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Stack Abuse: Guide to String Interning in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/guide-to-string-interning-in-python/

Introduction
One of the first things you encounter while learning the basics of programming is the concept of strings. Similar to various programming languages, Python strings are arrays of bytes repr
Codementor: Python Testing Framework - Reading Time: 3 Mins

Link: https://www.codementor.io/maxongzb/python-testing-framework-reading-time-3-mins-1a7ebdvgko

The 3 Python testing framework that I would recommend for any Python developer looking to use to speed up deployment and reduce the amount of manual testing required.
Python Software Foundation: Noah Alorwu Awarded the PSF Community Service Award for Q2 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/4-1GEHINSMw/noah-alorwu-awarded-psf-community.html

 Noah Alorwu, software developer and co-organizer of PyCon Africa, has been awarded the Python Software Foundation 2020 Q2 Community Service Award.Noah is the CTO of Cradx and has been involved with t
Mike Driscoll: Python 101 – Learning About Comprehensions (Video)

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/09/11/python-101-learning-about-comprehensions-video/

In this tutorial, you will learn about Python’s comprehensions, like the popular list comprehension and the dictionary comprehension.






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Python⇒Speed: Shrink your Conda Docker images with conda-pack

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/conda-docker-image-size/

If you’re building a Docker image that’s based on Conda, the resulting images can be huge.
For example, later I will show how a simple image with just Python 3.8 and NumPy can be over 950MB!
Large ima
Python Bytes: #198 There's a beaver in your database and Anna-Lena drops by

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/198/there-s-a-beaver-in-your-database-and-anna-lena-drops-by

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Andrew Dalke: Similarity principle in legal cases

Link: http://www.dalkescientific.com/writings/diary/archive/2020/09/11/similarity_principle_in_legal_cases.html



Read enough cheminformatics papers and you'll eventually come across
the a variation of the similarity principle or similar
property principle or molecular similarity principle. Here's
a 2020 exampl
Python Circle: How to use Jupyter Notebook for practicing python programs

Link: https://www.pythoncircle.com/post/717/how-to-use-jupyter-notebook-for-practicing-python-programs/

How to use Jupyter Notebook for practicing python programs, jupyter notebook installation and usage in linux ubuntu 16.04, Writing first program with Jupyter notebook, uploading file in jupyter notebo
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (ccxlii) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2020/09/ccxlii-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2020-09-12 11:52:16 GMTtimeit and its default_timer completely disagree
Kushal Das: Reproducible wheels at SecureDrop

Link: https://kushaldas.in/posts/reproducible-wheels-at-securedrop.html



SecureDrop workstation project's packages are reproducible. We use prebuilt
wheels (by us) along with GPG signatures to verify and install them using pip
during the Debian package building step. But
Test and Code: 130: virtualenv activation prompt consistency across shells - an open source dev and test adventure - Brian Skinn

Link: https://testandcode.com/130

virtualenv supports six shells: bash, csh, fish, xonsh, cmd, posh. Each handles prompts slightly differently. Although the virtualenv custom prompt behavior should be the same across shells, Brian Ski
Ned Batchelder: Song-basket

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com//blog/202009/songbasket.html

I threw together a Spotify API program called
song-basket. I have a few
large themed playlists (for example, Instrumental Funk). This app is to help me
add songs to them. I can choose a playlist (t
Codementor: Python vs R, Which is the Best Language for Data Analysis?

Link: https://www.codementor.io/ajaykapoor/python-vs-r-which-is-the-best-language-for-data-analysis-1aad7c0fkx

Data Analytics is needed in Business to Consumer applications (B2C). Organisations collect data that they have gathered from customers, businesses, economy and practical experience. Data is then...
Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Débora Azevedo

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/09/14/pydev-of-the-week-debora-azevedo/

This week we welcome Débora Azevedo (@pydebb) as our PyDev of the Week! Débora is active in the PyLadies and DjangoGirls groups as well as teaching Python at PyLadies workshops. Let’s spend some time
Chris Moffitt: Reading HTML tables with Pandas

Link: https://pbpython.com/pandas-html-table.html


Introduction
The pandas read_html() function is a quick and convenient way to turn an HTML
table into a pandas DataFrame. This function can be useful for quickly incorporating tables
from various web
Real Python: Plot With Pandas: Python Data Visualization for Beginners

Link: https://realpython.com/pandas-plot-python/

Whether you’re just getting to know a dataset or preparing to publish your findings, visualization is an essential tool. Python’s popular data analysis library, pandas, provides several different opti