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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
Mike Driscoll: Jupyter Notebook Extension Basics

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2018/10/02/jupyter-notebook-extension-basics/

There are several methods of extending the functionality of Jupyter Notebooks. Here are four of them:

Kernels
IPython kernel extensions
Notebook extensions
Notebook server extensions

For the purpose
Stack Abuse: A Brief Look at Web Development in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/a-brief-look-at-web-development-in-python/

Introduction
Since 2003, Python has ranked in the top 10 programming languages to learn and its ranking has been consistently improving ever since. According to a statistic, Python is one of the top 5
Matt Layman: Consistent Python code with Black

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2018/python-code-black/

Code formatting is the subject of millions of fiery, nerdy debates. Developers love to argue about code style because we read code a lot. The style matters because it affects readability.
We have exam
Python Anywhere: Turning a Python script into a website

Link: https://blog.pythonanywhere.com/169/

.jab-post img {
border: 2px solid #eeeeee;
padding: 5px;
}


One question we often hear from people starting out with PythonAnywhere is "how do I turn this
script I've written into a website s
Continuum Analytics Blog: Anaconda Distribution 5.3.0 Released

Link: https://www.anaconda.com/blog/developer-blog/anaconda-distribution-5-3-0-released/

We’re excited to announce the release of Anaconda Distribution 5.3.0! Anaconda Distribution is the world’s most popular and easiest way to learn and perform data science and machine learning. Here’s a
Talk Python to Me: #180 What's new in Python 3.7 and beyond

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/180/what-s-new-in-python-3.7-and-beyond

The Python core developers recently released Python 3.7 and are now busy planning what's coming in 3.8. That makes right now a great time to dig into what was included in Python 3.7 and what's on deck
Mike Driscoll: Python 101 – Episode #27: Profiling Python Code

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2018/10/03/python-101-episode-27-profiling-python-code/


In this screencast you will learn the basics of profiling your code using Python’s built-in cProfile module.
You can read the chapter this screencast is based on here – http://python101.pythonlibrary