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Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – September 2018 Release

Link: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pythonengineering/2018/10/09/python-in-visual-studio-code-september-2018-release/


We are pleased to announce that the September 2018 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. You can download the Python extension from the marketplace, or install it d
Mike Driscoll: Python 101: Episode #28 – An intro to Testing

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2018/10/10/python-101-episode-28-an-intro-to-testing/


In this episode, you will learn the basics of using Python’s doctest and unittest modules.
You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub


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Continuum Analytics Blog: Bringing Dataframe Acceleration to the GPU with RAPIDS Open-Source Software from NVIDIA

Link: https://www.anaconda.com/blog/developer-blog/bringing-dataframe-acceleration-gpu-rapids-project/

Today we are excited to talk about the RAPIDS GPU dataframe release along with our partners in this effort: NVIDIA, BlazingDB, and Quansight. RAPIDS is the culmination of 18 months of open source deve
Python Software Foundation: Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q3 2018

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/Fm7C_tOfVU4/python-software-foundation-fellow.html

We are happy to announce our 2018 3rd Quarter Python Software Foundation Fellow Members: 


Stefan Behnel
Blog, GithubAndrew Godwin
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Eduardo Mendes
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Real Python: Python Community Interview With Mike Grouchy

Link: https://realpython.com/interview-mike-grouchy/

If you saw the last Python Community Interview with Mahdi Yusuf, then you have already met one half of the Pycoder’s Weekly team. This time, I’m joined by Mahdi’s partner in crime, Mike Grouchy.
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Continuum Analytics Blog: Anaconda Enterprise 5.2.2: Now With Apache Zeppelin and GPU improvements

Link: https://www.anaconda.com/blog/developer-blog/anaconda-enterprise-now-with-apache-zeppelin-gpu-improvements/

Anaconda Enterprise 5.2 introduced exciting features such as GPU-acceleration, scalable machine learning, and cloud-native model management in July. Today we’re releasing Anaconda Enterprise 5.2.2 wit
PyCharm: PyCharm 2018.3 EAP 6

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/sIjVeJzDnrQ/

You can now get the sixth release in the Early Access Program (EAP) for PyCharm 2018.3. Download now from our website
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The No Title® Tech Blog: Optimize Images v1.3 – Dynamic by default

Link: https://no-title.victordomingos.com/articles/2018/optimize-images_v1_3_dynamic_by_default

In this new release, Optimize Images will, by default, try to determine dynamically the best quality setting for each JPEG image.
Peter Bengtsson: Fancy linkifying of text with Bleach and domain checks (with Python)

Link: https://www.peterbe.com/plog/linkifying-text-with-bleach-and-domain-checks

Bleach is awesome. Thank you for it @willkg! It's a Python library for sanitizing text as well as "linkifying" text for HTML use. For example, consider this:
>>> import bleach
>>> bleach.linkify("Here
Trey Hunner: Asterisks in Python: what they are and how to use them

Link: http://treyhunner.com/2018/10/asterisks-in-python-what-they-are-and-how-to-use-them/

There are a lot of places you’ll see * and ** used in Python.
These two operators can be a bit mysterious at times, both for brand new programmers and for folks moving from many other programming lang
Codementor: The One reason you should learn Python

Link: https://www.codementor.io/dyako/the-one-reason-you-should-learn-python-o83lmn2mi

When you speak with researchers, data scientists, and practitioners who are involved in any capacity with data, you are bound to here one word multiple times in a conversation: Python.
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NumFOCUS: What Happened at the NumFOCUS Summit 2018?

Link: https://numfocus.org/blog/what-happened-at-the-numfocus-summit-2018

The post What Happened at the NumFOCUS Summit 2018? appeared first on NumFOCUS.
Jeff Knupp: Write Better Python Functions

Link: https://jeffknupp.com/blog/2018/10/11/write-better-python-functions//

In Python, like most modern programming languages, the function is a primary method of abstraction and encapsulation. You've probably written hundreds of functions in your time as a developer. But not
Matt Layman: Build Native Mobile Apps with Python (BeeWare)

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2018/build-mobile-python-apps-beeware/

You can build mobile applications with Python? Absolutely. At Python Frederick’s October 2018 presentation, Bob Marchese showed us how to use BeeWare, a suite of tools for building mobile apps (among
Made With Mu: Allez Mu!

Link: https://madewith.mu/mu/users/2018/10/12/allez-mu.html

Check out Girls can Code!, programming
workshops for girls based in France. Guess what? They use Mu!

I was contacted by Antoine Pietri, one of the
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Matthew Rocklin: So you want to contribute to open source

Link: https://matthewrocklin.com/blog//work/2018/10/12/so-you-want-to-contribute-to-open-source

Welcome new open source contributor!
I appreciated receiving the e-mail where you said you were excited about
getting into open source and were particularly interested in working on a
project that I m
Davy Wybiral: LoRa IoT Network Programming

Link: http://davywybiral.blogspot.com/2018/10/lora-iot-network-programming.html

Hey everyone, so I just got some LoRa modules from REYAX to experiment with long range network applications and these things are so cool! So far I've made a long range security alarm, a button to wate
Dusty Phillips: Should languages be designed with editor support in mind?

Link: https://dusty.phillips.codes/2018/10/12/should-languages-be-designed-with-editor-support-in-mind/

One of many things I love about Python is how whitespace is an integral part of the language. Python was the first popular programming language designed with the idea that “code is read much more ofte
NumFOCUS: NumFOCUS Announces NVIDIA as Gold Sponsor

Link: https://numfocus.org/blog/numfocus-announces-nvidia-as-gold-sponsor

The post NumFOCUS Announces NVIDIA as Gold Sponsor appeared first on NumFOCUS.