$ python >>> from nocasedict import NocaseDict >>> dict1 = NocaseDict({'Alpha': 1, 'Beta': 2}) >>> dict1['ALPHA'] # Lookup by key is case-insensitive 1 >>> print ...

Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. A simple application that prints nothing more than the words Hello World is the seminal start to ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, ending July 20, had 933 participants from 30 states and two countries. $25,000 in prizes will be awarded across professional, novice, and military categories. The ...

We have seen how to read data from a file, either in unstructured text or CSV format, and how to write data in these formats. We’ve also seen how to read and write JSON. In this chapter we’ll see how ...

Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023. The heaviest python caught weighed ...

A reticulated python looks out from a tank Friday at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control. After the agency held the python for five days in case anyone claimed it, it was transferred over the weekend ...

Thomas Eugene Kurtz, a pioneer in computer science whose vision of accessible computing transformed education and technology, passed away on 12 November at the age of 96. Kurtz’s enduring ...

An invasive Burmese python in the Everglades was spotted eating a white-tailed deer around 67% of its mass by stretching its mouth to almost the maximum width of what is physically possible. When you ...

A woman was found dead after being attacked by a python in central Indonesia, police and local officials said Friday, the third such death in the province since June. Maga, a 74-year-old woman who ...