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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.
Yo
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.
Samp
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
Stack Abuse: List Comprehensions in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/list-comprehensions-in-python/

A list is one of the fundamental data types in Python. Every time you come across a variable name that's followed by a square bracket [], or a list constructor, it is a list capable of containing mult