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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...