EuroPython: EuroPython 2021: Free tickets for Python Core Developers
In 2019, we have set up the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant, to make it easy for Python Core Developers to attend EuroPython, but also to give something back to the core team and add a perk to...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: Mouse vs Python has a Slack Channel
This website now has a Slack channel. It’s free to join. No subscription required!If you’d like to join, use the following link which is good for the next 30...
View ArticleTalk Python to Me: #322: A path into data science
Are you interested in getting ahead in data science? On this episode, you'll meet Sanyam Bhutani who studied computer science but found his education didn't prepare him for getting a data...
View ArticleWeekly Python StackOverflow Report: (cclxxxi) stackoverflow python report
These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2021-06-26 15:09:30 GMTList containing only every second second pair of...
View ArticleSimple is Better Than Complex: How to Start a Production-Ready Django Project
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how I usually start and organize a new Django project nowadays. I’ve tried many different configurations and ways to organize the project, but for the past 4...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Benjy Weinberger
This week we welcome Benjy Weinberger (@benjy) as our PyDev of the Week! Benjy works on the Pants build system. He is also the co-founder of Toolchain.You can catch up with Benjy over on GitHub. Let’s...
View ArticleLucas Cimon: World map of an open-source project contributors
I have been amazed recently at the diversity of contributors on the fpdf2 project, coming from all around the world!Then I thought it would be nice to visualize this diversity by building a world map...
View Articledeath and gravity: Why I wrote my own SQL query builder
PreviouslyThis is the third article in a series about writing an SQL query builder in 150 lines of Python, why I wrote it, how I thought about it, and the decisions I had to make.Today, we'll talk...
View ArticlePython⇒Speed: Measuring the memory usage of a Pandas DataFrame
How much memory are your Pandas DataFrame or Series using? Pandas provides an API for measuring this information, but a variety of implementation details means the results can be confusing or...
View ArticleQuansight Labs Blog: Distributed Training Made Easy with PyTorch-Ignite
Authors: François Cokelaer, Priyansi, Sylvain Desroziers, Victor FominWriting agnosticdistributed code that supports different platforms, hardware configurations (GPUs, TPUs) and communication...
View ArticleReal Python: Reverse Python Lists: Beyond .reverse() and reversed()
Are you diving deeper into Python lists and wanting to learn about different ways to reverse them? If so, then this tutorial is for you. Here, you’ll learn about a few Python tools and techniques that...
View ArticlePython Insider: Python 3.9.6, 3.8.11, 3.7.11, and 3.6.14 are now available
Python 3.9.6Get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-396/Python 3.9.6 is the newest major stable release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and...
View ArticleMike Driscoll: Converting MP4 to Animated GIFs with Python
Python can be used to read in the common MP4 video format and convert it to an animated GIF. Of course, you can use a pre-built piece of software if you’d rather, but it’s fun (and a good learning...
View ArticleEuroPython: EuroPython 2021: Volume Discount for Company Teams
EuroPython 2021 offers special discounts on business tickets for company teams.EuroPython Volume DiscountsIf you are going to attend the conference as a team, we offer the following volume discounts as...
View ArticleStack Abuse: Guide to Python's strip() Method
IntroductionString manipulation in Python is achieved through a set of built-in methods, which return new strings since they're immutable. In this guide, we will look at methods to strip whitespace (in...
View ArticlePython for Beginners: Fractions Module in Python
You must have used numeric data types like integers and floating point numbers in python. But have you used fractions in their actual form? In this article we will study about fractions and will...
View ArticleReal Python: Python Inner Functions
Python allows the declaration of functions inside of other functions. Inner functions, also known as nested functions, are defined within a function. This type of function has direct access to...
View ArticleAnarcat: Another syncmaildir crash
So I had another major email crash with my syncmaildirsetup. This time I was at least able to confirm the issue, and I still haven't lost mail thanks to backups and sheer luck (again).The crashIt is...
View ArticlePyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #479 (June 29, 2021)
#479 – JUNE 29, 2021View in Browser »Subclassing in Python Redux Have you ever heard someone say that composition is better than inheritance? It’s an age-old conflict in object-oriented programming...
View ArticleBen Cook: Development containers in VS Code: a quick start guide
If you’re building production ML systems, dev containers are the killer feature of VS Code. Dev containers give you full VS Code functionality inside a Docker container. This lets you unify your dev...
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