Python — and things like Micropython — have the same kind of division. Python started as a scripting language, but it has added object features, allowing a rich set of tools for scripters to use.

Free-threaded Python is now officially supported, though using it remains optional. Here are four tips for developers getting ...

In Python the automatic garbage collection works very well, but it is possible to defeat it with objects that create a reference to each other creating a “circular dependency” – see the ...

Python dictionaries consists of one or more keys —an object like a string or an integer. Each key is associated with a value, which can be any Python object. You use a key to obtain its related ...

Common classes of objects in Python are strings, floats, and integers. These are in R too, but R calls floats by the name of 'numeric'. Lets try making each type of data in R and then using that ...

Sorting a list in Python is simple, and you have two options: In-place: Modifies the list. Out-of-place: Returns a new list and doesn't modify the original list. The sort method is in-place, and it ...

Instead of calling the object’s __next__ method, we called next on the object. This is the recommended way of doing things since it’s nicer to read as well as being more flexible. Cool.

A look at the benefits of using pathlib, the "object-oriented way of dealing with paths". Working with files is one of the most common things developers do. After all, you often want to read from ...