dict(zip(list1, list2)) creates a dictionary from two lists.
— Daily Python Tip (@python_tip) September 13, 2018
Example:
>>> keys = ['red', 'green', 'blue']
>>> values = ['#FF0000','#008000', '#0000FF']
>>> color_dictionary = dict(zip(keys, values)) pic.twitter.com/rYjtdkGvaz
#pythontip from @singhjayp:
— Daily Python Tip (@python_tip) September 11, 2018
zip stops without warning when one of the iterables is
exhausted; consider using https://t.co/yR33kQMdOF_longest to avoid that problem
Example: pic.twitter.com/CEvjrZgXP0
The design of your test set may be the most important part of a project. There are many things to consider. We cover these here: https://t.co/AVXDeKzjSX https://t.co/waGoaOk3XA
— Jeremy Howard (@jeremyphoward) September 10, 2018
Dangerous habit: Play around with an algorithm in a Jupyter notebook and check if the output looks “reasonable” instead of writing a proper unit test. It’s not a substitute. In the long run you’ll save more time writing tests.
— Denny Britz (@dennybritz) September 10, 2018
I was reminded this morning that not everyone knows about this, so:
— Rachael Tatman (@rctatman) September 5, 2018
In most coding environments, if you start to type something (function, variable name, file path, etc.) and hit TAB, it will either complete it (if there's only one valid option) or show you possible completions.
a few things to talk about in 1:1s with your manager pic.twitter.com/GSc1LB87AE
— 🔎Julia Evans🔍 (@b0rk) September 5, 2018
Python Pandas: Tricks & Features You May Not Know via @realpython https://t.co/TvszhnZkhA #python #pandas pic.twitter.com/7j1oiCHFkd
— Python Weekly (@PythonWeekly) September 3, 2018
enumerate() takes a second parameter to change the starting count:
— Daily Python Tip (@python_tip) September 3, 2018
>>> names = ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"]
>>> list(enumerate(names, start=101))
[(101, 'Alice'), (102, 'Bob'), (103, 'Charlie')]https://t.co/SECAO6sci5#python
Slowly. pic.twitter.com/EP6ZFiHyhI
— Chris Albon (@chrisalbon) September 3, 2018
Speed-up your code with @lru_cache decorator:https://t.co/Io3V6H6Dyz
— Daily Python Tip (@python_tip) August 30, 2018
Example - calculation of 35th Fibonacci number
(speedup from 4.32s to 0.000055s): https://t.co/QPonLSbWIm pic.twitter.com/ufPkakn4Nm
— Julia Silge (@juliasilge) August 29, 2018
— Data Science Renee (@BecomingDataSci) August 29, 2018
