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Real Python: The Walrus Operator: Python 3.8 Assignment Expressions

Link: https://realpython.com/python-walrus-operator/

Each new version of Python adds new features to the language. For Python 3.8, the biggest change is the addition of assignment expressions. Specifically, the := operator gives you a new syntax for ass
Read the Docs: Read the Docs newsletter - August 2021

Link: https://blog.readthedocs.com/newsletter-august-2021/


Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly newsletter, where we
share the most relevant updates around Read the Docs,
offer a summary of new features we shipped
during the previous month,
and share
PyCharm: Webinar: Building Search Functionality With Python, Flask, and Elasticsearch

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/Wlmzdhby-uo/

Building a web application to solve a business problem is relatively easy, but how do you create a compelling experience that draws your users in and entices them to spend more time in your app? Makin
Python for Beginners: Remove the first element from a list in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/remove-the-first-element-from-a-list-in-python

Lists are one of the most commonly used data structures in python. In python, we have different methods to perform operations on lists. In this article, we will look at different ways to remove the fi
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #485 (Aug. 10, 2021)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/485

#485 – AUGUST 10, 2021 View in Browser » What to Do When You Botch a Release on PyPI Mistakes happen to everyone. But what do you do if you make a mistake when releasing a package to PyPI? Don’t
Stack Abuse: Calculate a Factorial With Python - Iterative and Recursive

Link: https://stackabuse.com/calculate-a-factorial-with-python-iterative-and-recursive/

Introduction
By definition, a factorial is the product of a positive integer and all the positive integers that are less than or equal to the given number. In other words, getting a factorial of a num
Python for Beginners: Get the last element of a list in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/get-the-last-element-of-a-list-in-python

Lists are one of the most commonly used data structures in python programs. In this article, we will look at different ways to get the last element of a list in python. For this, we will use ways like
Mike Driscoll: Styling Excel Cells with OpenPyXL and Python

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/08/11/styling-excel-cells-with-openpyxl-and-python/

OpenPyXL gives you the ability to style your cells in many different ways. Styling cells will give your spreadsheets pizazz! Your spreadsheets can have some pop and zing to them that will help differe
PyBites: Code Better with Type Hints – Part 1

Link: https://pybit.es/articles/code-better-with-type-hints-part-1/

This is the first part of a series of articles dealing with the type annotation system in Python, type hints for short.
With this opinionated article, I advocate the use of type hints. I want to expl
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Feasibility, Use Cases, and Limitations of Pyodide

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/feasibility-use-cases-and-limitations-of-pyodide/

This blog post was authored by Eleanor Boyd, 2021 Summer Intern for Python Tools for VS Code.
Coming into an internship you never really know what to expect from your summer. What I definitely didn’t
Ned Batchelder: Pythonic monotonic

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202108/pythonic_monotonic.html

In a recent conversation, someone shared some code from a book about
technical job interviews. They wanted to know if I agreed that the code was
“Pythonic.”The problem was to find the runs of increasi
PyCharm: PyCharm 2021.2.1 Release Candidate Is Out!

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/0T53HTW85pQ/

Two weeks have passed since the release of PyCharm 2021.2, and we’ve spent this time working on enhancing the performance of the product. Moreover, we added a new lesson on working with VCS to our Fea
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #73: Supporting Python Open Source Projects and Maintainers

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/73/

How do you define open source software? What are the challenges an open source project and maintainers face? How do maintainers receive financial, legal, security, or other types of help? This week on
Talk Python to Me: #329: Geekout: Renewable Energy

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/329/geekout-renewable-energy

We're back with another GeekOut episode. Richard Campbell, a developer and podcaster who also dives deep into science and tech topics, is back for our third GeekOut episode. This time around, we're di
Brett Cannon: Introducing the Python Launcher for Unix

Link: https://snarky.ca/introducing-the-python-launcher-for-unix/

The problemLet&aposs say you have more than one version of Python installed on your machine. What version does python3 point to? If you said, "the newest version", you may actually be wrong. That&apos
PyBites: The Benefits of Using GitHub Actions

Link: https://pybit.es/articles/the-benefits-of-using-github-actions/

If you’re not using GitHub Actions you’re missing out!
This tool is a great way to catch any errors in the central place of the GitHub repo.
Catch errors early
Of course this is always second best, de
Carl Trachte: Embedding an Image in an Outlook Email

Link: http://pyright.blogspot.com/2021/08/embedding-image-in-outlook-email.html

 I had a project where I needed to generate some draft emails programmatically in Outlook.Inserting the company logo and some content related images took some googling to sort through. Ideally I wante