Thursday August 9 2019 was the second day of PyCon Africa in Accra. About 17 talks were delivered, including two keynotes. Below you’ll find a quick summary of the talks I attended. The pictures in the post aren’t great because they were either taken from a bad angle or using a smartphone. I’ll update this […]
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This article covers 6 common methods found in the Django Database API for creating, retrieving, and updating records.
Creating and updating records using Django’s database API. Read More »
A useful built in function in Python is hasattr(). This function is used to test if an object has some attribute. hasattr() returns True if the object you specify contains a particular attribute and False if it does not. hasattr() syntax: hasattr() takes two parameters: object. The object whose attribute you want to check attribute.
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In this article you’ll learn how to create a Django website with a static page using Function Based Views and Class Based Views.
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Python does not have a switch or case statement. See how to use dictionaries to emulate them.
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Learn how to install Django and start a project.
Getting started with Django Read More »
Learn how to avoid repetition and write simpler and easy to read tests using the pytest parametrization feature.
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Learn how to install pytest and use it to discover, run, and skip test functions.
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Have you ever wondered how you can use Python to work with groups of files? I wrote a comprehensive article on this for Real Python. You can find the article here. In the article, I cover differences between modules such as fnmatch, pathlib and os. In addition to that, you will learn how to create,
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If you have ever felt confused when you came across code that contains *args and **kwargs as function parameters, you’re not alone. This syntax is used specify that a function can be called with any number of arguments and It can be very confusing at first. In this article, I explain what *args and **kwargs
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