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While it is not common to need to call Windows functions within Python code, you may occasionally need to do so in order to make a program work correctly. If you need to, you can run the cmd.exe ...

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Introducing Anaconda, a Python distribution for scientific research. I've looked at several ways you could use Python to do scientific calculations in the past, but I've never actually covered how to ...

Learn the 3-step process to localize your Python scripts using the gettext CLI tools. Includes tips for pluralization, ...

I am trying to decide which language to use to implement some open-source, cross-platform (Windows, OS X, Linux) command-line tools. My plan until recently was to use Python. Development in Python is ...

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a flexible, cross-platform editor that can be transformed into a full-blown IDE for most any language or workflow. Over the past few years, it has exploded in ...