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Challenge 2: Updating Outer Scope Values

Solution Review: Updating Outer Scope Values

Challenge 3: Updating Outer Scope Values Again

Solution Review: Updating Outer Scope Values Again

Quick Recap

Strain Your Brain!

30 Lessons

Master the steps to enhancing Python skills through advanced operators, data structures, and behaviors.

First Things First!

Strings Can Be Tricky Sometimes

Be Careful With Chained Operations

How Not to Use the "is" Operator

Hash Brownies

Deep Down, We're All the Same

Disorder Within Order

Keep Trying...

For What?

Evaluation Time Discrepancy

'is not... ' Is Not 'is (not ...)'

The Chicken and Egg Problem

Subclass Relationships

All-true-ation

The Surprising Comma

Strings and the Backslashes

Not Knot!

Half Triple-quoted Strings

The Mysterious Key Type Conversion

Non-Reflexive Class Method

Yielding None

Yielding From...Return!

Nan-reflexivity

Mutating the Immutable!

The Disappearing Variable From Outer Scope

Let's See If You Can Guess This?

Well, Something Is Fishy...

Quick Recap

Appearances Are Deceptive!

4 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Python's handling of encoding, memory management, and coding practices.

Skipping Lines?

Teleportation

Quick Recap

The Hidden Treasures!

10 Lessons

Discover Python's hidden gems, easter eggs, innovative modules, and unique features.

Okay Python, Can You Make Me Fly?

'goto', but Why?

Brace Yourself!

Let's Meet Friendly Language Uncle for Life

Even Python Understands That Love Is Complicated

Miscellaneous

9 Lessons

Simplify complex topics of Python string operations, dictionary optimizations, and unique quirks.

'+=' Is Faster

Let's Make a Giant String!

Slowing Down dict Lookups

Bloating Instance dicts

Contributions & Acknowledgements

2 Lessons

Practice using contributions and community acknowledgements to enhance Python FTW's development.

Contributing

Acknowledgements

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