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PyCharm: PyCharm 2024.1.1 Is Here! AI Assistant in Community Edition, Enhanced Endpoints Tool Window, and Navigation and Refactoring Across Notebooks and Scripts

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2024/04/pycharm-2024-1-1/

Enhancements in the Endpoints tool window, extended GitHub gists support for notebooks, and navigation and refactoring across notebooks and scripts – these are just some of the improvements you’ll fin
Real Python: Python Sequences: A Comprehensive Guide

Link: https://realpython.com/python-sequences/

A phrase you’ll often hear is that everything in Python is an object, and every object has a type. This points to the importance of data types in Python. However, often what an object can do is more i
Ed Crewe: Software Engineering Hiring and Firing

Link: http://edcrewe.blogspot.com/2024/04/software-engineering-hiring-and-firing.html

The jump in interest rates to the highest level in over 20 years that hit in summer 2023 for the US, UK and many other countries is still impacting the Software industry. Rates may be due to drop soon
Anarcat: Tor migrates from Gitolite/GitWeb to GitLab

Link: https://anarc.at/blog/2024-05-01-gitolite-gitlab-migration/

Note: I've been awfully silent here for the past ... (checks notes)
oh dear, 3 months! But that's not because I've been idle, quite the
contrary, I've been very busy but just didn't have time to write
Talk Python to Me: #460: Dropbase: Build Internal Tools with Python

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/460/dropbase-build-internal-tools-with-python

Do you find yourself or your team building internal apps frequently for your company? Are you familiar with the term "forms over data"? They are super empowering for your org but they can be pretty re
Real Python: Quiz: The Python calendar Module

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-calendar-module/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of creating calendars in Python using the calendar module.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit the fundamental functions and methods provided by t
Mike Driscoll: The Python Show Podcast Ep 39 – Buttondown – A Python SaaS with Justin Duke

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2024/05/02/the-python-show-podcast-ep-39-buttondown-a-python-saas-with-justin-duke/


In this episode, we invite the founder of Buttondown, a Python-based Software as a Service (SaaS) application for creating and managing newsletters.
Mike Driscoll, the host of the show, chats with Ju
Python Morsels: Variables are pointers in Python

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/variables-are-pointers/

Python's variables are not buckets that contain objects; they're pointers. Assignment statements don't copy: they point a variable to a value (and multiple variables can "point" to the same value).
Django Weblog: June 2024 marks 10 incredible years of Django Girls magic! 🥳

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/may/02/june-2024-marks-10-incredible-years-of-django-girl/

June 2024 marks 10 incredible years of Django Girls magic! 🥳
We couldn't have reached this milestone without YOU! Whether you attended a workshop, volunteered, financially supported us, or cheered us
The Python Show: 39 - Buttondown - A Python SaaS with Justin Duke

Link: https://www.pythonshow.com/p/39-buttondown-a-python-saas-with

In this episode, we invite the founder of Buttondown, a Python-based Software as a Service (SaaS) application for creating and managing newsletters.Mike Driscoll, the host of the show, chats with Just
Wingware: Wing Python IDE Version 10.0.4 - May 3, 2024

Link: https://wingware.com/news/2024-05-02

Wing 10.0.4 improves performance of the Python 3.12+ debugger, fixes debugging
the Python Shell with Python 3.12, and makes several other improvements.
See the change log for details.
Download Wing 10
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #203: Embarking on a Relaxed and Friendly Python Coding Journey

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/203/

Do you get stressed while trying to learn Python? Do you prefer to build small programs or projects as you continue your coding journey? This week on the show, Real Python author Stephen Gruppetta is
Python Software Foundation: The PSF's 2023 Annual Impact Report is here!

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-psfs-2023-annual-impact-report-is.html

 2023 was an exciting year of growth for the Python Software Foundation! We’ve captured some of the key numbers, details, and information in our latest Annual Impact Report. Some highlights of what yo
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – May 2024 Release

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-visual-studio-code-may-2024-release/

We’re excited to announce the May 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code!
This release includes the following announcements:

“Implement all inherited abstract classe
Trey Hunner: Installing a custom Python build with pyenv

Link: https://treyhunner.com/2024/05/installing-a-custom-python-build-with-pyenv/

I am so excited about the new Python REPL that will likely land in Python 3.13.
I’ve been following this CPython pull request since I heard Pablo and Łukasz announce their work on the new Python REPL
scikit-learn: Note on Inline Authorship Information in scikit-learn

Link: https://blog.scikit-learn.org/updates/authorship-info/

Historically, scikit-learn’s files have included authorship information similar
to the following format:
# Authors: Author1, Author2, ...
# Li
Eli Bendersky: Elegant Python code for a Markov chain text generator

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2018/elegant-python-code-for-a-markov-chain-text-generator/

While preparing the post on minimal char-based RNNs,
I coded a simple Markov chain text generator to serve as a comparison for the
quality of the RNN model. That code turned out to be concise and quit
Eli Bendersky: Unification

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2018/unification/

In logic and computer science, unification is a process of automatically solving
equations between symbolic terms. Unification has several interesting
applications, notably in logic programming and ty