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Real Python: MicroPython: An Intro to Programming Hardware in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/micropython/

Are you interested in the Internet of Things, home automation, and connected devices? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to build a blaster, a laser sword, or even your own robot? If so, the
Continuum Analytics Blog: It’s Time to Upgrade to Python 3 – Time Is Running Out!

Link: https://www.anaconda.com/time-to-upgrade-to-python-3/

The Python community will sunset Python 2 on January 1, 2020.   How much time is left? Check out the handy clock at: https://pythonclock.org/.  How does this impact the Anaconda Distribution and the c
Catalin George Festila: Python 3.7.5 : The OSMnx python package.

Link: http://python-catalin.blogspot.com/2019/12/python-375-osmnx-python-package.html

About this python package named OSMnx, you can read on GitHub.
OSMnx is a Python package that lets you download spatial geometries and model, project, visualize, and analyze street networks from OpenS
Django Weblog: 2020 DSF Board Election Results

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/09/2020-dsf-board-election-results/

Our 2020 Django Software Foundation Election results are in. The Top 7 candidates are listed below in order of their ranking:

Frank Wiles
Anna Makarudze
James Bennett
William Vincent
Kátia Nakamura
Programiz: Python Docstrings

Link: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/docstrings

In this tutorial, we will learn about Python docstrings. More specifically, we will learn how and why docstrings are used with the help of examples.
Programiz: Python Comments

Link: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/comments

In this tutorial, we will learn to create comments in Python with the help of examples.
Python Insider: Python 3.8.1rc1 is now available for testing

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/of_F9IzoM6Y/python-381rc1-is-now-available-for.html


Python 3.8.1rc1 is the release candidate of the first maintenance release of Python 3.8.



The Python 3.8 series is the newest feature release of the Python language, and it contains many new featur
Robin Wilson: Creating an email service for my son’s childhood memories with Python

Link: http://blog.rtwilson.com/creating-an-email-service-for-my-sons-childhood-memories-with-python/

For a number of years – since my now-toddler son was a small baby – I’ve been keeping track of various childhood achievements or memories. When I first came up with this I was rather sleep-deprived, a
Stack Abuse: Executing Shell Commands with Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/executing-shell-commands-with-python/

Introduction
Repetitive tasks are ripe for automation. It is common for developers and system administrators to automate routine tasks like health checks and file backups with shell scripts. However,
Real Python: Variables in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/variables-python/

If you want to write code that is more complex, then your program will need data that can change as program execution proceeds.
Here’s what you’ll learn in this course:

How every item of data in a Py
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #398 (Dec. 10, 2019)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/398

#398 – DECEMBER 10, 2019 View in Browser » MicroPython: An Intro to Programming Hardware in Python Are you interested in the Internet of Things, home automation, and connected devices? In this t
Stein Magnus Jodal: pathlib and paths with arbitrary bytes

Link: https://jodal.no/2019/12/10/pathlib-and-paths-with-arbitrary-bytes/

The ">">pathlib module
was added to the standard library in Python 3.4,
and is one of the many nice improvements that Python 3
has gained over the past decade.
In three weeks, Python 3.5 will be the o
IslandT: Python Positional-only parameters

Link: https://kibiwebgeek.com/python-positional-only-parameters/

I have downloaded Python 3.8 and start to play around with those latest python functions. In this article, we will look at the Positional-only parameter syntax which is a function parameter syntax / t
Stack Abuse: Encoding and Decoding Base64 Strings in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/encoding-and-decoding-base64-strings-in-python/

Introduction
Have you ever received a PDF or an image file from someone via email, only to see strange characters when you open it? This can happen if your email server was only designed to handle tex
Talk Python to Me: #242 Your education will be live-streamed

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/242/your-education-will-be-live-streamed

Online education has certainly gone mainstream. Developers and companies have finally gotten comfortable taking online courses. Sometimes these are recorded, self-paced courses like we have at Talk Py
Continuum Analytics Blog: 8 AI Predictions for 2020: Business Leaders & Researchers Weigh In

Link: https://www.anaconda.com/8-ai-ml-predictions-for-2020/

The first industrial revolution was powered by coal, the second by oil and gas, and the third by nuclear power. The fourth — AI — is fueled by an abundance of data and breakthroughs in…
The post 8 AI
Catalin George Festila: Python 3.7.5 : The Pygal python package.

Link: http://python-catalin.blogspot.com/2019/12/python-375-pygal-python-package.html

Today's tutorial aims to get data from a URL and display it with the Pygal python package.
I believe that global warming is a very important topic for human evolution.
You can read more about this top
Python Insider: Python 3.7.6rc1 and 3.6.10rc1 are now available for testing

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/u-RWoxRRaOQ/python-376rc1-and-3610rc1-are-now.html

Python 3.7.6rc1 and 3.6.10rc1 are now available. 3.7.6rc1 is the release preview of the next maintenance release of Python 3.7;  3.6.10rc1 is the release preview of the next security-fix release of Py