David MacIver: Hypothesis: Staying on brand
You know that person who is always insisting that you use the right capitalisation for your company, you have to use the official font, it’s really important whether you use a dash or a space and you...
View ArticleDavid MacIver: The repr thing
In case you haven’t noticed, some parts of Hypothesis are designed with a lot of attention to detail. Some parts (particularly internals or anything that’s been around since the beginning) are a bit...
View ArticleDavid MacIver: Finding more bugs with less work
I was at PyCon UK this weekend, which was a great conference and I will definitely be attending next year.Among the things that occurred at this conference is that I gave my talk, “Finding more bugs...
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DreamHost: How to Launch Instances Using Python and Apache Libcloud
You can start a new virtual machine, install an application in it, set security group to access such application, assign ssh key and public IPv4 without using the web control panel. All features of...
View ArticlePython Does What?!: Loopy references
This may not come as a surprise to experienced Python programmers, but objects in Python can reference or "contain" themselves and/or their parent objects.A trivial example, the self-containing...
View ArticleeGenix.com: eGenix mxODBC Connect 2.1.4 GA
IntroductionThe mxODBC Connect™ Database Interface for Python allows users to easily connect Python applications to all major databases on the market today in a highly portable, convenient and secure...
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Python Anywhere: Docker Consoles (beta)
Here at PythonAnywhere industries, there's nothing we love better than a bandwagon. Plus the logos are so cool! So it's docker-fever in the office.In all seriousness, we've been rolling our own...
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PyCharm: PyCharm 5 EAP 142.5084 is Available
Today we announced the second PyCharm 5 EAP build 142.5084. Please download it from our EAP page.Just as always, this EAP build can be used for 30 days after its release date and it doesn’t require any...
View ArticleBrian Okken: Test Classes: No OO experience required (PT005)
You do not need to understand object oriented programming to making use of test classes. They are a way of organizing code and they allow a granularity between module and function. This episode covers...
View ArticleCaktus Consulting Group: PyCon 2016: Behind the Design
Having helped to design an award-winning event site for last year’s PyCon in Montreal, we are thrilled to collaborate again with the Python Software Foundation (PSF) on this year’s site for PyCon...
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Julien Tayon: Querying complex unknown database with python
In my job, I sometimes have to deal with web applications that are pointing to half a dozen databases with an overall of more than 160 tables.Not to say it can be complex, but sometimes it is :)So I...
View ArticlePyCon: Thank you to our Launch-Day sponsors
The new PyCon 2016 website is now live! The conference volunteers have worked hard to include all of the essential details about the schedule, venue, and hotels ahead of the Call for Proposals next...
View ArticleReuven Lerner: Registration is open for my October Webinars (about regexps...
September has been busy with work and holidays, but I’m gearing up for an exciting and busy October. Among other things, I’m giving two (free) Webinars in that month, and you can already register for...
View ArticleDjango Weblog: Django 1.9 alpha 1 released
As part of the Django 1.9 release process, today we've released Django 1.9 alpha 1, a preview/testing package that represents the first stage in the 1.9 release cycle and an opportunity for you to try...
View ArticleJustin Mayer: Tacklebox for the Fish Shell
So you have installed the Fish shell. Now what?Rather than manually port all of your Bash/Zsh configuration, you might first consider whether someone has already implemented your desired function in...
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Caktus Consulting Group: Introduction to Monte Carlo Tree Search
For DjangoCon 2015, Jeff Bradberry created an A.I. for our booth game, Ultimate Tic Tac Toe. Reprinted here from jeffbradberry.com is his explanation of the Monte Carlo Tree Search used to build the...
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Evennia: Pushing through a straw
Recently, a user reported a noticeable delay between sending a command in-game to multiple users and the result of that command appearing to everyone. You didn't notice this when testing alone but I...
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Mahmoud Hashemi: Remap: Nested Data Multitool for Python
This entry is the first in a series of "cookbooklets" showcasing more advanced Boltons. If all goes well, the next 5 minutes will literally save you 5 hours.ContentsIntroNormalize keys and valuesDrop...
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Stephen Ferg: Workaround for flask/babel/sphinx bug on Python 3+
I’m using Python 3.4 on Windows. Recently I tried to install and use Sphinx. When I did, I encountered an error that ended with the stringan integer is required (got type str)Googling that string, I...
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Codementor: Tutorial: How to Create Custom Exceptions in Python
Ankur Ankan is the lead developer of pgmpy, a Python library for Probabilistic Graphical Models. He mentors students at Google Summer Code and has great passion for Python programming.This tutorial was...
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