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####How The Class Works: The Python Plotting Class contains all the member variables and functions necessary to plot a graph from a CSV file. The _init_() function, which is required for classes, is ...

A software engineer and book author with many years of experience, I have dedicated my career to the art of automation. A software engineer and book author with many years of experience, I have ...

Package Python apps for easy delivery as executables, dig into Python 3.14's new debugging interface, and get live coding help for making sense of datasets. Want extra credit? Try wrangling Python ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

In forecasting economic time series, statistical models often need to be complemented with a process to impose various constraints in a smooth manner. Systematically imposing constraints and retaining ...

Getting input from users is one of the first skills every Python programmer learns. Whether you’re building a console app, validating numeric data, or collecting values in a GUI, Python’s input() ...

Multiplication in Python may seem simple at first—just use the * operator—but it actually covers far more than just numbers. You can use * to multiply integers and floats, repeat strings and lists, or ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. We introduce a new computational approach for predicting organic crystalline ...

Running Python scripts is one of the most common tasks in automation. However, managing dependencies across different systems can be challenging. That’s where Docker comes in. Docker lets you package ...

Reminder: Everyone in the class needs to send before Tuesday at noon to pui-staff@lists.andrew.cmu.edu an example of a good and an example of a bad UI feature or element. Preferably with a picture.