As a break from usual, I thought I would review Zed Shaw’s Learn Python the Hard Way. I’ve had several beginners to programming ask me what they should use to learn and Shaw’s book frequently comes up. I’ve looked over his materials before when they were ... (more…)

Zed Shaw, of Learn Python the Hard Way fame, has now written The Case Against Python 3.

A fast, compliant alternative implementation of Python... (more…)

Short description of an algorithm for python dictionary, and hash table attack... (more…)

"Test-Driven Web Development with Python" aims to teach TDD for web programming. It uses a concrete example -- the development of a website, from scratch -- to explain the TDD metholology and how it applies to building web applications. It covers the Sel... (more…)