Don't test your code? pytest removes any excuses. Software developers don't just write software; they also use software. So, they're the first to recognize, and understand, that software is complex ...

Use NumPy's RNG to make random arrays for quick testing of stats functions. Generate normal data and set mean/std by adding and scaling; visualize with Seaborn. Run regressions and correlations ...

When you're trying to get the best performance out of Python, most developers immediately jump to complex algorithmic fixes, using C extensions, or obsessively running profiling tools. However, one of ...

Many engineers write code to automate instruments and collect data. While you can use commercially available programming languages, you can also use open-source software tools to write your automation ...

What's the best IDE for Python? Here's how IDLE, Komodo, PyCharm, PyDev, Microsoft's Python and Python Tools extensions for Visual Studio Code, and Spyder stack up. Of all the metrics you could use to ...

According to Stack Overflow's 2022 Developer Survey, Python is one of the top programming languages today - its relatively simple learning curve and versatility make it an attractive choice for coders ...

Testing functions isn't hard, but how do you test user input and output? In my last article, I started looking at "pytest", a framework for testing Python programs that's really changed the way I look ...