Fredrik Sjöstrand articles - 22 total
Writing a Text Editor in 7 Minutes using Textual
I was trying to prepare a lightning talk at work and thought about a small experiment I did with...
Tips & Tricks for Writing a Workaround
Most of you have probably written a workaround for some bug in a web API or a third-party package. If...
A Personal .gitignore - Even for a Single Repository
I think I might be a bit messy, but maybe so are you? Either way, I quite often find myself with...
Exploring Python: Using and Abusing the Iterator Protocol
The concept of iterators isn't in any way specific to Python. In the most general terms, it is an...
Different Barmodes Simultaneously in Plotly Subplots (Python)
My first and most read blog post, by an order of magnitude, is this one about plotly: ...
requirements.txt in your requirements.txt
Are you managing multiple requirements files for your Python project? Are you copy-pasting rows from...
Pip Install a Git Repository
If you would like to install the latest version of flask, you would probably use pip install flask....
A First Look at Python Protocols (PEP 544)
I really like the type hints added to python 3.5, PEP 484, but somehow I totally missed PEP 544 -...
Game Jam Post Mortem - Supply Run
During two weeks I developed a game for the Game Jam, Kodsnacks Tvåveckorssylt - Fjärde Omgången....
TIL: Python Recursion Limit When Accessing Elements in Recursive List
Earlier today I found this post by Ryan Westlund: ...
Don't Try This at Work: Exception Driven Fizz Buzz V2
So I have decided I will embrace some of my, sometimes, let's call them "less practical ideas"....
Don't Try This at Work: Exception Driven Fizz Buzz
So, I was catching up on some of the talks from PyCon 2020. First, I watched Steven Lott - Type...
Is -2 < -1 < 0 true or false?
Before getting into the question posed in the title, lets look at mathematical notation so everyone...
importlib.reload for Resting Modules Between Tests
Python modules can be thought of as a Singleton design pattern. They are initialized once, the first...
Using Descriptors and Decorators to Create class-only Methods in Python
I ran across a post asking how you can create class-only methods in Python. A class-only method...
Comparing C++ RAII and Python Context Managers
I was reading up on the practice in C++ called Resource Acquisition Is Initialization or RAII, after...
DIY CLI-tool: Find and Activate Virtual Environments
In this post, I will cover my most used CLI-tool. It finds a virtual environment, created using...
CLI tools example: show all tools
I wanted to have a simple tool as my first example in the series. So this first tool will just print...
Settings for Making Python CLI-tools on Windows
In the previous post of this series, I showed how to set up a folder for our own CLI-tools in...
TIL: What Happens When Using the Context Manager Outside its with-Statement
The other day I learned two things about context managers. The first one is that the variable,...
Making your CLI-tools accessible in Windows
This is the first post in a series on creating Python CLI-tools in Windows. However, this post will...
Stacked and Grouped Bar Charts Using Plotly (Python)
In this post, I will cover how you can create a bar chart that has both grouped and stacked bars...