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Davy Wybiral: Nordic nRF52840-Dongle (2.4GHz RF Development Board)

Link: http://davywybiral.blogspot.com/2019/02/nordic-nrf52840-dongle-24ghz-rf.html

Recently I've gotten into low-power RF technology and have become quite the fan of the nRF52 SoC for that reason. Of all the BLE-capable chips I've used so far these ones reign supreme in terms of fun
Mike Driscoll: Python 101: Episode #44 – Creating an Installer with Inno Setup

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2019/02/01/python-101-episode-44-creating-an-installer-with-inno-setup/

In this screencast, we will learn how to turn your Python application into a Windows installer using Inno Setup.



You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub
NumFOCUS: NumFOCUS Announces Netflix as Corporate Sponsor

Link: https://numfocus.org/blog/numfocus-announces-netflix-as-corporate-sponsor

The post NumFOCUS Announces Netflix as Corporate Sponsor appeared first on NumFOCUS.
PyPy Development: PyPy Winter Sprint Feb 4-9 in Düsseldorf

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PyPyStatusBlog/~3/P7-UGWX4LIs/pypy-winter-sprint-feb-4-9-in-dusseldorf.html





 PyPy Sprint February 4th-9th 2019 in Düsseldorf


The next PyPy sprint will be held in the Computer Science department of Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf from the 4th to the 9st of February
Python Anywhere: How DNS works: a beginner's guide

Link: https://blog.pythonanywhere.com/175/

We sometimes get emails from people who are trying to point their custom domain at PythonAnywhere so that they can host their website, but are struggling to set up their DNS settings. Normally DNS se
Randy Zwitch: PyData NYC 2018: End-to-End Data Science Without Leaving the GPU

Link: http://randyzwitch.com/omnisci-cudf-pydata-nyc-2018/

This talk is from October 2018, and so much has changed in the GOAI/RAPIDS ecosystem that it’s comical to see how much has changed! Regardless, the high-level concepts of how OmniSci works and the con
Peter Bengtsson: Format thousands in Python

Link: https://www.peterbe.com/plog/format-thousands-in-python

tl;dr; Usee f"{number:,}" to thousands format an integer to a string.
I keep forgetting and having to look this up every time. Hopefully by blogging about it, this time it'll stick in my memory. And h
Davide Moro: API/REST testing like Chuck Norris with pytest play using YAML

Link: http://davidemoro.blogspot.com/2019/02/api-rest-testing-pytest-play-yaml-chuck-norris.html

In this article we will see how to write HTTP API tests with pytest using YAML files thanks to pytest-play >= 2.0.0 (pytest-play provides support for Selenium, MQTT, SQL and more. See third party pyte
gamingdirectional: Create the animation character on the maze

Link: http://gamingdirectional.com/blog/2019/02/02/create-the-animation-character-on-the-maze/

Today we are going to create the animated enemy for our new pygame project. We are going to edit the enemy manager class and the game manager class then we are going to create an enemy sprite class an
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (clxiii) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2019/02/clxiii-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2019-02-02 21:08:53 GMTWhen should I ever want to use pandas apply() in
Talk Python to Me: #197 Modern Python Standard Library Cookbook

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/197/modern-python-standard-library-cookbook

A recent twitter poll went around the web and it asked, what percentage of the Python standard library do you think you know? Someone copied me on it, maybe expecting some really high percentage answe
codingdirectional: Get the closest prime number with python

Link: http://codingdirectional.info/2019/02/03/get-the-closest-prime-number-with-python/

In this chapter, we will create a method which will return the value which needs to be added to the total of all the numbers within a list to get the closest prime number from that total. A prime numb
Karim Elghamrawy: Best Way to Learn Python (Step-by-Step Guide)

Link: https://www.afternerd.com/blog/learn-python/

Python is a very popular language. It's also one of the languages that I recommend for beginners to start with. But how do you go about learning this language? The best way to learn Python is to under
Podcast.__init__: Classic Computer Science For Pythonistas

Link: https://www.pythonpodcast.com/computer-science-in-python-episode-197/

Software development is a career that attracts people from all backgrounds, and Python in particular helps to make it an approachable occupation. Because of the variety of paths that can be taken it i
codingdirectional: Calculate if we have won the lottery with python

Link: http://codingdirectional.info/2019/02/04/calculate-if-we-have-won-the-lottery-with-python/

In this chapter, I will create a method which will accept a list consists of sub-lists as the first input parameter and a number as the second parameter, there are two values in each sub-list, a strin
Python Insider: Python 3.8.0a1 is now available for testing

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/4zcUKvBaoUA/python-380a1-is-now-available-for.html

Go get it here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380a1/The most visible change so far is probably the implementation of PEP 572: Assignment Expressions. For a detailed list of changes, s