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Python Software Foundation: It’s time to make nominations for the PSF Board Election!

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/its-time-to-make-nominations-for-psf.html

This year’s Board Election Nomination period opens tomorrow and closes on June 25th. Who runs for the board? People who care about the Python community, who want to see it flourish and grow, and also
pygame: pygame 2.6.0

Link: https://www.pygame.org/news/2024/6/pygame-2-6-0

python3 -m pip install -U pygame==2.6.0

Read the release notes to find out what changed.



Please file an issue if you notice a problem:
https://github.com/pygame/pygame/issues
Real Python: Build a GUI Calculator With PyQt and Python

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/build-gui-calculator-pyqt/

Even though web and mobile applications appear to have taken over the software development market, there’s still demand for traditional graphical user interface (GUI) desktop applications. If you’re i
Python Software Foundation: FAQ for Proposed Changes to PSF Bylaws

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/faq-for-proposed-changes-to-psf-bylaws.html

As part of the PSF Board Election, there are three proposed changes to the PSF Bylaws which will be on the upcoming ballot. We have received a significant amount of feedback relating to proposed chang
PyCharm: PyCharm 2024.1.4: What’s New!

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2024/06/pycharm-2024-1-4/

PyCharm 2024.1.4 is here! View and navigate to URLs directly from the Editor tab, get context-based model suggestions for Hugging Face, and enjoy smart code assistance for TypedDict (PEP 692).
You can
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #635 (June 25, 2024)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/635

#635 – JUNE 25, 2024 View in Browser » PEP 2026: Calendar Versioning for Python This PEP proposes updating the versioning scheme for Python to include the calendar year. This aims to make the su
Armin Ronacher: What is Self Hosted? What is a Stack?

Link: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2024/6/26/what-is-self-hosted

My colleague Ben Vingar wrote a tool called
Counterscale which I would describe as
“deploy your own analytics”. Except there is a catch: it needs Cloudflare
to run. Is it really self hosted if your
Real Python: Understanding the Python Mock Object Library

Link: https://realpython.com/python-mock-library/

Python’s unittest.mock library is a tool that helps you create mock objects to simulate complex logic and unpredictable dependencies.
This helps you write valuable tests that verify your application l
Django Weblog: Django 5.1 beta 1 released

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jun/26/django-51-beta-1-released/

Django 5.1 beta 1 is now available. It represents the second stage in the 5.1
release cycle and is an opportunity for you to try out the changes coming in
Django 5.1.
Django 5.1 brings a kaleidoscope
Mark Dufour: Shed Skin restricted-Python-to-C++ compiler 0.9.9

Link: http://shed-skin.blogspot.com/2024/06/shed-skin-restricted-python-to-c.html

I have just released version 0.9.9 of Shed Skin, a restricted-Python-to-C++ compiler. It comes with many changes under the hood to improve the code base. For example, Shakeeb has started adding type a
Python Software Foundation: Announcing the PSF Board Candidates for 2024!

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/announcing-psf-board-candidates-for-2024.html

What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the PSF Board this year on the PSF Board Election 2024 Nominees page. This year there are 3 seats open on the PSF board. You can see who
Python Insider: Python 3.13.0 beta 3 released

Link: https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-3130-beta-3-released.html

 I'm pleased to announce the release of Python 3.13 beta 3.https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3130b3/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.13
Python 3.13 is still in development. This rele
Python Software Foundation: For your consideration: Proposed bylaws changes to improve our membership experience

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/for-your-consideration-proposed-bylaws.html

EDIT MADE ON JUNE 27th, 2024: A
typographical error was discovered in the GitHub link for Change 2. The
link in this post reflects the actual text that will be incorporated in
the bylaws should the
Robin Wilson: A load of links…

Link: https://blog.rtwilson.com/a-load-of-links/

For months now I’ve been collecting a load of links saying that I’ll get round to blogging them "soon". Well, I’m currently babysitting for a friend’s daughter (who is sleeping peacefully upstairs), s
Luke Plant: Keeping things in sync: derive vs test

Link: https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/keeping-things-in-sync-derive-vs-test/

An extremely common problem in programming is that multiple parts of a program need to be kept in sync – they need to do exactly the same thing or behave in a consistent way. It is in response to this
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #210: Creating a Guitar Synthesizer & Generating WAV Files With Python

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/210/

What techniques go into synthesizing a guitar sound in Python? What higher-level programming and Python concepts can you practice while building advanced projects? This week on the show, we talk with
Awesome Python Applications: napar

Link: https://github.com/napari/napari


napar: A fast, interactive, multi-dimensional image viewer for annotation and analysis of large images.
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