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Python was the first language I learned when I started programming at twelve. I’ve worked on many projects with this language, and in a way I even learned this language twice: once by myself, and a second time in my college CS class.

However, it occured to me that there are some parts of this language that are hardly taught in university lectures - at least in my CS classes, as a freshman - and there are some aspects of Python that I haven’t completely explored yet. Python is a powerful language, but it’s easy to ignore and forget some powerful techniques when you think of it as merely a script language that can be learned within the length of a YouTube video.

Life is short. Use Python.

I am starting a new column called Python: the Missing Bits of University Lectures, in which I will collect Python tricks and usage that I was unfamilair with, as a review for my Python knowledge as well as an extra resource for people that only learned the basics.

This includes:

  • String processing
  • Pattern matching and regex
  • Read/Write
  • Web scraping
  • Blablabla, we’ll see