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Django Weblog: DSF membership now recognizes a much broader range of contributions to Django

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jan/10/dsf-membership/

Recently, the DSF made some changes to our bylaws to change the definition of DSF Membership. You can read the legalese of the new language in the meeting minutes for the October 12 board meeting, but
Read the Docs: Read the Docs newsletter - January 2024

Link: https://blog.readthedocs.com/newsletter-january-2024/

News and updates

We have shipped New improvements to redirects, making our redirects much more powerful and flexible.
We have shipped an updated approach to notifications. Currently there isn’t much
Nikola: Nikola v8.3.0 is out!

Link: https://getnikola.com/blog/nikola-v830-is-out.html

On behalf of the Nikola team, I am pleased to announce the immediate
availability of Nikola v8.3.0. This release adds support for Python 3.12,
with some other features and bugfixes.
Note that Nikola v
TypeThePipe: Plot your GIS data with GeoPandas and Plotnine. A single glance insightful visualization

Link: https://typethepipe.com/post/python-geopandas-plot/

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TechBeamers Python: How to Import Another Python File

Link: https://www.techbeamers.com/how-to-import-another-python-file/

When working on big Python projects or trying to organize your code better, you need to know how to bring in code from other Python files. This is called “importing,” and it’s a crucial skill for reus
Kay Hayen: Nuitka this week #14

Link: https://nuitka.net/posts/nuitka-this-week-14.html

Contents

Nuitka this week #14

Communication vs. Coding
Nuitka has evolved a lot
Community
Optimization Work
Current Evolutions
Teasers
Twitter and Mastodon
Help Wanted



Communication vs. Coding
Af
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #187: Serializing Data With Python & Underscore Naming Conventions

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/187/

Do you need to transfer an extensive data collection for a science project? What's the best way to send executable code over the wire for distributed processing? What are the different ways to seriali
Python Software Foundation: EU’s Cyber Resilience Act Passes with Wins for Open Source

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/01/CRA-update.html

Back in April, we wrote to the community about our concerns for the future of the open source ecosystem generally and CPython and PyPI specifically if the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) were to p
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Data Science Day Announcement and Call for Speaker Proposals

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-data-science-day/

We are thrilled to announce Python Data Science Day will be taking place March 14th, 2024; a “PyDay” on Pi Day: 3.14 . If you’re a Python developer, entrepreneur, data scientist, student, or researche
TechBeamers Python: Top 45 Python Exercises on Loops, Conditions, and Range() Function

Link: https://www.techbeamers.com/python-exercises-on-loops-conditions-range/

Here are 45 Python exercises on loops (for, while), if-else statements, and the range() function, along with their solutions. Each exercise comes with a brief description of the problem and a solution
TechBeamers Python: Top 50 Python Data Structure Exercises (List, Set, Dictionary, and Tuple)

Link: https://www.techbeamers.com/python-data-structure-exercises-beginners/

Here are 50 Python Data Structure exercises covering List, Set, Dictionary, and Tuple operations. These are excellent exercises for any beginner learning Python. In the following exercises, you’ll eng
Test and Code: 212: Canon TDD - by Kent Beck

Link: https://podcast.pythontest.com/episodes/212-canon-tdd-by-kent-beck

In 2002, Kent Beck released a book called  "Test Driven Development by Example".In December of 2023, Kent wrote an article called "Canon TDD".With Kent's permission, this episode contains the full con
Python People: Julian Sequeira - Pybites, Australia, Mindset, and Teaching New Programmers

Link: https://pythonpeople.fm/episodes/julian-sequeira

Julian Sequeira is a cofounder of Pybites. He's a Python coach, a podcaster, a career mindset advocate, and is learning guitar.Topics include:Learning guitarVacationing in CanadaPybitesSplitting finan
TechBeamers Python: Understanding LangChain: A Guide for Beginners

Link: https://www.techbeamers.com/langchain/

LangChain is a toolkit for building apps powered by large language models like GPT-3. Think of it as Legos for AI apps – it simplifies connecting these powerful models to build things like text genera
Ned Batchelder: Randomly sub-setting test suites

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202401/randomly_subsetting_test_suites.html

I needed to run random subsets of my test suite to narrow down the cause of
some mysterious behavior. I didn’t find an existing tool that worked the way I
wanted to, so I cobbled something together.I
Chris Moffitt: Introduction to Polars

Link: https://pbpython.com/polars-intro.html


Introduction
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on the blog. One of the primary reasons for the
hiatus is that I have been using python and pandas but not to do anything very new or differe
Python GUIs: Plotting With PyQtGraph — Create Custom Plots in PyQt with PyQtGraph

Link: https://www.pythonguis.com/tutorials/plotting-pyqtgraph/

One of the major fields where Python shines is in data science. For data exploration and cleaning, Python has many powerful tools, such as pandas and polar. For visualization, Python has Matplotlib.
W
Zato Blog: Network packet brokers and automation in Python

Link: https://zato.io/en/blog/network-packet-broker-automation-python.html


Network packet brokers and automation in Python


2024-01-15, by Dariusz Suchojad



Packet brokers are crucial for network engineers, providing a clear, detailed view of network traffic,
aiding in
PyCharm: Join the Livestream: “Python, Django, PyCharm, and More”

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2024/01/join-the-livestream-python-django-pycharm-and-more/

Join us for the new PyCharm Livestream episode to learn about everything new in the world of Python on January 25 at 4:00 pm UTC.

We will be chatting with Helen Scott, Jodie Burchell, Sarah Boyce, Mu