Eli Bendersky: gRPC sample in C++ and Python
Almost exactly five years ago I posted a code sample of using the Protocol Buffers library for client-server communication. Even though protobufs are very convenient for serializing/deserializing data...
View ArticleWill McGugan: Test multiple user accounts without logging out
Have you ever needed to test multiple user accounts in your web app?If you need to check your permissions are working correctly, you might find you are constantly switching users by logging in and...
View ArticleInvesting using Python: Hidden Markov Models factors in pictures (sample...
Hidden Markov Models are generative, probabilistic models, in which a sequences of visible variables are generated by some unknown ("hidden") states. In other words, we'll try to find some unknown...
View ArticleA. Jesse Jiryu Davis: How To Play Foul With getaddrinfo()
I'm the referee for a road rally. You have to drive from New York to San Francisco in 48 hours, but—here's the catch—I'm going to start my stopwatch before you can look at the map. Worse, there are...
View ArticleEuroPython: EuroPython 2016: Talk voting is open
We have more than 280 great proposals for talks and training sessions ready for EuroPython 2016 attendees to vote on.Please note that you have to have a ticket for EuroPython 2016, or have submitted a...
View ArticleDavid MacIver: Augmenting shrinkers by inducing regular languages
This is an idea I’m playing with at the moment. I haven’t yet determined if it’s a good idea. My current belief is that it’s one of those ideas in the category of “Clever idea, could work, but too slow...
View ArticleNicola Iarocci: Eve REST API Framework v0.6.2 is out
Today I released Eve 0.6.2. It includes many fixes and improvements over the previous releases. Areas addressed are CORS management, soft deletes, token authentication, oplog, data validation, and...
View ArticleReuven Lerner: Free Webinar: Regexp Q&A
To celebrate the publication of my new ebook, Practice Makes Regexp, my upcoming Webinar (on March 22nd) is all about regular expressions (“regexps”) in Python, Ruby, JavaScript, and PostgreSQL, as...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Hynek Schlawack
This week we welcome Hynek Schlawack (@hynek) as our PyDev of the Week! Hynek is an avid member of the Python community and a fellow of the Python Software Foundation. He has contributed to many...
View ArticleDoug Hellmann: abc — Abstract Base Classes — PyMOTW 3
Abstract base classes are a form of interface checking more strict than individual hasattr() checks for particular methods. By defining an abstract base class, a common API can be established for a set...
View ArticleFrançois Dion: The date is the title...
J. Venn - Logic of ChanceTurtle Graphics?The above, looks suspiciously like a printout from my first session with Apple Logo (the language, not the branding), before I figured the command for "pen...
View ArticlePythonClub - A Brazilian collaborative blog about Python: TDD com Python e Flask
Baseado na palestra que ofereci no encontro do Grupy-SP, em 12 de março de 2016. O código dessa atividade está disponível no meu GitHub.A ideia desse exercício é introduzir a ideia de test driven...
View ArticlePython Engineering at Microsoft: Idiomatic Python: comprehensions
We’re lucky to have a few people on our team who have been programming in Python for quite a while (I myself have been using the language now for over 15 years). Over the course of time we have picked...
View ArticleInvesting using Python: Bayes theorem in simple words and Bayesian expected...
Problem with expected return, most often referred as or for geometric returns is that we never can be sure our belief about average return would perform as well in the future. Most often they don't....
View ArticleMike Driscoll: Python Most Popular For 5 Years Straight on CodeEval
I noticed that CodeEval put out a post that Python is their most popular programming language for 5 years in a row! Admittedly, their Python usage has dropped 14% while others have gained, but Python...
View ArticlePyCon: Call for PyCon Charity Auction Donations
By Jackie KazilOne of the privileges of becoming a PyCon sponsor is that you have the chance to contribute to one of the most creative events at the conference — the PyCon charity auction! Contributing...
View ArticleVasudev Ram: Unix split command in Python
By Vasudev RamRecently, there was an HN thread about the implementation (not just use) of text editors. Someone mentioned that some editors, including vim, have problems opening large files. Various...
View ArticleTwisted Matrix Labs: Twisted 16.0 Released
On behalf of Twisted Matrix Laboratories, I am honoured to announce the release of Twisted 16.0!Twisted 16.0 brings some important changes, and some nice-to-haves as well. The major things are:TLS...
View ArticleTalk Python to Me: #50 Web scraping at scale with Scrapy and ScrapingHub
What do you do when you are working with an amazing web application that, for whatever reason, doesn't have an API? One option is to say I wish that site had an API and give up. Or, you could use...
View ArticleS. Lott: PacktPub Looking For Python Projects
Do you have a good project? Do you want to write?The acquisition folks at Packt are looking for this:"... demonstrate 4-5 projects over the course of the chapters in order to demonstrate how to build...
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