Tutorial Paralysis, information overload, hoarding and never completing online courses (How large are your Udemy and Coursera libraries?)… This is the pain we’re increasingly hearing about in conversations with developers and it’s more common than you may realise. It’s real, it’s crippling and it can make you feel like you’re going nowhere. Even if you do manage… Continue reading Are you overwhelmed by tutorial paralysis?
Articles on learning
My Favorite Career Development Book
By Bob Belderbos on 2 May 2020
If there is one career book we could recommend you it’s “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”. In this article some of the main takeaways for me.
How to Debug a Hanging Test Using pytest
By Bob Belderbos on 18 March 2020
Today a wanted to share a neat trick that might save you some headache: debugging a hanging test.
Introduction to Python Functions
By Julian Sequeira on 11 February 2020
In this article I’m going to break down what a function is and how you can use them to be a better coder.
There’s no Wrong Way… to Eat a Bite of Py
By AJ Kerrigan on 27 November 2019
There are many ways to tackle a Bites of Py exercise, try them all!
Under the Hood: Python Comparison Breakdown
By AJ Kerrigan on 27 October 2019
Use Python’s “dis” module to see how Python evaluates two similar comparison operations.
PyCon ES 2019 Alicante Highlights
By Bob Belderbos on 8 October 2019
Last weekend it was Pycon time again, my 6th one so far. This time closer to home: Alicante. I had an awesome time, meeting a lot of nice people, watching interesting talks and getting inspired overall to keep learning more Python. In this post I share 10 highlights, but keep in mind this is a selection only, there are quite a few more talks I want to check out once they appear on Youtube …
Linting with Flake8
By Julian Sequeira on 8 October 2019
What the heck is linting? Let’s dive into the concept and talk about how flake8 can help us make our code better.
PyCon Australia 2019
By Julian Sequeira on 5 August 2019
PyCon Australia 2019 was bigger and better than I could have imagined. Here are my takeaways.
The First Step in Contributing to Open Source Projects
By Marc Falzon on 20 June 2019
Have you ever wanted to contribute to open source but weren’t sure how to get started? Marc found himself in just that situation. Sometimes it all comes down to taking that first step.