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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

Link:

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
Bruno Rocha: Hacktoberfest 2018

Link: http://brunorocha.org/hacktoberfest-2018.html

Hacktoberfest 2018
Hacktoberfest is an amazing campaign by Digital Ocean and Github, you contribute with at least 4 open source Pull Requests and then you get a T-shirt and some stickers.
Maintainers
Made With Mu: PyWeek - Make a Game with Mu

Link: https://madewith.mu/mu/games/2018/10/01/pyweek26.html

It’ll soon be PyWeek! Why not use Mu for a week of
Pythonic game making fun? Your prize will be the
fun of taking part and the respect of your peers.

I wrote my first game as
an entry for the last Py
Bill Ward / AdminTome: Install Python 3.7.0 on Ubuntu 18.04

Link: https://www.admintome.com/blog/install-python-3-7-0-on-ubuntu-18-04/

In this post, we will install Python 3.7.0 on Ubuntu 18.04. This is the latest version of the Python Programming Language.

What’s New?
Python 3.7 gives us some new features, including:

Postponed eva
Anarcat: October 2018 report: LTS, Mastodon, Firefox privacy, etc

Link: https://anarc.at/blog/2018-10-01-report/

Debian Long Term Support (LTS)
This is my monthly Debian LTS report.
Python updates
Uploaded DLA-1519-1 and DLA-1520-1 to fix
CVE-2018-1000802, CVE-2017-1000158, CVE-2018-1061 and
CVE-2018-1060 in Py
Kay Hayen: Nuitka this week #8

Link: http://nuitka.net/posts/nuitka-this-week-8.html


Contents

Public / Private CI / Workflow
Workflow
Hunting bugs with bisect
Experimental Changes
Hardware


Milestone Release
UI rework
Benchmarks
Inplace Operations
New use cases
Tcl/Tk Standalone
Ca