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Catalin George Festila: Python 3.7.5 : Script install and import python packages.

Link: http://python-catalin.blogspot.com/2019/11/python-375-script-install-and-import.html

This script will try to import Python packages from a list.
If these packages are not installed then will be installed on system.
import sys
import subprocess

if __name__ == '__main__':
def Modu
Trey Hunner: Black Friday Sale: Gift Python Morsels to a Friend

Link: https://treyhunner.com/2019/11/black-friday-sale-gift-python-morsels-to-a-friend/

From today until the end of Monday December 2nd, I’m selling bundles of two 52-week Python Morsels redemption codes.
You can buy 12 months of Python Morsels for yourself and gift 12 months of Python M
Janusworx: #100DaysOfCode, Day 010 – Quick and Dirty Web Page Download

Link: https://janusworx.com/100daysofcode-day-010-quick-and-dirty-web-page-download/

Decided to take a break from the course, and do something for me.
I want to check a site and download new content if any.
The day went sideways though.
Did not quite do what I wanted.
Watched a vide
Test and Code: 95: Data Science Pipeline Testing with Great Expectations - Abe Gong

Link: https://testandcode.com/95

Data science and machine learning are affecting more of our lives every day. Decisions based on data science and machine learning are heavily dependent on the quality of the data, and the quality of t
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (ccv) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2019/11/ccv-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2019-11-30 17:26:36 GMTUnstack and return value counts for each variabl
John Cook: Data Science and Star Science

Link: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/11/30/data-science-and-star-science/

I recently got a review copy of Statistics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning in Astronomy. I’m sure the book is especially useful to astronomers, but those of us who are not astronomers use it as a s
Janusworx: #100DaysOfCode, Day 011 – Quick and Dirty Web Page Download

Link: https://janusworx.com/100daysofcode-day-011-quick-and-dirty-web-page-download/

Watched another Corey Schafer video on how to scrape web pages.
Thought that would be handy in my image from a web page download project.
Corey’s an awesome teacher. The video was fun and it taught me
Gaël Varoquaux: Getting a big scientific prize for open-source software

Link: http://gael-varoquaux.info/programming/getting-a-big-scientific-prize-for-open-source-software.html


Note
An important acknowledgement for a different view of doing science:
open, collaborative, and more than a proof of concept.


A few days ago, Loïc Estève, Alexandre Gramfort, Olivier Grisel, Bert
BangPypers: Guidelines for BangPypers Dev Sprints

Link: https://bangalore.python.org.in/blog/2019/12/01/guidelines-for-bangpypers-dev-sprints/

How do you get started on open source programming? How can you contribute to that framework you’ve been itching to add an extra feature to? How do you get guidance and get help pushing your changes to
Spyder IDE: Variable Explorer improvements in Spyder 4

Link: https://www.spyder-ide.org/blog/spyder-variable-explorer/

This blogpost was originally published on the Quansight Labs website.
Spyder 4 will be released very soon with lots of interesting new features that you'll want to check out, reflecting years of effor
Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Bob Belderbos

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2019/12/02/pydev-of-the-week-bob-belderbos/

This week we welcome Bob Belderbos (@bbelderbos) as our PyDev of the Week! Bob is a co-founder of PyBites. Bob has also contributed to Real Python and he’s a Talk Python trainer. You can learn more ab
Kushal Das: IP addresses which tried to break into this server in 2019

Link: https://kushaldas.in/posts/ip-addresses-which-tried-to-break-into-this-server-in-2019.html


This Friday, I tried to look into the SSH failures on my servers, how
different systems/bots/people tried to break into the servers. I have the logs
from July this month (when I moved into newer serv
Trey Hunner: Cyber Monday Python Sales

Link: https://treyhunner.com/2019/12/cyber-monday-python-sales/

I’m running a sale that ends in 24 hours, but I’m not the only one.
This post is a compilation of the different Cyber Monday deals I’ve found related to Python and Python learning.
Python Morsels, wee
Django Weblog: Django security releases issued: 2.2.8 and 2.1.15

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/02/security-releases/

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing Django 2.2.8 and Django 2.1.15. These release addresses the security issue detailed below. We encourage all users of Django t
Made With Mu: A Manga Book on CircuitPython and Mu

Link: https://madewith.mu/mu/users/2019/12/02/mu-book.html

I was recently contacted by Mitsuharu Aoyama
(青山光春), a Japanese maker and author. It turns out they’ve written a cool
book about using CircuitPython on the
Circuit Playground Express
with Mu. Not only
Django Weblog: Django 3.0 Released

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/02/django-3-released/

The Django team is happy to announce the release of Django 3.0.
The release notes cover the raft of new features in detail, but a few highlights are:

Django 3.0 begins our journey to making Django fu
Chris Moffitt: Building a Windows Shortcut with Python

Link: https://pbpython.com/windows-shortcut.html


Introduction
I prefer to use miniconda for installing a lightweight python environment on Windows. I also like to create
and customize Windows shortcuts for launching different conda environments in
Real Python: Pandas: How to Read and Write Files

Link: https://realpython.com/pandas-read-write-files/

Pandas is a powerful and flexible Python package that allows you to work with labeled and time series data. It also provides statistics methods, enables plotting, and more. One crucial feature of Pand