BangPypers: Talks About Automation - 2016 August Meetup
August meetup happened at the Calm.io office. 60 people attended the event. For the first time, all talks were arranged in Automation theme. Thanks for the warm response from the audience and...
View ArticlePython 4 Kids: Python for Kids: Python 3 – Project 7
Using Python 3 in Project 7 of Python For Kids For DummiesIn this post I talk about the changes that need to be made to the code ofProject 7 in order for it to work with Python 3. Most of the code in...
View ArticleWeekly Python Chat: Using generators to turn loops inside-out
Learn about how to use generators to turn while loops into for loops!
View ArticleContinuum Analytics News: Mining Data Science Treasures with Open Source
Company BlogPostedWednesday, August 17, 2016Travis OliphantChief Executive Officer & Co-Founderoil-refinery.jpg Data Science is a goldmine of potential insights for any organization, but unearthing...
View ArticleContinuum Analytics News: Dask for Institutions
Developer BlogPostedTuesday, August 16, 2016Matthew Rocklindask_stacked.pngIntroductionInstitutions use software differently than individuals. Over the last few months I’ve had dozens of conversations...
View ArticlePython Software Foundation: "In the beginning, there was one Python group":...
“In the beginning, there was one Python group in Charleroi, the P3B (Python Blanc Bleu Belge)”, Stéphane Wirtel recalls. This first Python group was led by Denis Frère and Olivier Laurent. Together...
View Article"Menno's Musings": IMAPClient 1.0.2
IMAPClient 1.0.2 is out! This is release comes with a few small fixes and tweaks, as well as a some documentation improvements.Specifically:There's now an explicit check that the pyOpenSSL version that...
View ArticleHynek Schlawack: Better Python Object Serialization
Serialization is everywhere. Notably for me: JSON web APIs and structured logs. And yet, general approaches to serialize arbitrary objects to JSON are rather clunky. Fortunately there’s a gem in the...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Michele Simionato
This week we welcome Michele Simionato as our PyDev of the Week! Michele is an expert on Python and is known for his paper on Python’s Method Resolution Order which was published to the Python website...
View ArticleDoug Hellmann: random — Pseudorandom Number Generators — PyMOTW 3
The random module provides a fast pseudorandom number generator based on the Mersenne Twister algorithm. Originally developed to produce inputs for Monte Carlo simulations, Mersenne Twister generates...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: ANN: The wxPython Cookbook Kickstarter
Several years ago, the readers of this blog asked me to take some of my articles and turn them into a cookbook on wxPython. I have finally decided to do just that. I am including over 50 recipes that I...
View ArticlePyCharm: Next Batch of In-Depth Screencasts: VCS
In January we recorded a series of screencasts that introduced the major features of PyCharm — an overview, installation, editing, running, debugging, etc. In April we did our first “in-depth”...
View ArticleWill Kahn-Greene: pyvideo last thoughts
What is pyvideo?pyvideo.org is an index of Python-related conference and user-group videos on the Internet. Saw a session you liked and want to share it? It's likely you can find it, watch it, and...
View ArticleS. Lott: On Generator Functions, Yield and Return
Here's the question, lightly edited to remove the garbage. (Sometimes I'm charitable and call it "rambling". Today, I'm not feeling charitable about the garbage writing style filled with strange...
View ArticlePython Software Foundation: The Python Software Foundation is seeking a blogger!
Interview prominent Pythonistas, connect with the community, expand your circle of friends and learn about events in the Python world!The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is seeking a blogger to...
View ArticleAndrew Dalke: Fragment by copy and trim
This is part of a series of essays on how to fragment a molecular graph using RDKit. These are meant to describe the low-level steps that go into fragmentation, and the ways to think about testing. To...
View ArticleChris Moffitt: Lessons Learned from Analyze This! Challenge
IntroductionI recently had the pleasure of participating in a crowd-sourced data science competition in the Twin Cities called Analyze This! I wanted to share some of my thoughts and experiences on the...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: Python 201 Releasing in 2 Weeks!
My second book, Python 201: Intermediate Python is releasing two weeks from today on September 6th, 2016. I just wanted to remind anyone who is interested that you can pre-order a signed paperback copy...
View ArticleEnthought: Webinar: Introducing the NEW Python Integration Toolkit for LabVIEW
Dates: Thursday, August 25, 2016, 1:00-1:45 PM CT or Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 9:00-9:45 AM CT / 3:00-3:45 PM BTRegister now (if you can’t attend, we’ll send you a recording)LabVIEW is a software...
View ArticleYann Larrivée: ConFoo Montreal 2017 Calling for Papers
ConFoo Montreal: March 8th-10th 2016Want to get your web development ideas in front of a live audience? The call for papers for the ConFoo Montreal 2017 web developer conference is open! If you have a...
View Article