ABlog for Sphinx: ABlog v0.7.12 released
ABlog v0.7.12 (and also v0.7.11) maintenance release are available.
View ArticleFrank Wierzbicki: Jython 2.7.1 beta1 released!
On behalf of the Jython development team, I'm pleased to announce that the first beta of Jython 2.7.1 is available! This is a bugfix release. Bug fixes include:Import systems fixes for relative imports...
View ArticleStuart Gordon Reid: Hacking the Random Walk Hypothesis
Hackers would make great traders. At a meta level, hackers and traders do the same thing: they find and exploit the weaknesses of a system. The difference is that hackers hack computers, networks, and...
View ArticleNikola: Nikola v7.7.1 is out!
On behalf of the Nikola team, I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of Nikola v7.7.1. It fixes some bugs and adds new features.What is Nikola?Nikola is a static site and blog generator,...
View ArticleJohn Cook: Julia for Python programmers
One of my clients is writing software in Julia so I’m picking up the language. I looked at Julia briefly when it first came out but haven’t used it for work. My memory of the language was that it was...
View ArticleInvent with Python: APIs, not apps: What the future will be like when...
I've written an article for OpenSource.com called APIs, not apps: What the future will be like when everyone can code, where I write about a coming future where programming ability is in the hands of...
View ArticlePython Piedmont Triad User Group: Coming to our senses for Project Night...
Raspberry Pi Sense Hat, that is.Continuing the UAV quadcopter project. We have an assembled frame, one frame ready to be assembled, we have micro sd cards ready to be flashed with different distros (we...
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Chris Mitchell: Djangui and Wooey have merged
A little bit ago, I released a project named Djangui, which aims to assist programmers in sharing their scripts with non-programmers (or just let you use your programs with an auto-generated history)....
View ArticleeGenix.com: PyDDF Python Sprint 2015
The following text is in German, since we're announcing a Python sprint in Düsseldorf, Germany.AnkündigungPyDDF Python Sprint 2015 in DüsseldorfSamstag, 26.09.2015, 10:00-18:00 Uhr Sonntag, 27.09.2015,...
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Python Software Foundation: New PSF Community Mailing List
Last year, the Python Software Foundation adopted an open membership model, allowing anyone that uses and supports Python to become a member of the foundation. Furthering our efforts on this front, the...
View ArticleReuven Lerner: Announcing: Coaching for technical trainers
What, exactly, do I do for a living?Yes, I’m a programmer — or as I’m supposed to say nowadays, a “full-stack Web developer.” And yes, I’m a lead developer/CTO. And yes, I’m a writer, with two ebooks...
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Kushal Das: DjangoGirls workshop in Pune
During FUDCon, I heard that later in the year we might get a Django Girls workshop in Pune. If you never heard about Django Girls before, here is a quote from the website:“Django Girls is a non-profit...
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PyCharm: Announcing PyCharm Edu 2: Simple is better than complex
Today we’re announcing PyCharm Edu 2, the second version of our free, easy-to-use and professional IDE for learning and teaching programming with Python.This release brings a lot of changes to the...
View ArticleDaily Tech Video (Python): [Video 296] Steve Dower: What’s coming in Python 3.5
Python 3.5 was released earlier this week, and while many Python developers still use 2.7, there is growing interest in the advanced features that Python 3.x provides. That said, many developers wonder...
View ArticleDavid MacIver: Soliciting advice: Bindings, Conjecture, and error handling
Edit: I think I have been talked into a significantly simpler system than the one described here that simply uses error codes plus some custom hooks to make this work. I’m leaving this up for posterity...
View ArticleJulien Danjou: My interview in le Journal du Hacker
A few days ago, the French equivalent of Hacker News, called "Le Journal du Hacker", interviewed me about my work on OpenStack, my job at Red Hat and my self-published book The Hacker's Guide to...
View ArticleGlyph Lefkowitz: Python Option Types
NULL has, rightly, been called a “billion dollar mistake”. If that is so, then None is a hundred million dollar mistake, at least.Forgetting, for the moment, about the numerouspitfalls of a C-style...
View ArticleMike C. Fletcher: Just got my Pycon.ca Ticket
PyCon.ca tickets are now on sale. $99 for self-sponsored tickets, $49 if you're a student, 2 days conference plus 1 day sprints, November 7th and 8th. IIUC they've sold out every year, so you likely...
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Robert Collins: Testrepository roadmap 2015/16
Testrepository has been moderately successful – its very good at some of the things it aspired to (e.g. debugging sporadic test failures in parallel environments), but other angles have not really been...
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PyCharm: Announcing The PyCharm 5 EAP Opening
Having announced the big PyCharm Edu 2 release on Wednesday of this week, today we have another massive announcement: PyCharm 5 Early Access Program (EAP) has started!What is our Early Access Program...
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