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Catalin George Festila: Python 3.7.5 : The new Django version 3.0 .

Link: http://python-catalin.blogspot.com/2019/12/python-375-new-django-version-30.html

On December 2, 2019, comes with Django 3.0 Released.
This new release comes with many changes and features, let's see :

Django 3.0 supports new versions of Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8 (the old Django 2.
Dataquest: Excel vs Python: How to Do Common Data Analysis Tasks

Link: https://www.dataquest.io/blog/excel-vs-python/

In this tutorial, we’ll compare Excel and Python by looking at how to perform basic analysis tasks across both platforms. Excel is the most commonly used data analysis software in the world. Why? It’s
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #397 (Dec. 3, 2019)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/397

#397 – DECEMBER 3, 2019 View in Browser » Guido van Rossum Withdraws From the Python Steering Council “Part of my reason is that in the end, SC duty feels more like a chore to me than fun, and o
Andre Roberge: Friendly-traceback, Real Python, Pycon, and more

Link: https://aroberge.blogspot.com/2019/12/friendly-traceback-real-python-pycon.html

After an interruption that lasted a few months, I've finally been able to return to programming, more specifically working mostly on Friendly-traceback. For those that do not know Friendly-traceback:
Philip Semanchuk: Mailing lists for my Python IPC packages

Link: http://blog.pyspoken.com/2019/12/03/mailing-lists-for-my-python-ipc-packages/

My package sysv_ipc celebrates its 11th birthday tomorrow, so I thought I would give it a mailing list as a gift. I didn’t want its sibling posix_ipc to get jealous, so I created one for that too.
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Janusworx: #100DaysOfCode, Day 014 – Classes, List Comprehensions and Generators

Link: https://janusworx.com/100daysofcode-day-014-classes-list-comprehensions-and-generators/

Did a video session again today, since I came back late from the doc.
Watched videos about building a small d&d game, using classes.
This was fun :)
Working on the challenge will be exciting.
And
Robin Wilson: Automatically downloading nursery photos from ParentZone using Selenium

Link: http://blog.rtwilson.com/automatically-downloading-nursery-photos-from-parentzone-using-selenium/

My son goes to a nursery part-time, and the nursery uses a system called ParentZone from Connect Childcare to send information between us (his parents) and nursery. Primarily, this is used to send us
Zato Blog: Auto-generating API specifications as OpenAPI, WSDL and Sphinx

Link: https://zato.io/blog/posts/apispec.html

This article presents a workflow for auto-generation of API specifications for your
Zato
services - if you need to share your APIs with partners, external or internal, this is how it can be done.
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Stack Abuse: Tensorflow 2.0: Solving Classification and Regression Problems

Link: https://stackabuse.com/tensorflow-2-0-solving-classification-and-regression-problems/

After much hype, Google finally released TensorFlow 2.0 which is the latest version of Google's flagship deep learning platform. A lot of long-awaited features have been introduced in TensorFlow 2.0.
Martijn Faassen: Framework Patterns

Link: http://blog.startifact.com/posts/framework-patterns.html

A software framework is code that calls your (application) code. That's how we
distinguish a framework from a library. Libraries have aspects of frameworks so
there is a gray area.
My friend Christian
Kushal Das: Podman on Debian Buster

Link: https://kushaldas.in/posts/podman-on-debian-buster.html


I use podman on all of my production servers, and also inside of the Qubes system in Fedora VMs. A few days ago I saw this post and thought of trying out the steps on my Debian Buster system.
But, it
Mike Driscoll: Adding Notifications to Long-Running Jupyter Notebook Cells

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2019/12/04/adding-notifications-to-long-running-jupyter-notebook-cells/

If you use Jupyter Notebook to run long-running processes, such as machine learning training, then you would probably like to know when the cell finishes executing. There is a neat browser plugin that
Python Software Foundation: Mozilla and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to support pip

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/zh_ej8QMx7o/moss-czi-support-pip.html





The Python Software Foundation is receiving $407,000 USD to support work on pip in 2020. Thank you to Mozilla (through its Mozilla Open Source Support Awards) and to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiativ
S. Lott: Creating Palindromes -- if possible -- from a string of letters.

Link: http://slott-softwarearchitect.blogspot.com/2019/12/creating-palindromes-if-possible-from.html

This can be an interesting exercise. I think it is something that can help people learn to code well. I found this in the LinkedIn Python community:  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/25827/. The Palind
Dan Yeaw: GitHub Actions: Automate Your Python Development Workflow

Link: https://dan.yeaw.me/posts/github-actions-automate-your-python-development-workflow/

At GitHub Universe 2018, GitHub launched GitHub Actions in beta. Later in
August 2019, GitHub announced the expansion of GitHub Actions to include
Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
IslandT: Python if else demo

Link: https://kibiwebgeek.com/python-if-else-demo/

A simple kata from codewars will show us how to use the if-else statement in python.
The wide mouth frog is particularly interested in the eating habits of other creatures.
He just can’t stop asking t