Andrew Dalke: mmpdb paper, poster, and walkthrough
Last year we released mmpdb program, a tool for identifying and using matched molecular pairs. It is based on the source code that Hussain and Rea contributed to the RDKit project. Some of the...
View ArticleEuroPython: EuroPython 2018: Looking for a photographer
At last year’s event we had a professional conference photographer, Alessia Peviani, from our community, help us cover the event in pictures:https://ep2017.europython.eu/en/europython/photos/This year...
View ArticleReal Python: Python Application Layouts: A Reference
Python, though opinionated on syntax and style, is surprisingly flexible when it comes to structuring your applications.On the one hand, this flexibility is great: it allows different use cases to use...
View ArticleNumFOCUS: Announcing the 2018 John Hunter Matplotlib Summer Fellows
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View ArticleJeff Knupp: A Common Misunderstanding About Python Generators
I received the following email a few days ago:Jeff,It seems that you know about iterators. Maybe you can explain some weird behavior. If you run the code below you will find that the function is...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: Creating PDFs with PyFPDF and Python
ReportLab is the primary toolkit that I use for generating PDFs from scratch. However I have found that there is another one called PyFPDF or FPDF for Python. The PyFPDF package is actually a port of...
View ArticleRed Hat Developers: How to install Python Flask on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
I recently got my zero-dollar developer copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL, version 7.5) and built a virtual machine (VM) to run it. There it was, on my PC, running in VirtualBox…a gleaming, shiny,...
View ArticlePython Does What?!: when no-ops attack VII: assignment's revenge
Let's define a very simple class: >>> class F(object):... @staticmethod... def f(): return "I'm such a simple function, nothing could go wrong"...>>> F.f()"I'm such a simple...
View ArticleReal Python: Basic Data Types in Python
Now you know how to interact with the Python interpreter and execute Python code. It’s time to dig into the Python language. First up is a discussion of the basic data types that are built into...
View ArticleNumFOCUS: Meet the NumFOCUS Google Summer of Code 2018 Cohort
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View ArticlePython Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – May 2018 Release
We are pleased to announce that the May 2018 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available from the marketplace and the gallery. You can download the Python extension from the...
View ArticleTechiediaries - Django: Angular 6 Tutorial with Django RESTful API — Building...
In this Angular 6 tutorial we'll learn how to use Bootstrap 4 with Angular 6 to build professional UIs. Angular 6 is the latest version of Angular when writing this tutorial and Bootstrap 4 is the...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: Creating and Manipulating PDFs with pdfrw
Patrick Maupin created a package he called pdfrw and released it back in 2012. The pdfrw package is a pure-Python library that you can use to read and write PDF files. At the time of writing, pdfrw was...
View ArticleFull Stack Python: Developing Flask Apps in Docker Containers on macOS
Adding Docker to your Python and Flaskdevelopment environment can be confusing when you are just getting started with containers. Let's quickly get Docker installed and configured for developing Flask...
View ArticleFull Stack Python: Running Bottle Apps in Docker Containers on macOS
It can be confusing to figure out how to use Docker containers in your Python and Bottledevelopment environment workflow. This tutorial will quickly show you the exact steps to get Docker up and...
View ArticlePython Software Foundation: Ernest W. Durbin III joins the PSF team
I am happy to announce that on June 1, 2018, Ernest W. Durbin III joined the Python Software Foundation team as the Director of Infrastructure. Ernest is a long time volunteer contributor to the PSF's...
View ArticlePyCharm: PyCharm 2018.2 EAP 3
The third Early Access Program (EAP) version of PyCharm 2018.2 is now available. We’d like to invite you to download this version from our website.New in PyCharm 2018.2 EAP 3pytest fixtures supportWith...
View ArticleWallaroo Labs: Stream processing, trending hashtags, and Wallaroo
A prospective Wallaroo user contacted us and asked for an example of chaining state computations together so the output of one could be fed into another to take still further action. In particular,...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: An Intro to PyPDF2
The PyPDF2 package is a pure-Python PDF library that you can use for splitting, merging, cropping and transforming pages in your PDFs. According to the PyPDF2 website, you can also use PyPDF2 to add...
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