Overview HTML entities are special characters that are used to represent characters that have special meaning in HTML or that are not part of the character set. They start with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;). Some......
This concise, example-based article will walk you through some different approaches to stripping HTML tags from a given string in Python (to get plain text). The raw HTML string we will use in the examples to come is shown......
The raw HTML data of a webpage includes many things, from HTML tags, images, JavaScript codes, etc. Sometimes, you just need plain text for data analytics, machine learning, or something else. This article will show you 2 ways to get what......
This succinct, practical article shows you how to programmatically check RAM (memory), CPU, and disk usage in Python. You can get the job done painlessly by using a package called psutil. Install it by performing the following......
This concise article is about generic types in Python. Overview Generic types allow us to define classes, functions, or methods that can work with different data types without specifying the exact data type beforehand. This is......
This concise, example-based article shows you how to define functions with type hints in Python. Overview Python 3.5 introduced Type Hints which allows you to specify the data type of a function’s parameters and return value.......
A succinct, comprehensive cheat sheet for Python data types. You can use it for quick lookup during your work. TypeDescriptionExampleintinteger values123, -120, 0floatfloating-point values1.21, 3.141, -9.8boolBoolean valuesTrue,......
This concise, straight-to-the-point article shows you how to use class decorators with dataclass in Python. We’ll take a look at the fundamentals and then walk through a couple of practical examples. The......
This succinct, straightforward article shows you how to set default values in a dataclass in Python. Setting Default Values in Dataclass To set default values in a dataclass, we can use simple syntax like a variable declaration or......
This concise example-based article shows you how to validate data with Python dataclasses. Basic Example Data validation is an essential part of any data processing system. It ensures that the data received by the system is correct......
The dataclasses module brings to the table a great way to create simple and lightweight data structures in Python. However, sometimes you need more complex data structures that require inheritance. Inheritance is a powerful feature in......
The dataclasses module in Python provides a convenient way to define classes with a minimal amount of boilerplate. By adding the @dataclass decorator to a class, Python generates several default methods automatically. In this practical......