How to use __name__ == “__main__” — Running Python programs is easy: you write your code, save it, go to the console and execute python myprogram.py . This is all you have to do. But then why am I writing this article? The truth is, there is a much better way to do it, and if you…

Five advanced uses of ‘for’ loops in Python — If you know a programming language different from Python, you will have realized that the for loop is quite different in Python. In this article, you will see some advanced uses of this construct. 1. Enumerate Suppose you want to iterate through a list. You will probably already know that the best…

A guide on Python 3.10 switch command — The biggest introduction of Python 3.10 was the Match-Case statement. This is the Python equivalent of the Java switch statement and is something that many programmers have been asking for a long time. But now that this great command has been introduced, it is important to learn how to make…

How Test-Driven Development can help you avoid bugs — When developing a large program, it is inevitable that some bugs will come up. You probably already know that the best way to decrease the number of bugs is to write tests for your project. …

How to use the enum library — Suppose you need a way to represent the days of the week in your program. A first idea would be to hardcode them into strings: "monday" for Monday, "tuesday" for Tuesday etc. However, it is easy to get confused: should it be all lowercase, capitalized, all uppercase? A first improvement…

How to use the tqdm library to easily add progress bars to your command line — In this guide, I will show you how to easily add progress bars to your command line. This is particularly useful if you are working on a Machine Learning project, where the program is based on a loop that can take some time to execute. In general, a progress bar…

How to use the coverage library to check which lines of code you are testing — Suppose you have just finished creating the project that will make you rich. You want everything to be perfect, so you wrote numerous tests, and they all passed. …

A list of the best website for programming in Python — If you like Machine Learning, you may want to execute expensive computations. But many of us do not have a GPU (or TPU) to use on our computers, and therefore these calculations may take a lot of time. Luckily, there are some websites that give you these resources for free. …

How to use Google’s gTTS library — Have you ever wondered how to create a program that can speak? At first sight, it may seem like a really difficult task. However, Google has done most of the work for us, and now we can use their library to create audio files from text really easily. Installing the Library First of…