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Stephen Gruppetta

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Stephen Gruppetta

@s_gruppetta

Constantly looking for simple ways to explain complex things You'll find: • Python • Narrative Technical Writing • Track & Field Athletics—Links in pinned post

Joined October 2019

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Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
May 19, 2025
Stuff I do… • Python Python articles thepythoncodingstack.com The Python Coding Book amzn.to/42tJKOL Real Python realpython.com • Narrative technical writing stephengruppetta.com/breaking-the-r… • Track & Field Athletics backonthetrack.substack.com • Everything
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Mar 24, 2024
Replying to @tunguz
The one you're buying next month stopped working today
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Apr 11, 2022
What's an image made of? There are many correct answers. But the most fascinating one is: << sines & cosines >> Read on if you're intrigued👇🧵🪡 #python #images #fourier
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Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Oct 31, 2022
I know many schools are using The Python Coding Book and its tutorials for teaching Python Although this content was written with adult learners in mind, a lot of the work I do daily involves teaching kids, so glad to see schools use this resource Some highlights 👇
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Jun 3, 2022
Are `a = []` and `a = list()` the same? How about `a = a[::-1]` and `a.reverse()`? Let's look as some list operations to see whether they're the same or not… Read more… 👇🪡🧵 #python #programming /1
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Apr 5, 2023
Object-Oriented Python at the Hogwarts School of Codecraft and Algorithmancy --- Year 5: Inheritance --- The students are growing up! This Year they'll learn about a key property of OOP - how to create a class that inherits from another one Here's the code so far /1
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Apr 13, 2022
#Matplotlib is not just for displaying data… …here I use it for a fun simulation of planets orbiting a sun (or many suns, see next tweet) Here's the article if you're looking for a step-by-step tutorial: thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/12/11/sim… #python #planets @matplotlib
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Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Jul 29, 2022
So, you've never accessed data over the internet using an API and don't know where to start? Start with the simplest option… The World Bank site has some free data with an easy to use API Here's an example using the `requests` library 👇🪡🧵
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Dec 23, 2022
The way Python deals with variables is different from some other languages. You may even have heard some say they're not technically variables Let's visualise what's happening when you create a name in Python and assign data to it with The Box and Label analogy /1
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Dec 8, 2022
A small headache for learners is knowing how to format their code In Python, some of this matters as it's part of the syntax But other aspects of formatting are linked to style rather than syntax and can confuse those learning to code Let's dive further into this /1
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Nov 4, 2022
Day 8 in the Python functions series Yesterday we saw the "rogue" forward slash in the function definition. Today, it's the "rogue" asterisk or star * def greet(host, *, guest): Let's look at keyword-only arguments today /1
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
May 5, 2022
Back to basics: what do sine and cosine really mean? This is a mini-project using turtle I do with secondary school children who have learnt about sines and cosines but don't **really** know what they are. I'm debating whether to write this as a… #python #coding 1/
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Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Nov 6, 2022
One of the most underrated #Python modules? `turtle` We know it's used for teaching & not in the "real-world" But it's usually used only for basic drawings & simple animations for kids–a very limited scope We can teach more advanced topics, too… Here are some examples… /1
Stephen Gruppetta
@s_gruppetta
Feb 26, 2023
Let's write this game in 20 tweets… Yes, just 20 Ready? Go… • Balls appear in random positions every few seconds and are tossed upwards with random velocities • Click close to the ball to "bat it up" • How long until you lose 10 balls? /1
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