Python Course #12: Pass by Assignment, Copy, Reference, and None

Now that the you know what mutable (e.g. lists, sets and dictionaries) and immutable data types (e.g. tuples) are it is important to talk about copies, references and None. Python Pass by Assignment When you call a pass data to a function such as print(...) there are two ways. The first option is to pass...

Dec 30, 20212021-12-30T14:00:00+01:00 5 min

Estimate Gas in Ethereum Transactions with Python web3 and brownie

The Python package brownie does not offer a built-in function to estimate the gas of a transaction calling a smart contract function before broadcasting it. However, together with web3 a gas estimation is pretty straightforward. For this example, the Faucet contract, together with the project structure from the article on “Compile and Interact with Solidity...

Dec 28, 20212021-12-28T13:00:00+01:00 2 min

Python Course #11: Dictionaries for Complete Beginners (incl. Free Cheat Sheet)

After learning about the data types list, tuple, and set let’s talk about the Python Dictionary (dict). The Python dictionary is an ordered and mutable data type that stores key-value pairs. That means there is no index as you know them from lists and tuples; instead, there is a unique key to access an element...

Dec 24, 20212021-12-24T12:00:00+01:00 9 min

Compile and Interact with Solidity Smart Contracts with the Python brownie Package and VSCode

The most commonly used language to interact with Ethereum Smart Contracts is JavaScript. However, JavaScript has some very notable flaws (taken from https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat check it out if you want a good laugh): > [] + [] < '' > [] + {} < [object Object] > {} + [] < 0 Python is not perfect...

Dec 22, 20212021-12-22T15:00:00+01:00 9 min

How to Set up a Local Ethereum Network on Windows 11 and Connect MetaMask

Everyone is talking about blockchain, web3, smart contracts, etc., and you probably want to check out how it works and what you can do with it. In this article, you will learn how to set up your own local Ethereum network on Windows 10/11 to test all the possibilities that the Ethereum blockchain offers without...

Dec 19, 20212021-12-19T18:00:00+01:00 11 min

Python Course #10: Sets for Complete Beginners (incl. Free Cheat Sheet)

The next data type on the list is the Python set. The Python set can, such as the tuple (Python Course #9: Tuples) and the list (Python Course #8: Lists), store multiple values, however, a Python set does not have an order which is in accordance with the mathematical definition of a set. Two other...

Dec 17, 20212021-12-17T13:45:00+01:00 9 min

Python Course #9: Tuples for Complete Beginners (incl. Free Cheat Sheet)

In the Python Course #8 you learned everything about Python list, list slicing, and all the list functions that Python provides. In this article, you will learn about another sequential data type, the tuple. The data type tuple is inspired by the tuples in mathematics (Wikipedia) and in stark contrast to Python lists tuples are...

Dec 10, 20212021-12-10T13:40:00+01:00 8 min

Python Course #8: Lists, List Slicing, and all List Functions (incl. Free Cheat Sheet)

In this article, you will learn about the sequential data type list. In the first article on data types you have seen the primitive data types bool, int, float and str. While str is also a sequential data type and behaves similar to a list in many ways with one key difference. A str can...

Dec 3, 20212021-12-03T14:01:00+01:00 12 min

Python Course #7: Conditional Statments if, else and elif

After learning a lot about Boolean algebra, binary numbers and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide them let’s get back to programming Python. The first couple of programs you have written so far are static and don’t have any dynamic behavoir. That means the program data stored in variables does not have an effect...

Nov 26, 20212021-11-26T14:01:00+01:00 9 min

How to Install Python on Windows 11 and Fix Python not Recognized

To install the latest version of Python on Windows 11, head over to the Python download website and choose Windows Installer (64-bit) under the Stable Release section: When the download has finished, open your downloads folder and double click on the installer. In the installer window, make sure to check Add Python 3.X to PATH...

Nov 20, 20212021-11-20T12:00:00+01:00 2 min

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