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Learn PyQt: Implementing QPainter flood fill in PyQt5/PySide

Link: https://www.learnpyqt.com/blog/implementing-qpainter-flood-fill-pyqt5pyside/


Building Piecasso (a PyQt5 Paint clone) I was disappointed to discover that while QPainter comes with a huge number of paint methods, ranging from pixels and lines to fully-filled polygons, it doesn'
Evennia: Spring updates while trying to stay healthy

Link: http://evennia.blogspot.com/2020/04/spring-updates-while-trying-to-stay.html

So, spring grows nearer for those of us on the Northern hemisphere. With everyone hopefully hunkered down and safe from the Covid-19 pandemic, I thought it overdue to make another dev blog for the p
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #416 (April 14, 2020)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/416

#416 – APRIL 14, 2020 View in Browser » Open Source Virtual Backgrounds With Python and OpenCV With so much of the world stuck at home thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more workplaces a
Quansight Labs Blog: PyTorch TensorIterator Internals

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2020/04/pytorch-tensoriterator-internals/

PyTorch is one of the leading frameworks for deep learning. Its core data
structure is Tensor, a multi-dimensional array implementation with many
advanced features like auto-differentiation. PyTorch i
Python Software Foundation: Thank you to donors & sponsors

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/aXLdY8G2-v8/thank-you-to-donors-sponsors.html

PyCon 2020 in Pittsburgh, PA was cancelled due to COVID-19 and that impacted the PSF's finances. Our blog from March 31st estimated that the PSF would need to use $627,000 of its financial reserve to
Robin Parmar: Visual Coding with Processing: COVID-19 Tracker

Link: http://www.theatreofnoise.com/2020/04/visual-coding-with-processing-covid-19.html

This project uses the public API for COVID-19 mortality data, and maps the regional totals. So long as you understand the basics of Processing, you should be prepared for the step-by-step instructions
Montreal Python User Group: Montréal-Python 76 – Tonic Glacier

Link: https://montrealpython.org/en/2020/04/mp76/

Pythonistas, Pythonistinas,
Montréal-Python 76, Tonic Glacier, is almost to our doors and we know you are just as enthusiasts as we are to hit COVID-19 hard with your mechanical keyboard. Here is wh
PyCon: Facebook: Building the Future Together

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2020/04/facebook-building-future-together.html

We’re thrilled to have the support of Facebook as a PSF and PyCon Principal Sponsor for 2020!Facebook would like to share with PyCon 2020 Online attendees how they are innovating ways for people to co
PyCon: Announcing The Startup Row Lineup At PyCon 2020

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2020/04/announcing-startup-row-lineup-at-pycon.html

Each year since 2011, PyCon has reserved a special place for early-stage startups to show off what they're working on to the Python community.As its name might suggest, Startup Row is a row of booths
PyCon: PyCon 2020 Online Launch!

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2020/04/pycon-2020-online-launch_15.html

Dozens of presenters and sponsors prepared content for the launch of PyCon 2020 Online!We are pleased to present talks and tutorials by Russell Keith Magee, Marlene Mhangami, Eric Ma, and so many more
Real Python: Sorting Algorithms in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/sorting-algorithms-python/

Sorting is a basic building block that many other algorithms are built upon. It’s related to several exciting ideas that you’ll see throughout your programming career. Understanding how sorting algori
Mike Driscoll: Type Checking in Python

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/04/15/type-checking-in-python/

Type checking or hinting is a newer feature of Python that was added in Python 3.5. Type hinting is also known as type annotation. Type hinting is adding special syntax to functions and variable decla
Nathan Piccini Data Science Dojo Blog: Building a Rule-based Chatbot in Python

Link: https://blog.datasciencedojo.com/building-a-rule-based-chatbot-in-python/

Chatbots have become extremely popular in recent years and their use in the industry has skyrocketed. They have found a strong foothold in almost every task that requires text-based public dealing. Th
Jacob Perkins: NLTK Trainer Updates

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StreamHackerPython/~3/sZ1leRc2s3M/

I’ve recently pushed some updates to nltk-trainer, so that it now supports Python 3.7 and NLTK 3.4.5 or greater. NLTK also just released version 3.5.
One significant change is that the default part of
PyCharm: Django Custom Tags in PyCharm Professional 2020.1

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/1A-5crBUefo/

PyCharm started its life with Django support and our new release adds some useful improvements for Django coding. Let’s take a look at support for custom Django tags in PyCharm Professional 2020.1.
Bu
RMOTR: RMOTR Joins freeCodeCamp to Offer Data Analysis with Python Course

Link: https://blog.rmotr.com/rmotr-joins-freecodecamp-to-offer-data-analysis-with-python-course-500bea2bf2d9?source=rss----2e274f91448--python

Photo by Campaign Creators on UnsplashRMOTR is proud to partner with freeCodeCamp to release a brand new, free course, Data Analysis with Python.This in-depth tutorial, led by RMOTR founder Santiago B
Paul Bissex: How to port 100,000 lines of Python 2 to Python 3

Link: http://news.e-scribe.com/467

TLDR: Use futurize and its great documentation.
Last summer I led the conversion of a 77KLOC Python 2 web application to Python 3, and that was my guide.
First, we did the Stage 1 conversion, which ma
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.
Stefan Behnel: My responses to a Cython dev interview

Link: http://blog.behnel.de/posts/my-responses-to-a-cython-dev-interview.html

I recently received a request for an online interview by Jonathan Ruiz, a CS student in Berlin.
He's implementing graph algorithms as part of his final Bachelor thesis, and was evaluating and using Cy