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Damien Irving, a weather and climate scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, discusses the software and tools that he finds most useful in his research. I’m currently rushing around in ...

Python's interactive usage modes are easy to take for granted, but to me, interactive use is one reason it's my favorite programming language. Here are the reasons why interactive Python is my ...

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A couple of months ago, I decided to start learning Python. But this article isn’t strictly about Python. Soon after I took my decision to (slowly) learn my way around it, I asked my friend Gabe ...