Coding Diet: Minor Refactorings
Looking through the code of an open-source Python project I came across code that amounts to the...
View ArticleCarl Chenet: The Gitlab database incident and the Backup Checker project
The Gitlab.com database incident of 2017/01/31 and the resulting data loss reminded everyone (at least for the next days) how it’s easy to lose data, even when you think all your systems are safe.Being...
View ArticleWeekly Python Chat: Working with iterables: itertools & more
The itertools library is one of my favorite standard library modules. Let's talk about itertools and other utilities for working with iterables!
View ArticleKushal Das: Keeping the tools simple
When I talk about programming or teach in a workshop, I keep repeating one motto: Try to keep things simple. Whenever I looked at the modern complex systems which are popular among the users, generally...
View ArticleS. Lott: NoSQL Database Doesn’t Mean No Schema
Read this: NoSQL Database Doesn’t Mean No SchemaIt was fun to write. And the code works really nicely.
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Zato Blog: API endpoints with unformatted input and FTP
OverviewWhile JSON or SOAP-wrapped messages are ubiquitous in HTTP-based APIs, there are times when unformatted messages are of advantage.This article will explain how to create Zato endpoints...
View ArticleAmjith Ramanujam: Maintainer Stories
Github produced a video series called "Maintainer Stories". One of the videos is about my experiences as a maintainer of pgcli.
View ArticleContinuum Analytics News: Continuum Analytics Announces Anaconda Fusion for...
NewsWednesday, February 8, 2017Open Data Science Leader Links the World of Spreadsheets to the “Alternate Dimension” of Data Science; Simplifies Collaboration Between Business Analysts and Data...
View ArticleTalk Python to Me: #98 Adding concurrency to Django with Django Channels
One of the major areas of innovation in Python 3 is advances in async and concurrent programming. Yet, when working with any of the major web frameworks: django, flask, or pyramid, this is basically no...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: Pyowa Meeting (Feb 2017)
The local Python users group, Pyowa, was restarted last night after a year and a half hibernation. I hadn’t been to one of their meetings in a few years, but I had decided at the end of 2016 to get it...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: New in Python: Formatted string literals
Python 3.6 added yet another way to do string substitution that they are calling “Formatted String Literals”. You can read all about the concept in PEP 498. I take a bit of umbrage here in that the Zen...
View ArticleDataCamp: DataChats: An Interview with Dhavide Aruliah
Hi everyone! We've just released a new episode of our DataChats video series (episode 9)In this episode, we interview Dhavide Aruliah. Dhavide is Director of Training at Continuum Analytics, the...
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PyCharm: PyCharm 2017.1 EAP 6 (build 171.3019.3)
The sixth Early Access Program release of PyCharm 2017.1 is out now! Get it now from our EAP websiteThis week we’ve added these features:Ctrl+Click on links to open them in the TerminalAnd we’ve...
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Continuum Analytics News: The Dominion: An Open Data Science Film
Company BlogThursday, February 9, 2017Michele ChambersEVP Anaconda Business Unit & CMOContinuum AnalyticsThe inaugural AndacondaCON event was full of surprises. Personalized legos, delicious Texan...
View ArticleDataquest: 1 tip for effective data visualization in Python
Yes, you read correctly – this post will only give you 1 tip. I know most posts like this have 5 or more tips. I once saw a post with 15 tips, but I may have been daydreaming at the time. You’re...
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Enthought: New Year, New Enthought Products!
We’ve had a number of major product development efforts underway over the last year, and we’re pleased to share a lot of new announcements for 2017:A New Chapter for the Enthought Python Distribution...
View ArticlePyCon: Financial Aid deadline is February 15! But what about international...
The deadline for applying to PyCon 2017 for Financial Aid is this coming Wednesday, February 15th! The link to the application is on our main Financial Aid...
View ArticleGlyph Lefkowitz: Make Time For Hope
Pandora hastened to replace the lid! but, alas! the whole contents of the jar had escaped, one thing only excepted, which lay at the bottom, and that was HOPE. So we see at this day, whatever evils are...
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Import Python: Import Python Weekly Issue 111 - Sublime3 and vim for setup,...
Worthy Read Sublime Text 3 and Python - Kenneth Reitz I decided to revisit my editor configuration the other night, and experimented with every possible editor I could think of / imagine. I heavily...
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Django Weekly: Django Weekly 25
Worthy ReadHow to Implement Case-Insensitive UsernameHow to implement a case insensitive authentication using the built in Django User? user_authScyllaDB on ComposeA blazing fast, drop-in replacement...
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