The Python Papers

Textual - An Intro to DOM Queries (Part II)

Last week, you learned the basics of Textual’s DOM queries.

19 hrs ago • Mike Driscoll

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March 2026

Textual - An Intro to DOM Queries (Part I)

In this article, you will learn how to query the DOM in Textual.

Mar 31 • Mike Driscoll

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Python Pop Quiz - List Popping

The Python list data type is much like an array in other programming languages.

Mar 26 • Mike Driscoll

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Python Pop Quiz - Truthy or Falsey

Python supports Booleans in much the same way as other programming languages do.

Mar 18 • Mike Driscoll

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Textual - Creating a Custom Checkbox

Textual is a great Python user interface package.

Mar 11 • Mike Driscoll

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Python Pop Quiz - Positional Arguments

Python functions can take in several different types of arguments.

Mar 5 • Mike Driscoll

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February 2026

Python Pop Quiz - Type Addition

Python has multiple built-in functions you can use to introspect your code.

Feb 25 • Mike Driscoll

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Python Pop Quiz - Letter Explosion

You learned about exploding a range object in the last quiz.

Feb 17 • Mike Driscoll

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Python Basic Type Hinting

When Python first added type hinting to the language in version 3.5, you could only add type hints to functions.

Feb 10 • Mike Driscoll

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Python Pop Quiz - Number Explosion

You will sometimes come across examples of code that use one or two asterisks.

Feb 6 • Mike Driscoll

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Python Typing Book Kickstarter

Python has had type hinting support since Python 3.5, over TEN years ago!

Feb 3 • Mike Driscoll

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January 2026

Vibe Coding Pong with Python and pygame

Pong is one of the first computer games ever created, way back in 1972.

Jan 28 • Mike Driscoll

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