Introduction Most companies, when recruiting new software engineers, include at least one coding interview as part of their selection process. And why not? We’re software engineers, after all; writing (and reading) code is what we do. Yet, even for the seasoned Pythonista, there is one coding interview that often feels disproportionately — and unnecessarily — stressful:… Continue reading Python Coding Interview Learning Path
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Testing membership and empty strings
By J. Ryan Hall on 20 January 2023
I was working on one of the exercises on the Pybites platform (Bite 29) and encountered a situation I didn’t understand. I needed to check a set of inputs to see if they were alphanumeric or not as part of the solution to the exercise. I succeeded in all but one test, but I couldn’t… Continue reading Testing membership and empty strings
Pybites turns 6 today – 10 highlights + lessons learned
By PyBites Team on 19 December 2022
Today Pybites turns 6 years 🎉😎 We could never have envisioned that our end-of-2016 “Python blog side project” would grow out into a fully fledged business serving thousands of people worldwide! Here are 10 highlights / lessons learned from our journey so far: 1. Don’t procrastinate, implement We had been chatting for many years about ideas… Continue reading Pybites turns 6 today – 10 highlights + lessons learned
Why whiteboard coding interviews suck and what we’re doing about it.
By Julian Sequeira on 5 June 2019
Whiteboard Interviews are a thing of a past. Introducing the CodeChallenges Recruiting Tier. Time to interview for programming roles the right way.
Code Challenge 36 – Create an AWS Lambda Function – Review
By PyBites Team on 3 October 2017
In this article we review last week’s Create an AWS Lambda Function code challenge.
Code Challenge 36 – Create an AWS Lambda Function
By Michael Herman on 12 September 2017
Hi Pythonistas, a new week, a new ‘bite’ of Python coding! We are delighted to have Michael Herman (Real Python) back to deliver this week’s challenge. Prepare to learn some useful new skills and above all have fun!
Code Challenge 34 – Build a Simple API With Django REST Framework – Review
By PyBites Team on 8 September 2017
In this article we review last week’s Build a Simple API With Django REST Framework code challenge.
Code Challenge 34 – Build a Simple API With Django REST Framework
By PyBites Team on 29 August 2017
Hi Pythonistas, a new week, a new ‘bite’ of Python programming! We love Django (#100DaysOfDjango) and Web APIs. Django REST framework combines the two. “Now is better than never.” – let’s jump right in and let’s use this week’s code challenge to build a simple API. In this article some ideas what we can build and links to resources to get started. Have fun and don’t forget to share (PR) your work, we can learn a lot from each other. Enjoy!
Code Challenge 33 – Build a Django Tracker, Weather or Review App – Review
By PyBites Team on 28 August 2017
In this article we review last week’s Build a Django Tracker, Weather or Review App code challenge.
Code Challenge 33 – Build a Django Tracker, Weather or Review App
By PyBites Team on 22 August 2017
Hi Pythonistas, a new week, a new ‘bite’ of Python programming. To keep it #100DaysOfDjango, this week we let you get some more practice with this awesome web framework. Last time we had an open Django challenge, for this one we have you choose between 3 specific apps.