Python has a function called sys.getrefcount() that tells you the reference count of an object. For example, the following code,import sysprint sys.getrefco... (more…)

This is like a data collection step for a much bigger problem. You might want to do some form of analysis of the stories being posted on HackerNews or see which user has received the most upvotes in the past year. To do anything like that, we need the dat... (more…)

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Before we begin, let’s be clear on terminology. When I refer to “working with data” in the context of software development I could mean one…

In this step-by-step Seaborn tutorial, you’ll learn how to use one of Python’s most convenient libraries for data visualization. For those who’ve tinkered with Matplotlib before, you may have wondered, “why does it take me 10 lines of code just to make a ... (more…)