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EuroPython: EuroPython 2019: RFP for Venues

Link: https://blog.europython.eu/post/178541611202

europythonsociety:
We are happy to announce that we have started the RFP for venues to host the EuroPython 2019 conference.
We have sent out the details to almost 40 venues.
Unlike last year, we also
Python Celery - Weekly Celery Tutorials and How-tos: Custom Celery task states

Link: https://www.distributedpython.com/2018/09/28/celery-task-states/

Celery tasks always have a state. If a task finished executing successfully, its state is SUCCESS.
If a task execution resulted in an exception, its state is FAILURE. Celery knows
six built-in states:
pgcli: Release v2.0.0

Link: http://pgcli.com/v2.0.0.html

Pgcli is a command line interface for Postgres database that does
auto-completion and syntax highlighting. You can install this version using:

$ pip install -U pgcli

This pgcli release has only one
REPL|REBL: Dictionary Views & Set Operations — Working with dictionary view objects

Link: https://www.pymadethis.com/article/python-dictionary-sets/

The keys, values and items from a dictionary can be accessed using the .keys(), .values() and .items() methods. These methods return view objects which provide a view on the source dictionary.
The vie
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (cxlv) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2018/09/cxlv-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2018-09-30 08:57:03 GMTMultiple assignments in python - [22/2]Why is th
Nikola: Nikola v8.0.1 is out!

Link: https://getnikola.com/blog/nikola-v801-is-out.html

On behalf of the Nikola team, I am pleased to announce the immediate
availability of Nikola v8.0.1. Some bugs were fixed; more importantly,
we pinned down the Markdown package version due to incompati
Evennia: Evennia 0.8 released

Link: http://evennia.blogspot.com/2018/09/evennia-08-released.html

After about a year of work and almost 540 commits from close to 20 contributors, Evennia 0.8 is out! Evennia is a Python game server for creating text-based multiplayer games (MUDs, Mushes, etc) using
Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Jacqueline Kazil

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2018/10/01/pydev-of-the-week-jacqueline-kazil/

This week we welcome Jacqueline Kazil (@JackieKazil) as our PyDev of the Week! She is the co-author of Data Wrangling with Python. Jacqueline is the creator of the Mesa package. You can see what other
Python Celery - Weekly Celery Tutorials and How-tos: Celery, docker and the missing startup banner

Link: https://www.distributedpython.com/2018/10/01/celery-docker-startup/

Have you ever dockerized your Celery app and wondered where the Celery
worker bannker in the docker log output went? Usually, when you
start your Celery worker, it comes up with a startup screen that
Django Weblog: Django bugfix releases: 2.0.9 and 1.11.16

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/bugfix-releases/

Today we've issued the 2.0.9 and 1.11.16 bugfix releases.
The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for th
Django Weblog: Django security release issued: 2.1.2

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing Django 2.1.2. This release addresses the security issue detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon a
PyBites: Code Challenge 52 - Create your own Pomodoro Timer - Review

Link: https://pybit.es/codechallenge52_review.html

In this article we review last week's Create your own Pomodoro Timer code challenge.
Our review post / Hacktoberfest is back!
From now on we will merge our solution into our Community branch and incl
PyBites: Code Challenge 53 - Query the Spotify API

Link: https://pybit.es/codechallenge53.html


It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. - A. Einstein

Hey Pythonistas,
We bet this one's going to be music to your ears (another quality pun!).
This week, query the S
Real Python: Splitting, Concatenating, and Joining Strings in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/python-string-split-concatenate-join/

There are few guarantees in life: death, taxes, and programmers needing to deal with strings. Strings can come in many forms. They could be unstructured text, usernames, product descriptions, database
Curtis Miller: My Tutorial Book on Anaconda, NumPy and Pandas Is Out: Hands-On Data Analysis with NumPy and Pandas

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I announced months ago that one of my video courses, Unpacking NumPy and Pandas, was going to be turned into a book. Today I’m pleased to announce that this book is available! Hands-On Data Analysis w