Python, for all its power and popularity, has long lacked a form of flow control found in other languages—a way to take a value and match it elegantly against one of a number of possible conditions.

Python is one of the easiest programming languages to get to grips with, and also one of the most powerful and in-demand. Learning Python is not only fun then, but also a fantastic career move. One of ...

Python is best thought of as a dynamic but strongly typed language. Types aren’t associated with the names of things, but with the things themselves. This makes Python flexible and convenient for ...