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This article is a review on coding tutorial site, Datacamp. Datacamp is a very well known online learning platform for programmers. It aims to teach a variety of different languages and topics through the use of videos, text and exercises. In this review we’ll be attempting to cover everything about Datacamp, from it’s format to […]
This article is Scrapy vs BeautifulSoup comparison. If you ever come across a scenario where you need to download data off the internet, you’ll need to use a Python Web Crawler. There are two good web crawlers in Python that can be used for this purpose, Scrapy and BeautifulSoup. What are web crawlers? What is […]
This article is a JavaFX vs Swing Comparison, explaining the pros and cons. Java has long been a very popular language since the 1990’s, used by a great number of people. Overtime many Java GUI frameworks have come and gone. There are a few that stand out as the most important, and those of those […]
This article explains what Dependencies in Programming mean. This article is going to be a very informative read no matter what kind of programmer you are. In fact, even if you aren’t a programmer you will find this article useful. After all, dependencies is not just a programming concept. It’s a general term that has […]
Once people get to know about both PySide and PyQt, due to their similarities, people have a hard time picking one over the other. Here in this “PySide vs PyQt” article we’ll examine both libraries from multiple angles and attempt to come to a conclusion. The reason why we are comparing these two libraries is […]
This article reviews the most important GUI Libraries/Frameworks in Java. Once you’ve graduated from creating simple console based applications, programs which graphical user interfaces (or GUI) are the next step. Java has several GUI libraries or “frameworks” which provide support for creating modern and feature rich user interfaces. Bear in mind that there are actually […]
This article reviews several Python Books by Al Sweigart. Al Sweigart is a Python Influencer who has over the years created dozens of different Python resources, most notably books. In this article we’ll be exploring some of his most popular books that have been published. Many of these are highly reputed and widely read by […]
This article is for people looking for the Best Python Book recommendations out there. There are all kinds of different ways of learning Python in today’s era. With the rise of the internet, Web Tutorials, Coding sites and Online Video Courses have attracted alot of people. None of these however can compete with a well […]
This article compares two Python GUI libraries, PyQt vs Tkinter. The PyQt vs Tkinter debate is one I’ve been seeing ever since I joined up with several Python communities and social media sites. In this article, I’m going to share my own journey and personal experience with these two GUI libraries. Besides my personal experience, […]
This article covers the differences between functions and methods. Before we proceed any further, please take a good look at the following piece of code. (It’s in python, but the general point remains the same and applies to all programming languages) Chances are that you’ve already understood the difference. If you didn’t, don’t worry! That’s […]
Despite being such an important part of programming fundamentals, many programmers and computer science students know very little about High and Low Level languages. If you ask any of them to describe the difference, you’ll likely see a response like the one below. “High Level languages use English like words and are easier to understand” […]
Any decent programmer knows the importance of using multiple resources to learn Python (or any programming language really). It’s not enough to just read a book and call it a day. Even if that book is a highly reputed, 500 Page+ book. If the total amount of Python documentation (Including Python libraries) was compiled and […]