task. However, as you will see in the following examples, the number of tools and functions provided by this library is huge. Thanks to all its features, Sympy represents … Read more

EZGmail and Python — Managing Your Emails Programmatically

Hey Finxters! Among the many daily tasks you can achieve with Python, there is one Siri-like task that comes quite handy: managing your emails in a programmatic way.  Of course, many emails need your human understanding to be processed properly, and this article is not about implementing a neural network to fine-tune every single email … Read more