Many novice coders learn Python as their first coding language because of its popularity and ease of use. Two versions of this programming language are currently in use: Python 2 and Python 3 ...

With just four months to go until support ends for Python 2, there are still some developers and projects that haven't made the switch to Python 3.

Why would you care? Because it allows you to separate strings that use bytes from strings that use Unicode already in Python 2, and to continue that explicit difference when you get to Python 3 as ...

This post offers a comprehensive Python beginner's guide that explains everything newcomers need to know about the language.