And how my life has been changed so much — As a curious boy armed with a new laptop and a passion for being the next Mark Zuckerberg, I started my university life and jumped into the vast realm of programming and technology in 2013. I can’t believe that there have been 10 years passed on already. These 10 years…

Do more by less: leverage the power of decorators — “Simple is better than complex.” The best Python feature that applies this philosophy from the “zen of Python” is the decorator. Decorators can help you write less and simpler code to implement complex logic and reuse it everywhere. More importantly, there are many awesome built-in Python decorators that make our…

Programmers can be artists — Have you ever imagined doing artistic creation on your terminal with Python? I did. Because I believe that programming is not necessarily just for building software. It can also make my day. This article will help you explore the useless but artistic side of Python. The code examples are not…

A powerful algebra system for data scientists — Mathematic problems are inevitable for data scientists. It will be a headache if you try to implement everything from scratch. After all, leveraging powerful tools made by others is a significant skill every engineer should master. In Python, there are a few third-party modules for algebra. One of my favorites…

A powerful symbol for web developers — Question mark, such a common character. There is nothing to talk about it in most cases. However, in JavaSrtipt, it’s the key for many syntax sugars. Let’s have a look and feel the elegance of JavaScript. 1. Nullish Coalescing Operator: Simplify Your JS Code with Two Question Marks The nullish coalescing operator, which is as simple as two question marks, can make…

The elegance of JavaScript goes beyond what you can imagine — JavaScript, with the original purpose of inventing it, was a simple language to add some functionalities to a website. Surprisingly, nowadays, it is everywhere and far more complex. As web applications are becoming more and more complicated, JavaScript is evolving so fast as well. It’s not as easy as the…

Implement the same thing with shorter code — The beauty of Python lies in its simplicity. Not only because Python’s syntax is elegant, but also due to it has many well-designed built-in modules that help us implement common functionalities efficiently. The itertools module, which is a good example, provides many powerful tools for us to manipulate Python iterables…

Handling text like a guru — Whenever you meet problems with text manipulations, regular expressions (regex) are always your best friends. However, it’s hard and impossible to remember all the complex rules of them. Even merely reading the syntax is overwhelming. Therefore, the best way to learn regex is by learning practical examples of them. This…

Do more by less code — Making a function work is one thing. Implementing it with precise and elegant code is another. As the Zen of Python mentioned, “beautiful is better than ugly.” A good programming language like Python will always provide appropriate syntax sugar to help developers write elegant code easily. This article highlights 19…