So far we have been looking at Python functions viewed as any function in any language might be described, but as promised, Python functions are completely different. They are objects. This is ...

Learning how to define a function in Python is one of the most important steps to mastering the language. Functions are blocks of code that perform a specific task and can be “called” from any point ...

In the last post introducing Python, I demonstrated how to make a simple app using variables and conditional statements. In order to do anything really powerful in a given programming language though, ...

Python is one of those select languages that make functions first class object. Yet you can use it for years and never even notice that it is an object-oriented language. What makes functions as ...