Stephen Gruppetta    The Python Coding Book is out I published the First Edition in paperback and EBook, which is a revised version of the Zeroth Edition which you’ve been able to read here on this site for a while just ask Google for a python book and it will recommend this one as one of it’s top entries Read ...

Stephen Gruppetta    If you’re reading this, you’re possibly familiar with my Python work for adults. What you may not know is that most of my time over the past years has been devoted to teaching Python to children and teenagers. I didn’t like how coding was taught to kids and still is in most places . It Continue...

Stephen Gruppetta    I have now completed the final phase of The Python Coding Place launch. The members’ area is now live with: And members also get access to the full archive at The Python Coding Stack where I published articles about various Python topics weekly. Read more about The Python Coding Place at...

Stephen Gruppetta    The big news for October is that The Python Coding Place is now live and my first video course is available for beginners starting to learn to code well, the first few chapters anyway. This is big news The Python Coding Place has been a gradual project that started with this site The Python Coding...

Stephen Gruppetta    The Python Coding Stack travelled across timezones, through supermarket aisles, and across a chess board in September. The month started with Butter Berries, An Elusive Delicacy. The inspiration for this article started with a text message from my wife while I was shopping at the supermarket: Get...

Stephen Gruppetta    August is a quiet month, right Well, not at The Python Coding Stack and Breaking the Rules, my two Substacks. On The Python Coding Stack, I experimented with some different styles of articles. The month started with The Mayor of Py Town’s Local Experiment: A Global Disaster. This is Py Town looks...

Stephen Gruppetta    I was expecting this month’s review to cover fewer articles than previous months. It is July, after all. But then, I launched my second Substack last month, Breaking the Rules, which means I now have two sets of articles coming out every month. It may not have been the smartest move to launch the...

Stephen Gruppetta    What a month. June has been very busy. And that’s an understatement. Where shall I start Interviews and Podcasts I was honoured to be invited to two interviews in June. Mike Driscoll, one of the leading figures in the world of Python communication, kindly invited me as one of the first guests on...

Stephen Gruppetta    If you read my Python articles regularly and thank you if you do you’ll know that I try to present content from a somewhat different perspective. I don’t like writing classic textbook type tutorials and articles. I’ve been reading and thinking a lot about my writing over the years. I’ve decided...

Stephen Gruppetta    I kept myself quite busy May. Not only did I finish running the first The Python Coding Programme cohort and starting running the second. I published seven new articles on The Python Coding Stack. Here’s a roundup: Here’s what the animation looks like: The post From Classes to Turtles via Functools...