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Stack Abuse: Design Patterns in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/design-patterns-in-python/

Introduction
Design Patterns are reusable models for solving known and common problems in software architecture.
They're best described as templates for dealing with a certain usual situation. An arch
Stack Abuse: Creational Design Patterns in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/creational-design-patterns-in-python/

Overview
This is the first article in a short series dedicated to Design Patterns in Python.
Creational Design Patterns
Creational Design Patterns, as the name implies, deal with the creation of class
Vladimir Iakolev: Sound lights with Spotify and ESP8266

Link: https://nvbn.github.io/2019/12/17/spotify-soundlights/

As unfortunately my old fancy sound lights setup
only works on Linux, it stopped working after I switched to a new laptop.
So I decided to make a cross-platform solution.
TLDR: Source code of the desk
PyCon: Python Education Summit - 8 years in 2020!

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2019/12/python-education-summit-8-years-in-2020.html

Teachers, educators, and Pythonistas: come and share your projects, experiences, and tools of the trade as you teach coding and Python to your students. The Annual Python Education Summit is being hel
Ned Batchelder: Coverage 5.0, finally

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com//blog/201912/coverage_50_finally.html

After a quiet week of beta 2
being available, and not hearing from anyone, I released
coverage.py 5.0 on
Saturday.I’ve been through this before, so I knew what would happen: people with
unpinned requi
Ned Batchelder: Pytest trick: subsetting unknown suites

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com//blog/201912/pytest_trick_subsetting_unknown_suites.html

While trying to reproduce an issue with coverage.py 5.0,
I had a test suite that showed the problem, but it was inconvenient to run the
whole suite repeatedly, because it took too long. I wanted to f
Ned Batchelder: Fancy console output in GitHub comments

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com//blog/201912/fancy_console_output_in_github_comments.html

Providing detailed command output in GitHub issues is hard: I want to be
complete, but I don’t want to paste unreadable walls of text. Some commands
have long output that is usually uninteresting (pi
Real Python: Documenting Python Code: A Complete Guide

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/documenting-python-code/

In this course, you’ll learn how to document your Python code! Documenting your code is important because it can help developers and users fully understand its usage and purpose.
You’ll learn about:
Tiago Montes: Kids on Python: A Workshop

Link: https://tmont.es/2019/kids-on-python/

Kids on Python is a kids oriented introduction to programming workshop I prepared after having that thought in my mind for quite some time. In early 2019, a close friend came to me looking for ways of
Continuum Analytics Blog: 2019: A Year in Review

Link: https://www.anaconda.com/2019-year-in-review/

Before we dive into a new decade, we’re looking back on all we’ve accomplished together as a company and as a community in 2019. We’re excited to be part of such a vibrant and growing…
The post 2019:
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #399 (Dec. 17, 2019)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/399

#399 – DECEMBER 17, 2019 View in Browser » What Makes Python a Great Language? “What makes Python a great language? It gets the need to know balance right. […] I would argue that the Python lang
RMOTR: Spatial data with python — Let’s begin!

Link: https://blog.rmotr.com/spatial-data-with-python-lets-begin-e29b5c41ead3?source=rss----2e274f91448--python

Spatial Data with Python — Let’s Begin!Latitude and longitude. Points, lines, and polygons. GIS. CRS. EPSG. Vector or raster. Shapefile, TIF. At some point in your adventures with Python and/or data,
Django Weblog: 2019 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize awarded to Jeff Triplett

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/17/2019-malcolm-tredinnick-prize--jeff-triplett/

The Board of the Django Software Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2019 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize has been awarded to Jeff Triplett (@webology).
Jeff has been heavily involved in the
PyCon: PyCon US 2020 CFP Submissions are due!

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2019/12/pycon-us-2020-cfp-submissions-are-due.html

PyCon US 2020 Call for Proposal deadline is December 20, 2019 AoE!If you have a talk, poster or education summit idea, don't wait, submit your proposals this week!To submit your proposal start by crea
Moshe Zadka: Precise Unit Tests with PyHamcrest

Link: https://orbifold.xyz/pyhamcrest.html

(This is based on my article on opensource.com)
Unit test suites help maintain high-quality products by signaling problems
early in the development process.
An effective unit test catches bugs before
Talk Python to Me: #243 Python on Windows is OK, actually

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/243/python-on-windows-is-ok-actually

We all love the Python language. But it's the 200,000+ packages that actually make Python incredibly useful and productive. But installing these libraries and sometimes even Python itself can vary acr
Django Weblog: Django security releases issued: 3.0.1, 2.2.9, and 1.11.27

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/dec/18/security-releases/

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing Django 3.0.1, Django 2.2.9 and Django 1.11.27. These release addresses the security issue detailed below. We encourage all us
PyPy Development: HPy kick-off sprint report

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PyPyStatusBlog/~3/xXEJcQPitk8/hpy-kick-off-sprint-report.html

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Matt Layman: A Failed SaaS Postmortem

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2019/failed-saas-postmortem/

My Software as a Service failed. After three years of running College Conductor, I’m shutting it down. The service failed for a host of reasons, and this article details what I learned from the whole