Regardless of discipline, many fields need to be able to process, manipulate, and visualize data. This article introduces the basics of plotting data with Python using Matplotlib. View the notebook on Github or experiment with it yourself on Google Colab.
In this article we'll build on my previous article, Web Development Basics with Python & Flask and introduce the Javascript language and the concept of asynchronous communication with a webserver to provide a clean and dynamic user experience.
Getting started with web development can be daunting and overwhelming if you don't know where to start. This article will take you step-by-step through the basics of getting your first web application built.
My absolute favorite feature of Python is lists. An elegantly dynamic data structure with a beautiful syntax. Everything from negative step indexing to their use as iterators makes Python lists, and therefore Python, the easiest solution to so many problems. One of the less obvious, but extremely powerful features of Python lists are list comprehensions.