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MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 8, 2020 · Databases

Master SQLite in Python: From Setup to Pandas Integration

This tutorial walks Python developers through using the built‑in sqlite3 library to create, query, and manage SQLite databases, demonstrates how to connect with SQL clients like DBeaver, and shows seamless integration with Pandas data frames for advanced data handling.

PythonSQLitesql
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Master SQLite in Python: From Setup to Pandas Integration
NetEase Game Operations Platform
NetEase Game Operations Platform
Aug 8, 2020 · Backend Development

Debugging “Instance XXX is not bound to a Session” Errors in Gevent‑Enabled Flask APIs with SQLAlchemy

This article analyzes the intermittent “Instance XXX is not bound to a Session” error that occurs after converting a Flask‑SQLAlchemy endpoint from serial to multithreaded/gevent concurrency, reproduces the issue with test code, explains the root cause in session handling, and provides a concrete fix by patching gevent before session initialization.

BackendFlaskPython
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Debugging “Instance XXX is not bound to a Session” Errors in Gevent‑Enabled Flask APIs with SQLAlchemy
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 7, 2020 · Fundamentals

4 Essential Python Tricks Every Beginner Should Master

Discover four practical Python techniques—list/dict/set comprehensions, namedtuple structures, enumerate/zip iteration, and f-string formatting—that boost code readability and efficiency, helping beginners transition from a simple “Hello World” to writing clean, maintainable scripts in their development journey.

BeginnerComprehensionsNamedtuple
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4 Essential Python Tricks Every Beginner Should Master
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Aug 6, 2020 · Information Security

SQL Injection Attacks: Statistics, Real‑World Examples, and Protection Strategies

This article examines the prevalence of SQL injection attacks, presenting Imperva’s recent statistics, common attack vectors, real-world examples, and practical defenses such as prepared statements, input sanitization, and web application firewalls, while also offering Python code illustrations of secure and insecure database queries.

Database SecurityPythonSQL injection
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SQL Injection Attacks: Statistics, Real‑World Examples, and Protection Strategies
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 6, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Build a Python Chatbot with ChatterBot: Step‑by‑Step Guide

This article introduces chatbots, explains rule‑based and self‑learning types, describes how AI‑driven bots work, and provides a complete Python tutorial using the ChatterBot library—including environment setup, installation, and full source code for a functional chatbot.

ChatbotChatterBotNLP
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Build a Python Chatbot with ChatterBot: Step‑by‑Step Guide
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 5, 2020 · Big Data

8 Must‑Know Python Tools for Data Mining and Analysis

This article introduces eight essential Python libraries—Gensim, TensorFlow, SciPy, NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, Scikit‑Learn, and Keras—that empower developers to clean, prepare, merge, and accurately analyze data for effective data mining.

Pythondata analysisdata mining
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8 Must‑Know Python Tools for Data Mining and Analysis
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Aug 5, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Master Random Forest: From Bagging Theory to Python Implementation

This article explains the fundamentals of ensemble learning and bagging, details the random forest algorithm, answers common questions, and provides a complete Python walkthrough—including data exploration, decision‑tree baseline, random‑forest modeling with grid‑search tuning, and practical insights for handling imbalanced and missing data.

PythonRandom Forestbagging
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Master Random Forest: From Bagging Theory to Python Implementation
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 3, 2020 · Fundamentals

What Defines a True Python Implementation? REPL, Compatibility, and WebAssembly

The article examines the challenges of creating a Python implementation for WebAssembly, questioning what core features—such as a REPL, dynamic compilation, sys.settrace, and frame inspection—are essential for a language to be recognized as Python, and how much compatibility can be sacrificed for performance.

CompatibilityLanguage ImplementationPython
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What Defines a True Python Implementation? REPL, Compatibility, and WebAssembly
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 1, 2020 · Fundamentals

Master PyCharm: Install, Code, Debug, Test, and Deploy Python Projects

This comprehensive tutorial walks you through installing PyCharm Community or Professional, creating and configuring Python projects, writing and running code, debugging, unit testing, version control integration, using plugins, and leveraging advanced features such as remote development and profiling, all illustrated with screenshots for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

IDEPyCharmPython
0 likes · 26 min read
Master PyCharm: Install, Code, Debug, Test, and Deploy Python Projects
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Aug 1, 2020 · Backend Development

Build a Flask‑Elasticsearch Search Engine: Config, Logging, Routing & Deployment Guide

This tutorial walks you through creating a Flask‑based search engine powered by Elasticsearch, covering configuration files, logging setup, blueprint routing with pagination, project startup using Flask‑Script, and production deployment with Gunicorn, complete with code examples and essential tips.

ElasticsearchFlaskGunicorn
0 likes · 11 min read
Build a Flask‑Elasticsearch Search Engine: Config, Logging, Routing & Deployment Guide
Tencent Advertising Technology
Tencent Advertising Technology
Jul 30, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Tencent Advertising Algorithm Competition 2020: Problem Overview, Data, Model Implementation, and Results

This article details the 2020 Tencent Advertising Algorithm Competition, describing the user profiling task, data fields, feature engineering, Python code for ID mapping and Word2Vec training, multiple model architectures (LSTM, CNN-Inception, transformer), and the final performance results achieved by the team.

AdvertisingCNNLSTM
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Tencent Advertising Algorithm Competition 2020: Problem Overview, Data, Model Implementation, and Results
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jul 28, 2020 · Fundamentals

Top 8 Python Tools Every Programmer and Student Should Know

This article reviews eight essential Python tools—including IDLE, Scikit‑learn, Theano, Selenium, TestComplete, BeautifulSoup, Pandas, and PuLP—explaining their main features, typical use cases, and why they are valuable for developers and students across web, data science, automation, and optimization tasks.

Data SciencePythonWeb Scraping
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Top 8 Python Tools Every Programmer and Student Should Know
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jul 27, 2020 · Fundamentals

20 Essential NumPy Challenges to Master Matrix Operations

This article presents a curated set of twenty NumPy exercises covering array creation, searching, calculations, processing, conversion, and storage, each accompanied by concise Python code solutions to help readers deepen their understanding of matrix manipulation in Python.

PracticePythondata manipulation
0 likes · 7 min read
20 Essential NumPy Challenges to Master Matrix Operations
360 Quality & Efficiency
360 Quality & Efficiency
Jul 24, 2020 · Mobile Development

Static Analysis of Android APK Files Using Python and Androguard

This article explains how to perform static analysis of Android APK files with Python, covering environment preparation, unpacking the APK, extracting basic metadata, analyzing classes and methods using the Androguard library, and generating a method call graph for deeper reverse‑engineering insights.

APKAndroguardAndroid
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Static Analysis of Android APK Files Using Python and Androguard
Fulu Network R&D Team
Fulu Network R&D Team
Jul 21, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Prophet Parameter Tuning and Practical Guide for Time Series Forecasting

This article provides a comprehensive tutorial on Prophet's key parameters, their meanings, and practical tips for tuning them—including growth, changepoints, seasonalities, holidays, and Bayesian settings—along with Python code examples for grid search and cross‑validation to improve forecasting accuracy.

Parameter TuningProphetPython
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Prophet Parameter Tuning and Practical Guide for Time Series Forecasting
Aikesheng Open Source Community
Aikesheng Open Source Community
Jul 20, 2020 · Databases

InnoDB Cluster Built-in Functions: A Practical Guide for MySQL Group Replication Management

This tutorial walks through the test environment and demonstrates how InnoDB Cluster's built‑in functions—such as get_cluster, describe, list_routers, set_option, options, set_instance_option, set_primary_instance, switch_to_multi_primary_mode, switch_to_single_primary_mode, status, and dissolve—simplify the deployment, monitoring, and administration of MySQL group replication, complete with code snippets and visual results.

Group ReplicationInnoDB ClusterPython
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InnoDB Cluster Built-in Functions: A Practical Guide for MySQL Group Replication Management
Open Source Tech Hub
Open Source Tech Hub
Jul 17, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Build a Web‑Based Face Login Using Baidu AI and getUserMedia

This guide walks through creating a browser‑based face login system by capturing video with getUserMedia, processing frames with Baidu's facial analysis API and the Python face_recognition library, and integrating the workflow with front‑end HTML/JavaScript and back‑end handling of image data.

AIJavaScriptPython
0 likes · 10 min read
Build a Web‑Based Face Login Using Baidu AI and getUserMedia
AntTech
AntTech
Jul 16, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Go+ Can Complement Python for Data‑Science and Deep‑Learning Workflows

The article argues that Go+, by preserving Go's concise syntax while adding Python‑like type inference and tensor support, can address Python's flexibility‑induced code‑quality and performance issues, making it a viable front‑end language for data‑science, deep‑learning libraries, and compiler ecosystems.

Data ScienceGo+Programming Language
0 likes · 15 min read
Why Go+ Can Complement Python for Data‑Science and Deep‑Learning Workflows
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jul 16, 2020 · Fundamentals

Master Python OOP: From Real‑World Thinking to Classes and Objects

This article introduces the fundamentals of object‑oriented programming in Python, contrasting procedural and OOP approaches, explaining classes, objects, their attributes and methods, and provides step‑by‑step code examples—including class definition, object creation, method invocation, and property manipulation—to help beginners grasp OOP concepts.

OOPObjectsPython
0 likes · 10 min read
Master Python OOP: From Real‑World Thinking to Classes and Objects
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jul 16, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Can Go+ Fill Python’s Gaps in Data Science and Deep Learning?

After years of using Python for AI and data science, the author examines its flexibility drawbacks and argues that Go+, with its static typing and concise syntax, can address Python’s limitations, offering comparable ease for tensor operations, potential for a new deep‑learning front‑end language.

Data ScienceGoPython
0 likes · 16 min read
Can Go+ Fill Python’s Gaps in Data Science and Deep Learning?
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 13, 2020 · Operations

What 13,966 Ops Job Listings Reveal About Salary, Skills, and Hot Cities

This article analyzes 13,966 Chinese operations‑engineer job postings scraped from 51job, cleaning the data with Python and Pandas, then visualizing industry demand, city concentration, salary ranges, education requirements, company size distribution, and keyword trends to guide job seekers and recruiters.

Data visualizationOperationsPython
0 likes · 14 min read
What 13,966 Ops Job Listings Reveal About Salary, Skills, and Hot Cities
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jul 13, 2020 · Databases

Automate MySQL Master‑Slave Setup with Python and Paramiko

This guide walks through preparing the environment, configuring the master and slave MySQL servers, and using Python's Paramiko library to automate SSH commands, edit configuration files, restart services, and verify replication, all while handling common pitfalls.

Database AdministrationMariaDBParamiko
0 likes · 5 min read
Automate MySQL Master‑Slave Setup with Python and Paramiko
FunTester
FunTester
Jul 10, 2020 · Fundamentals

Why Testers Must Master Programming and How to Boost Their Coding Skills

The article explains why programming has become essential for software testers, compares Java and Python for automation, and offers practical ways—continuous coding, problem‑solving on OJ platforms, and project practice—to steadily improve coding ability.

Career DevelopmentPythonautomation
0 likes · 7 min read
Why Testers Must Master Programming and How to Boost Their Coding Skills
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Jul 8, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

AI Photo Swaps, Smart Rental Finder & Coding Hacks for Pandemic Graduates

This guide shows pandemic graduates how to create AI‑generated personalized graduation photos with Huawei ModelArts, locate optimal rental housing using Python‑driven web scraping and Gaode maps, and accelerate job preparation through Huawei Cloud Classroom courses and coding practice, turning a challenging season into a tech‑enabled opportunity.

AIGraduationPython
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AI Photo Swaps, Smart Rental Finder & Coding Hacks for Pandemic Graduates
Laravel Tech Community
Laravel Tech Community
Jul 7, 2020 · Fundamentals

Python 3.9.0b4 Released: New Language Features and Standard‑Library Updates

Python 3.9.0b4, the fourth beta of the upcoming 3.9 release, introduces several new language features and standard‑library updates—including PEP 584 dict union operator, PEP 585 generic types, new PEG parser, enhanced Unicode support, and various performance and security improvements—providing the community an opportunity to test and prepare for the final version.

BetaPEPPython
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Python 3.9.0b4 Released: New Language Features and Standard‑Library Updates
21CTO
21CTO
Jul 7, 2020 · Backend Development

Why Django Might Be the Perfect Backend Framework for Your Projects

This guide introduces Django, a Python-based open‑source web framework, covering its definition, installation commands, key advantages, architecture, and the MVT design pattern to help developers decide if it fits their projects in modern development.

BackendDjangoInstallation
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Why Django Might Be the Perfect Backend Framework for Your Projects
FunTester
FunTester
Jul 5, 2020 · Industry Insights

Java vs Python for Test Automation: Which Language Boosts Your Career?

After mastering basic software testing, this article analyzes why learning a programming language—especially Java or Python—is essential for test automation engineers, compares their strengths, career prospects, and practical usage, and offers guidance on choosing the right language for beginners and career transitions.

Pythoncareer advicejava
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Java vs Python for Test Automation: Which Language Boosts Your Career?
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jul 5, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Unlock Python OpenCV: Load, Resize, Threshold, and Transform Images

This tutorial demonstrates how to use Python's OpenCV library to read and display images, perform resizing, convert to HSV, apply binary thresholding, execute erosion and dilation, and replace specific pixel colors, providing step-by-step code examples and visual results for each operation.

Image ProcessingOpenCVPixel Manipulation
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Unlock Python OpenCV: Load, Resize, Threshold, and Transform Images
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jul 3, 2020 · Fundamentals

Unlock Python’s Power: A Practical Guide to Magic Methods

This article introduces Python’s magic methods, explains their purposes and usage, provides a comprehensive table of common dunder methods, and demonstrates practical examples—including object creation, attribute handling, container behavior, and context management—to help developers master these powerful language features.

Code ExamplesObject-OrientedPython
0 likes · 14 min read
Unlock Python’s Power: A Practical Guide to Magic Methods
ITPUB
ITPUB
Jul 3, 2020 · Fundamentals

Master Python File I/O: Reading, Writing, and Mode Pitfalls Explained

This guide walks through Python file I/O by comparing manual Windows text handling to code, explains file handles, demonstrates reading and writing with various modes, clarifies read vs. readline vs. readlines, and shows how to efficiently process large files without exhausting memory.

IteratorPythonRead/Write
0 likes · 12 min read
Master Python File I/O: Reading, Writing, and Mode Pitfalls Explained
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jul 2, 2020 · Big Data

How to Identify Top Bilibili Creators Using the IFL Model: A Data‑Driven Guide

This article presents a complete data‑analysis workflow that scrapes Bilibili video metrics from January 2019 to March 2020, cleans and preprocesses 50,130 records, and extends the classic RFM model into an IFL framework—calculating interaction, frequency and like rates—to score and rank up‑creators across multiple categories, with code and datasets provided for replication.

IFL modelPythonRFM
0 likes · 11 min read
How to Identify Top Bilibili Creators Using the IFL Model: A Data‑Driven Guide
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jun 30, 2020 · Fundamentals

Master Excel‑Pandas Integration: From Data Import to Visualization in Python

This tutorial demonstrates how to combine Excel’s interactive features with Python’s Pandas library to perform comprehensive data operations—including reading, generating, filtering, sorting, handling missing values, deduplication, merging, grouping, calculation, statistics, visualization, sampling, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP—showing when each tool excels.

ExcelPythondata-processing
0 likes · 13 min read
Master Excel‑Pandas Integration: From Data Import to Visualization in Python
Suning Technology
Suning Technology
Jun 29, 2020 · Backend Development

How Suning Built a Python‑Powered Automated SAP Testing Framework to Cut Manual Effort by 10×

This article describes Suning's Python‑based automation framework that bridges web applications and SAP systems using keyword‑driven testing, socket communication, and remote agents, dramatically reducing manual testing time, improving coverage, and achieving a ten‑fold reduction in labor while maintaining robust, configurable automation.

Automation testingPythonSAP integration
0 likes · 14 min read
How Suning Built a Python‑Powered Automated SAP Testing Framework to Cut Manual Effort by 10×
21CTO
21CTO
Jun 27, 2020 · Backend Development

Top Microservice Frameworks Across Java, .NET, Node.js, Go, and Python

This article surveys the rise of microservices, explains their advantages, and provides a concise overview of the most popular Java, .NET, Node.js, Go, and Python frameworks that enable developers to build scalable, loosely‑coupled services.

GoNode.jsPython
0 likes · 7 min read
Top Microservice Frameworks Across Java, .NET, Node.js, Go, and Python
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Jun 26, 2020 · Operations

How PyDebloatX Quickly Removes Unwanted Windows 10 Default Apps

PyDebloatX is a lightweight Python‑based GUI tool that lists and uninstalls pre‑installed Windows 10 apps such as Clock, Calendar, Maps, Weather, and Photos, offering simple shortcuts, clear prompts, and a GitHub repository for further customization.

PyDebloatXPythonWindows
0 likes · 4 min read
How PyDebloatX Quickly Removes Unwanted Windows 10 Default Apps
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jun 24, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

How to Quickly Analyze and Predict Stock Prices with Python in 12 Minutes

This tutorial shows how to fetch historical stock data from Yahoo Finance using pandas, compute moving averages and returns, explore correlations among major tech stocks, engineer features, train linear, polynomial, and K‑Nearest‑Neighbour models with scikit‑learn, evaluate their accuracy, and visualize both historical prices and future forecasts, all in a concise, step‑by‑step guide.

Pythonscikit-learnstock analysis
0 likes · 17 min read
How to Quickly Analyze and Predict Stock Prices with Python in 12 Minutes
FunTester
FunTester
Jun 22, 2020 · Interview Experience

What Does “Proficient in Java or Python” Really Mean for Developers?

Job listings often demand “proficient in Java or Python,” but the term’s true meaning varies by role; it simply indicates the ability to solve the problems you’ll face, with the required depth depending on the specific technical demands of the position.

Pythondeveloper hiringinterview
0 likes · 2 min read
What Does “Proficient in Java or Python” Really Mean for Developers?
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Jun 21, 2020 · Fundamentals

How 120,000 Lines of Code Became a Dancing Cai Xukun Animation

A Bilibili creator named NyeJu generated 120,000 lines of compilable C++ code that, through precise color‑coded patterns, animates a singing, dancing, rap‑performing version of Cai Xukun, detailing the workflow from theme selection to frame‑by‑frame color mapping and automated code generation.

C++Pythonanimation
0 likes · 5 min read
How 120,000 Lines of Code Became a Dancing Cai Xukun Animation
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jun 20, 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Essential Python Libraries for Data Acquisition, Cleaning, Visualization & Modeling

The article provides a comprehensive guide to Python libraries essential for data analysis, detailing tools for data acquisition (Selenium, Scrapy, Beautiful Soup), cleaning (spaCy, NumPy, pandas), visualization (Matplotlib, Pyecharts), modeling (scikit‑learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow), model inspection (LIME), audio (Librosa), image processing (OpenCV, scikit‑image), database access (PyMongo) and web deployment (Flask, Django).

PythonWeb Scrapinglibraries
0 likes · 12 min read
Essential Python Libraries for Data Acquisition, Cleaning, Visualization & Modeling
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Jun 19, 2020 · Fundamentals

Unlock Python Productivity: From Built‑in Interpreter to Cloud‑Integrated IDEs

This article introduces Python’s built‑in interpreter, popular text editors such as Geany and Sublime Text, powerful IDEs like PyCharm and Jupyter Notebook, demonstrates code refactoring techniques, and explains how to integrate these tools with public cloud services such as Huawei ModelArts for seamless local‑cloud development.

IDEJupyterPython
0 likes · 16 min read
Unlock Python Productivity: From Built‑in Interpreter to Cloud‑Integrated IDEs
Python Programming Learning Circle
Python Programming Learning Circle
Jun 18, 2020 · Fundamentals

The 22 Most Used Python Packages in the World

This article surveys the 22 most downloaded Python packages on PyPI, explains their primary functions, shows typical usage examples, and discusses why they are so popular across various development scenarios, providing practical insights for Python developers.

DevelopmentPackagesPyPI
0 likes · 20 min read
The 22 Most Used Python Packages in the World
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Jun 17, 2020 · Big Data

What Do Heart‑Disease Data Reveal? A Python‑Driven Exploratory Analysis

This article walks through a Python‑based exploratory analysis of a public heart‑disease dataset, loading the data, describing its 14 clinical features, visualizing gender, age, heart‑rate, blood‑pressure and cholesterol relationships, and presenting correlation insights to help understand patterns of disease prevalence.

Pythoncorrelationexploratory data analysis
0 likes · 18 min read
What Do Heart‑Disease Data Reveal? A Python‑Driven Exploratory Analysis
Python Programming Learning Circle
Python Programming Learning Circle
Jun 13, 2020 · Fundamentals

Python One‑Liner Tricks: Summation, List Deduplication, Comprehensions, Swapping, Sorting, Counting, Space Removal, Regex, Doubling, and Multiplication Table

This article presents a collection of concise Python one‑liner techniques covering integer summation, list deduplication, list comprehensions, value swapping, length‑based sorting, character counting, whitespace removal, Chinese character regex, element doubling, and generating a multiplication table, each illustrated with brief explanations and code snippets.

ListOne-linerPython
0 likes · 4 min read
Python One‑Liner Tricks: Summation, List Deduplication, Comprehensions, Swapping, Sorting, Counting, Space Removal, Regex, Doubling, and Multiplication Table
FunTester
FunTester
Jun 13, 2020 · Fundamentals

How to Master Automation Testing: 7 Practical Steps to Become an Expert Engineer

This guide outlines why manual testing can’t fully replace automation, then walks you through seven concrete steps—including data preparation, API testing, and web UI automation using tools like MySQL, Redis, SOAP UI, Postman, and Selenium with Java or Python—to become a proficient automation test engineer.

APIPythonSelenium
0 likes · 4 min read
How to Master Automation Testing: 7 Practical Steps to Become an Expert Engineer
Python Programming Learning Circle
Python Programming Learning Circle
Jun 10, 2020 · Fundamentals

Interview Coding Questions: List Index Extraction, Tree Path Construction, and Minimum Path Sum Solutions

The article recounts three technical interview problems—a list‑index extraction using a hash map, a tree‑path reconstruction from parent identifiers, and a minimum‑path‑sum dynamic‑programming challenge—providing Python code solutions and brief explanations for each.

Pythonalgorithmdynamic programming
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Interview Coding Questions: List Index Extraction, Tree Path Construction, and Minimum Path Sum Solutions