In this podcast episode we talk about the significance of building real-world Python applications. Listen here: Or watch here: Bob highlights the importance of breaking away from tutorial paralysis and creating genuine software solutions to understand and confront real-world complexities. He also emphasizes the career benefits of showcasing tangible Python projects on your portfolio /… Continue reading Empower Your Python Ambitions – From Idea Paralysis to Real-World Projects
Articles on code challenges
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: 9 Tips to Boost Your Confidence as a Developer
By PyBites Team on 11 May 2023
Watch us here: Or listen here: In this podcast episode we discuss 9 tips to build confidence as a developer, drawing from our own experience + coaching 100+ (aspiring) Python developers. We cover the importance of starting with small, achievable projects, breaking down complex problems into smaller tasks, and practicing regularly. Additionally, we emphasize the… Continue reading Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: 9 Tips to Boost Your Confidence as a Developer
Data Analysis of Pybites Community Branch Activity
By Martin Uribe on 18 October 2018
I wanted to play around with a dataset and see what I could find out about it. I decided on analyzing the little bit of data that I could collect from Github without having to use an OAuth key, which limits it to just 300 events. If you want to follow along with my notebook check out the instructions here. This notebook was my submission for Code Challenge 47 – PyBites First Year in Data (Special).
Twitter Digest 2018 Week 10
By PyBites Team on 4 March 2018
Every weekend we share a curated list of 15 cool things (mostly Python) that we found / tweeted throughout the week.
Twitter Digest 2018 Week 07
By PyBites Team on 11 February 2018
Every weekend we share a curated list of 15 cool things (mostly Python) that we found / tweeted throughout the week.
PyBites 1 Year Special – Taking Python Code Challenges to the Next Level …
By PyBites Team on 20 December 2017
A milestone: yesterday, 19th of December 2017, we celebrated our first PyBirthday! That is, PyBites is one year old! We are proud of what we have achieved so far and we are ignited to continue our course of learning and teaching Python with our growing community. A bit of reflection followed by a big announcement! Read on …
5 Things we Learned Co-hosting a Live Code Challenge Workshop
By Bob Belderbos on 11 November 2017
Yesterday we hosted PyChallengeDay together with Python Alicante. I am sure the folks that joined us stretched their coding skills. And we learned a couple of things too which we will share in this article. Hopefullly it inspires you to host a workshop yourself to grow the awesome Python community.