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qutebrowser development blog: Paving the road towards qutebrowser v2.0

Link: https://blog.qutebrowser.org/paving-the-road-towards-qutebrowser-v20.html

Today, it's been exactly 6 months since I launched the
GitHub Sponsors campaign - time flies!
I wanted to use this opportunity to update everyone on what has been going on,
on my plans for qutebrowser
Python Insider: Pip 20.1 has been released

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/6Lb4AOXLqx4/pip-20-1-released.html

On behalf of the PyPA, I am pleased to announce that a new version of pip, pip 20.1, has been released.

To install pip 20.1, you can run:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
The highlights for this
Python Software Foundation: All Strings Become f-strings - Python Language Summit 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/5zaUST-FIfU/all-strings-become-f-strings-python.html


The first language change proposed this year was the most radical: to make f-strings the default. Eric V. Smith, who wrote the PEP for f-strings in 2015, said they are the killer feature of Python 3.
Python Software Foundation: Replacing CPython’s parser - Python Language Summit 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/9htFVzjezN0/replacing-cpythons-parser-python.html


Since its start, Python’s grammar has been LL(1): it needs only a left-to-right parser that looks one token ahead to resolve ambiguities. The standard CPython parser is produced by a simple custom pa
Python Software Foundation: A formal specification for the (C)Python virtual machine - Python Language Summit 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/8LqjIAwXjDE/a-formal-specification-for-cpython.html


Mark Shannon began his presentation saying, "This should actually be titled A Semi-Formal Specification. I don't think we'll ever get to the stage of ML," a language described with mathematical rigor
Python Software Foundation: HPy: a future-proof way of extending Python? - Python Language Summit 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/tqB5KKpWKMs/hpy-future-proof-way-of-extending.html


Antonio Cuni presented HPy (pronounced "aitch pi"), an attempt at a replacement C API that is compatible and performant across several interpreter implementations. The idea was born at EuroPython las
Python Software Foundation: CPython Documentation: The Next 5 Years - Python Language Summit 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/xth3kCshi2A/cpython-documentation-next-5-years.html


"Documentation is the way we communicate with each other," said Willing. "Historically, we've done a great job with documentation." But the environment is changing: Python's BDFL has retired, and Pyt
Python Software Foundation: The path forward for typing - Python Language Summit 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/mhsrkLT8iYQ/the-path-forward-for-typing-python.html

"There are a lot of PEPs about typing!" said Guido van Rossum at the Language Summit. Since 2014 there have been ten PEPs approved for Python's type-checking features. Two of them have been approved a
Python Software Foundation: The 2020 Python Language Summit

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/plH83v899Ww/the-2020-python-language-summit.html





The Python Language Summit is a small gathering of Python language implementers (both the core developers of CPython and alternative Pythons), as well third-party library authors and other Python
Python Software Foundation: Lightning Talks Part 1 - Python Language Summit 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/cWtcQjdVcnQ/lightning-talks-part-1.html



Sumana Harihareswara

What do you need from pip, PyPI, and packaging?

Python packaging has seen relatively quick development in recent years as a result of increased funding; most famously the new
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #7: AsyncIO + Music, Origins of Black, and Managing Python Releases

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/7/

Want to learn more about AsyncIO in Python, with an example where you can see and hear events being triggered in real-time? This week Christopher interviews Łukasz Langa. Łukasz has created a talk fo
Codementor: 4 Things Every Full Stack Developer Should Know

Link: https://www.codementor.io/lokeshjoshi/4-things-every-full-stack-developer-should-know-161c6vf25d

What comes to your mind when you hear the word, full stack developer? Well, you might probably be thinking about someone who codes for a living. Where it is true up to a point, a full stack...
Anwesha Das: Dot Org is still a safe haven for the folks depending on dot org

Link: http://anweshadas.in/dot-org-is-still-a-safe-haven-for-the-folks-depending-on-dot-org/

Today I woke up to great news.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICAAN, has rejected the .org sale
proposal.
What is ICAAN?
ICAAN is a non-profit and American multi-stakeholder
PyCharm: The PyCharm YouTube channel is (soft)launched!

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/D0yBCTeEckA/

Good news for Python developers and the PyCharm community! We are soft-launching today a dedicated YouTube channel for PyCharm where we will share weekly curated content including quick tips & tricks,
Talk Python to Me: #262 Build a career in data science

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/262/build-a-career-in-data-science

Has anyone told you that you should get into data science? Have you heard it's a great career? In fact, data scientist is the best job in America according to Glassdoor's 2018 rankings.
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PyBites: My Favorite Career Development Book

Link: https://pybit.es/career-advice.html

For me one of the most succinct pieces of career advice comes from Steve Martin:

Be So Good They Can't Ignore You.

Which is also the title of one of my favorite career books by Cal Newport.
In his b
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (ccxxvi) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2020/05/ccxxvi-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2020-05-02 12:33:01 GMT`super` in a `typing.NamedTuple` subclass fails
Quansight Labs Blog: Highlights of the Ibis 1.3 release

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2020/05/ibis-1.3-release/




Ibis 1.3 was just released, after 8 months of development work, with 104 new commits from 16 unique contributors. What is new? In this blog post we will discuss some important features in this new