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Tryton News: Translation Release for series 4.8

Link: http://www.tryton.org/posts/translation-release-for-series-48.html

Due to a mistake in the process of generating the translations,
the initial release of series 4.8 contained some unstranslated strings. We
decided to make new set of releases with the correct translat
Python Software Foundation: 2018 Python Software Foundation Board Election: What is it and how can I learn more?

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/_4iPgLKMStg/2018-python-software-foundation-board.html

Every year the Python Software Foundation announces an open call for nominations for the PSF Board. Following the 2017 PSF members vote, only a subset of the entire board’s seats are open. This year t
Peter Bengtsson: Writing a custom Datadog reporter using the Python API

Link: https://www.peterbe.com/plog/writing-a-custom-datadog-reporter-using-the-python-api

Datadog is an awesome sofware-as-a-service where you can aggregate and visualize statsd metrics sent from an application. For visualizing timings you create a time series graph. It can look something
Talk Python to Me: #162 Python in Building and Architecture

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/162/python-in-building-and-architecture

You often hear about architecture in software. This could be things like microservices, 3-tier apps, or even the dreaded client-server mainframe app. But this episode, we're turning this on its head:
Mike Driscoll: Filling PDF Forms with Python

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2018/05/22/filling-pdf-forms-with-python/

Fillable forms have been a part of Adobe’s PDF format for years. One of the most famous examples of fillable forms in the United States are documents from the Internal Revenue Service. There are lots
tryexceptpass: General Data Protection Regulation

Link: http://tryexceptpass.org/article/gdpr/

Ying Li’s PyCon2018 keynote discussed the importance of writing secure software, and the responsibility that we, as developers, have in keeping users safe. While watching, it occurred to me that I hav
Stack Abuse: Implementing LDA in Python with Scikit-Learn

Link: http://stackabuse.com/implementing-lda-in-python-with-scikit-learn/

In our previous article Implementing PCA in Python with Scikit-Learn, we studied how we can reduce dimensionality of the feature set using PCA. In this article we will study another very important dim
Reinout van Rees: I'm in Heidelberg for the djangocon 2018 (plus other info)

Link: http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2018/05/22/in-heidelberg.html


Yes, I'm in Heidelberg (Germany) for the annual European djangocon. That's not a particularly shocking discovery,
as I've been to quite a number :-) There are however some reasons for me to
write thi
Python Sweetness: Mitogen for Ansible status, 23 May

Link: http://pythonsweetness.tumblr.com/post/174160844657

This is the third update on the status of developing Mitogen for
Ansible.
Too long, didn’t read

A beta is coming soon! Aside from async tasks, the master branch
is looking great. Since last update th
Reinout van Rees: Djangocon: writing code.... evolve it instead - Emma Gordon

Link: http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2018/05/23/01-keynote.html


(One of my summaries of a talk at the
2018 european djangocon.)
Emma is member of the Cambridge programmers' study group. One of the topic there at one time was machine
learning. Cool. But she starte
Reinout van Rees: Djangocon: it's not a bug, it's a bias - Anna-Livia Gomart

Link: http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2018/05/23/03-not-bug-but-bias.html


(One of my summaries of a talk at the
2018 european djangocon.)
If you have a bad experience with a program, is it a bug of can there be a
bias in the software? Apple's Siri, at first, had answers fo
Reinout van Rees: Djangocon: can packaging improve django deployments? - Markus Zapke-Gründemann

Link: http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2018/05/23/05-packaging.html


(One of my summaries of a talk at the
2018 european djangocon.)
Markus started created websites at the end of the 1990s. He calls himself an
open source software developers. Open source is how he lea
Caktus Consulting Group: Love Your Bugs (PyCon 2018 Must-See Talk Series)

Link: https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2018/05/23/love-your-bugs-pycon-2018-must-see-talk-series/

Welcome to the 2018 edition of our annual PyCon Must-See Series, highlighting the talks our staff especially loved at PyCon. While there were many great talks, this is our team's shortlist.
My must-se
Reinout van Rees: Djangocon: accessibility matters: building a better web - Lindsey Dragun

Link: http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2018/05/23/09-accessibility.html


(One of my summaries of a talk at the
2018 european djangocon.)
Lindsey runs the DisabledInTech slack channel.
For Web accessibility, see
https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-intro/ as a
Data School: Best practices with pandas (video series)

Link: http://www.dataschool.io/best-practices-with-pandas/

At the PyCon 2018 conference, I presented a tutorial called "Using pandas for Better (and Worse) Data Science". Through a series of exercises, I demonstrated best practices with pandas to help student
Python Piedmont Triad User Group: PYPTUG monthly meeting: Exploratory Visualization of Data and Text

Link: http://www.pyptug.org/2018/05/pyptug-monthly-meeting-exploratory.html

DetailsCome join PYPTUG at out next monthly meeting (May 29th 2018) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the language to learn if you've never programme
PyCharm: PyCharm 2018.2 EAP 1

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

We’re getting started with the Early Access Program for PyCharm 2018.2! Even better, you can download the first version now from our website!
New in PyCharm
Improved Pytest support: Fixtures, and more
Dataquest: Data Retrieval and Cleaning: Tracking Migratory Patterns

Link: https://www.dataquest.io/blog/data-retrieval-and-cleaning/

Advancing your skills is an important part of being a data scientist. When starting out, you mostly focus on learning a programming language, proper use of third party tools, displaying visualizations
Wallaroo Labs: Wallaroo in Action: Real-Time Electronic Trading Risk Checks

Link: https://blog.wallaroolabs.com/2018/05/wallaroo-in-action-real-time-electronic-trading-risk-checks/

Introduction Many of you have been reading our engineering blog and enjoy our deep technical dives. You know that we are excited to talk about how we are going about building Wallaroo, hard distribute