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Django Weblog: Django security releases issued: 3.1.1, 3.0.10 and 2.2.16

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/sep/01/security-releases/

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing
Django 3.1.1,
Django 3.0.10 and
Django 2.2.16.
These releases address the security issue detailed below. We encourage all use
Abhijeet Pal: Django + AJAX : How to use AJAX in Django Templates

Link: https://djangocentral.com/django-ajax-with-jquery/

AJAX or Asynchronous JavaScript And XML is a set of web development techniques using web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous web requests. In simpler words, AJAX allows web pages to
Reuven Lerner: Master object-oriented Python with Weekly Python Exercise — starting September 8th

Link: https://lerner.co.il/2020/09/01/master-object-oriented-python-with-weekly-python-exercise-starting-september-8th/



Object-oriented programming has been around for several decades. As a result, it has become easier to organize, maintain, and reuse code.
Well, sort of. Perhaps the word “easier” isn’t quite righ
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #436 (Sept. 1, 2020)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/436

#436 – SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 View in Browser » Unravelling Augmented Arithmetic Assignment Augmented arithmetic assignment happen whenever you do a bit of arithmetic while also assigning a value, su
Daniel Roy Greenfeld: Office Hours

Link:

Ask me professional questions in a small group Zoom meeting setting. Past topics of discussion have included:

Code review! Attendees can share code with me, unless given permission I won't share with
Mike Driscoll: wxPython by Example: How to Reset the Background Color (Video)

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/09/02/wxpython-by-example-how-to-reset-the-background-color-video/

In this tutorial, you will learn how to reset the background color of your application to the default color.

The post wxPython by Example: How to Reset the Background Color (Video) appeared first on
Real Python: PyTorch vs Tensorflow for Your Python Deep Learning Project

Link: https://realpython.com/pytorch-vs-tensorflow/

PyTorch vs TensorFlow: What’s the difference? Both are open source Python libraries that use graphs to perform numerical computation on data. Both are used extensively in academic research and commerc
Doug Hellmann: reno 3.2.0

Link: http://feeds.doughellmann.com/~r/doughellmann/python/~3/VxwdrSbaDGo/

reno is a release notes manager designed with high throughput in mind, supporting fast distributed development teams without introducing additional development processes. The goal is to encourage deta
Python Software Foundation: Python Software Foundation End-of-the-Year Fundraiser

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/lqD8wjLxcTQ/python-software-foundation-end-of-year.html

We’re excited to announce that plans are underway for our end-of-the-year 2020 fundraising campaign launching on November 23rd and ending on December 31st!In the past, we’ve worked successfully with o
Dataquest: Tutorial: Web Scraping with Python Using Beautiful Soup

Link: https://www.dataquest.io/blog/web-scraping-tutorial-python/

The internet is an absolutely massive source of data. Unfortunately, the vast majority if it isn’t available in conveniently organized CSV files for download and analysis. If you want to capture data
Sebastian Witowski: Easy Speedup Wins With Numba

Link: https://switowski.com/blog/easy-speedup-wins-with-numba


If you have functions that do a lot of mathematical operations, use NumPy or rely heavily on loops, then there is a way to speed them up significantly with one line of code. Ok, two lines if you coun
Gocept Weblog: Presentation: We have nearly one million lines of Python 2 code in production — and now?

Link: https://blog.gocept.com/2020/09/03/presentation-we-have-nearly-one-million-lines-of-python-2-code-in-production-and-now/

Still running Python 2 code in production is like steering a ship without radar in thick fog: You don’t know, which obstacle you will hit next. But there are ways to see the sun again – even for large
Andrew Dalke: New chemfp licensing model in chemfp 3.4

Link: http://www.dalkescientific.com/writings/diary/archive/2020/09/03/new_chemfp_3x_licensing_model.html



Background: chemfp is a Python
package for high-performance cheminformatics fingerprint similarity
search. There are two development tracks. Chemfp 1.x is the
no-cost/open source version, which only
Mike Driscoll: wxPython by Example: Making Your Application Fade In and Out (Video)

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/09/03/wxpython-by-example-making-your-application-fade-in-and-out-video/

In this screencast, you will learn how to change the transparency of your application. This will allow you to make your application fade in or out.

The post wxPython by Example: Making Your Applicati
Matt Layman: Custom Form Validation - Building SaaS #71

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/building-saas/custom-form-validation/

In this episode, I added some custom checking to ensure that students may only be enrolled in a single grade level for a school year. We talked about form cleaning and wrote a for unit test to prove t
Kushal Das: Using Stem and PySocks to access network over Tor

Link: https://kushaldas.in/posts/using-stem-and-pysocks-to-access-network-over-tor.html


I previously
wrote about
using the standard SOCKS proxy provided by the Tor
Project on your system using Python, in particular
using the requests module.
But, what about if you want to start a Tor SO