One of my students asked me to write up an article on how to pick up Python as a Java developer, so I did.
Tag: Language Features
When 87% of your students miss a quiz question, it's up to you to make some sense of it. For instance, you might make an entire article about Java iterators.
The remainder operator is a staple in Java, but did you know it works on doubles as well? Now, you know!
How to Check if a String Contains a Substring in Python: In, Index, and More
One concept that threw me for a loop when I first picked up Python was checking if a string contains a substring. After all, in my first language, Java, the task involved calling a method like...
How to Merge Two Dictionaries in Python: Comprehensions, Unpacking, and the Union Operator
Dictionaries by themselves are a great tool, but what if we have more than one? Today, we're going to learn how to merge two dictionaries in Python.
As with many posts in this series, I'm interested in examining some of the pitfalls when learning to code. Today, we'll cover the pitfalls when copying mutable data types.