Eli Bendersky: Some notes on Luz - an assembler, linker and CPU simulator
A few years ago I wrote about Luz - a self-educational project to implement a CPU simulator and a toolchain for it, consisting of an assembler and a linker. Since then, I received some questions by...
View ArticleJoão Laia: Multiprocessing in Python via C
Python plays very well with both C and Fortran. It is relatively easy to extend it using these languages, and to run very fast code in python. Additionally, using the OpenMP API, it is easy to...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: wxPython Cookbook Artist Interview: Liza Tretyakova
I always put a lot of thought into the covers of my book. For my first book on wxPython, I thought it would be fun to do a cookbook because I already had a lot of recipes on my blog. So I went with the...
View ArticleNed Batchelder: No PyCon for me this year
2017 will be different for me in one specific way: I won't be attending PyCon. I've been to ten in a row: This year, Open edX con is in Madrid two days later after PyCon, actually overlapping with the...
View ArticleDjango Weekly: Django Weekly 20 - Django REST Chapter, View ORM SQL Query,...
Worthy ReadDjango-Rest-Framework Draft Appendix in Test-Driven Development with Python BookHarry the Author of the book is looking for feedback on the Appendix. Having said that if you haven't used DSF...
View ArticleImport Python: ImportPython Weekly 106 - Golang runtime for Python, Handling...
Worthy Read Go running Python! Grumpy is an experimental Python runtime for Go. It translates Python code into Go programs, and those transpiled programs run seamlessly within the Go runtime. We...
View ArticleDataquest: Why You Should Use Dataquest To Learn Data Science
When I launched Dataquest a little under two years ago, one of the first things I did was write a blog post about why. At the time, if you wanted to become a data scientist, you were confronted with...
View ArticlePyTennessee: PyTN Profiles: Maxwell Collins-Shenfield and Eventbrite
Speaker Profile: Maxwell Collins-Shenfield I work on the Financial Transactions team at Eventbrite. Our jump is to ensure accurate and complete accounting of all transactions that take place on the...
View ArticleLuke Plant: Django admin tips Twitter account
I started a new Twitter account — @djangoadmintips, with curated tips about using the Django admin. While it has its limits, there are tons of great ways to extend the Django admin and make the most...
View ArticleWeekly Python StackOverflow Report: (liv) stackoverflow python report
These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2017-01-06 18:27:11 GMTWhat is the difference between i = i + 1 and i +=...
View ArticlePeter Bengtsson: ElasticSearch 5 in Travis-CI
Getting ElasticSearch 5.1.1 installed in .travis.yml was hard but I eventually figured it out.
View ArticleWeekly Python Chat: Making your MVP
Special guest Tracy Osborn, author of Hello Web App, will join us to talk about launching your side project.
View ArticleProgramming Ideas With Jake: Default Implementations Using Delegation
Let's look at how we can change default method implementations to use delegation instead of inheritance, not that it's even a good idea.
View ArticleDjango Weblog: 2017 DSF Board Election Results
We're happy to announce the winners of the DSF Board elections for 2017.Frank Wiles, Daniele Procida, and James Bennett were re-elected for another term. Our new Board members are Kenneth Love, Ken W....
View ArticleJason Meyers: Making the Python REPL output Pretty
Recently, there was a tweet by Ned Batchelder that illustrated how to make Python REPL output prettier. I went to implement it, and wanted to put together some instructions for the...
View ArticleChristoph Zwerschke: Never iterate a changing dict
Yesterday I noticed a bug in a Python program that only appeared when running it with the new Python 3.6.It turned out that the program had been running a slippery slope all the time.Essentially, the...
View ArticleVasudev Ram: An Unix seq-like utility in Python
By Vasudev RamDue to a chain (or sequence - pun intended :) of thoughts, I got the idea of writing a simple version of the Unix seq utility (command-line) in Python. (Some Unix versions have a similar...
View ArticleKushal Das: Using rkt and systemd
Few days back, I wrote about my usage of rkt containers. As rkt does not have any daemon running, the simplest way to have a container running is to start it inside some screen or tmux session. I...
View ArticleNikola: Nikola v7.8.2 is out!
On behalf of the Nikola team, I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of Nikola v7.8.2. It adds a ton of new features, while also fixing some bugs.Key ChangesA rewrite of all taxonomies...
View ArticleCalvin Spealman: On Pruning Your Passions
We live in a hobby-rich world. There is no shortage of pastimes to grow a passion for. There is a shortage of one thing: time to indulge those passions. If you're someone who pours your heart into that...
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