Python is an extremely powerful and flexible programming language that is particularly popular among newcomers to coding thanks to its relatively gentle learning curve. That said, the flexibility of ...

Boolean logic is an essential part of mathematics, engineering, and programming. In most languages, there's a dedicated ...

PyScript lets you run Python scripts right in the browser, side by side with JavaScript, with two-way interaction between your code and the web page. Created by Anaconda and launched in April 2022, ...

SKiDL is very, very cool. It’s a bit of Python code that outputs a circuit netlist for KiCAD. Why is this cool? If you design a PCB in KiCAD, you go through three steps: draw the schematic, assign ...

Libraries are collections of shared code. They're common in Python, where they're also called "modules," but they're also ...

Python Scripting for ArcGIS, a new book published by Esri Press, seeks to help experienced users of ArcGIS for Desktop get started with Python scripting. The book teaches users how to write Python ...

“Python scripting is a fundamental tool for GIS professionals to extend the functionality of ArcGIS and automate workflows,” says author Paul A. Zandbergen. “You can use it to modify the existing ...

The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month. Each month, we examine ...

Prominent scripting languages, once viewed as the future of programming by offering ease of use, have slipped in the monthly Tiobe index of language popularity. Only Python and JavaScript still have ...

In a paper published October 8, researchers at the University of Hawaii found that a programming error in a set of Python scripts commonly used for computational ...