PyCharm: Quantitative Research in Python: Using Notebooks
This is a first in a series of blog posts covering the use of Python for quantitative research. In this post, we take a look at IPython Notebooks: a really handy tool for structuring calculations in a...
View ArticleChris Warrick: Static Site Generator Speed Test (Nikola, Pelican, Hexo,...
I tested the speed of four static site generators: Nikola, Pelican, Hexo and Octopress, in a clean environment. Spoiler alert: Nikola won.Disclaimer: author is a developer and user of Nikola. The test...
View ArticleReuven Lerner: Understanding nested list comprehensions in Python
In my last blog post, I discussed list comprehensions, and how to think about them. Several people suggested (via e-mail, and in comments on the blog) that I should write a follow-up posting about...
View ArticleAmjith Ramanujam: FuzzyFinder - in 10 lines of Python
Introduction:FuzzyFinder is a popular feature available in decent editors to open files. The idea is to start typing partial strings from the full path and the list of suggestions will be narrowed down...
View ArticleABlog for Sphinx: ABlog v0.7.7 released
ABlog v0.7.7 is released to fix path resolving issue 41 that arose when cross-references were used in post excerpts, and also post redirect issue in templates.
View ArticlePodcast.__init__: Episode 16 - Holger Krekel on Py.Test
Visit our site to listen to past episodes, learn more about the show and sign up for our mailing list.SummaryIn this episode we talked to Holger Krekel about the py.test library. We discussed the...
View ArticleCaktus Consulting Group: PyCon 2015 Workshop Video: Building SMS Applications...
As proud sponsors of PyCon, we hosted a one and a half hour free workshop. We see the workshops as a wonderful opportunity to share some practical, hands-on experience in our area of expertise:...
View ArticlePyCharm: Feature Spotlight: Creating and managing Django projects
Happy Friday everyone,PyCharm is known for its superior support of the Django web framework. It’s been supported since the inception of PyCharm, and with each release we improve it by polishing the...
View ArticleEuropython: EuroPython 2015: Please send in your feedback
EuroPython 2015 is almost over and so it’s time to ask around for what we can improve next year. If you attended EuroPython 2015, please take a few moments and fill out our feedback form:EuroPython...
View ArticlePython Sweetness: Fun with BPF, or, shutting down a TCP listening socket the...
For $work I recently came across a fun situation involving TCP/IP sockets that I hadn’t encountered before. In summary, an upstream service would become upset should our service accept a connection,...
View ArticleVladimir Iakolev: Functional testing of console apps with Docker
For one of my apps I'd been manually testing some basic functions in a bunch of environments, and it was a huge pain. So I decided to automatize it. As a simplest solution I chose to run an environment...
View ArticleKushal Das: New home storage box with Fedora and ARM
Buying the hardwareI was looking forward to setup a new storage box at home. The biggest two points were about being able to run Fedora, and to be in the cheaper side. After looking at the available...
View ArticleYasoob Khalid: My Story
Hi guys. Recently my interview was published over at Mouse vs Python blog which is run by Mike. I am glad that I was able to become a part of Mike’s PyDev of the week series. This post is not going to...
View ArticleRaymond Li: PyData Seattle 2015 – Simulation, PySpark and Deep Learning...
One month ago, I got an email from a colleague:The subject of his email was a single word: PyDataThe email had a single EventBrite.com URL.Intrigued, I clicked… and that’s when my adventure into PyData...
View ArticleeGenix.com: Python Meeting Düsseldorf - 2015-07-29
The following text is in German, since we're announcing a regional user group meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany.AnkündigungDas nächste Python Meeting Düsseldorf findet an folgendem Termin statt:Mittwoch,...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Aaron Maxwell
This week we welcome Aaron Maxwell as our PyDev of the Week! Aaron is the author of the Advanced Python Newsletter and a very enthusiastic Pythonista. You can check out his github profile to get an...
View ArticleLennart Regebro: Python date/time libraries
This is an overview of the various date/time implementations in Python (that I know of) and why they aren’t good enough. I’m not mentioning why they are good, they may or may not be. The standard...
View ArticleDavid MacIver: Hypothesis 1.9.0 is out
Codename: The great bundlingThis is my favourite type of release: One which means I stop having to look embarrassed in response to common questions.Here’s the changelog entry:Codename: The great...
View ArticleMartin Fitzpatrick: Create simple GUI Applications with Python and Qt
So, for some unknown reason I recently thought it might be good to start putting together some video tutorials for Python. I thought I’d start with something I was sure I knew a fair bit about: writing...
View ArticleMauveweb: Pyweek 20 announced, 9th-15th August 2015
The next Pyweek competition has been announced, and will run from 00:00 UTC on Sunday 9th August to 00:00 UTC on Sunday 16th August.Pyweek is a week-long games programming competition in which...
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