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Aphinya is a skilled tech writer with field experience in software development, agile, and fullstack JavaScript. She is a dev advocate and community builder, helping others navigate their dev journey.

Using format() in Python with placeholder values

Using format() in Python with placeholder values

In Python, you can use {} as placeholders for strings and use format() to fill in the placeholder with string literals. For example: print("You have {} apples.".format(5)) # this will print: # You have 5 apples. The format() method lets you list out the strings you want to place

Python Collections & Specialized Collection Data Types

Python Collections & Specialized Collection Data Types

Crash Course Into Python Part 2 [Click here for Part 1] [https://www.dottedsquirrel.com/python-datatypes/] What Are Collections In Python? Collections in Python are basically container data types — namely, lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries. They have different characteristics based on usage. Here is a quick summary of what each

Everything You Need To Know About Python Data Types & Variables

Everything You Need To Know About Python Data Types & Variables

Starting with the Basics In a nutshell, a variable is a memory location where you can store a value. This value may or may not change in the future. In Python, the declare a variable, you just have to assign a variable to it. For example: x = 5 x is

What Is SMACSS and How Does It Work?

What Is SMACSS and How Does It Work?

> This piece is part of a Learn HTML & CSS series. Check out part 4 here: What is OOCSS and How OCSS Works [https://matcha.fyi/ocss-explained/] SMACSS Pronounced “smacks”, SMACSS stands for Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS. The idea behind SMACSS is to break your CSS down

What is OOCSS and How OCSS Works

What is OOCSS and How OCSS Works

> This piece is part of a Learn HTML & CSS series. Check out part 3 here: HTML, The Cascade and Ways To Think In CSS [https://www.dottedsquirrel.com/css-introduction/] OOCSS OOCSS stands for Object-Oriented CSS. The idea behind OOCSS is that you can reuse your HTML structures and

HTML, The Cascade, and Ways To Think In CSS

HTML, The Cascade, and Ways To Think In CSS

> This piece is part of a Learn HTML & CSS series. Check out part 2 here: Parts Of An HTML Document And How It Works With CSS [https://www.dottedsquirrel.com/html-explained-2/] I started learning how to code back in the early 2000s. For context on how long ago

Parts Of An HTML Document And How It Works With CSS

Parts Of An HTML Document And How It Works With CSS

> This piece is part of a Learn HTML & CSS series. Check out part 1 here - What is a markup language? HTML Reference Cheatsheet. [https://www.dottedsquirrel.com/html-explained/] At its basic, HTML has three parts to it: 1. the document type declaration -- this tells the browser