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Python Engineering at Microsoft: Introducing the Jupyter Extension for VS Code

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/introducing-the-jupyter-extension-for-vs-code/

We’re excited to announce that we’re releasing the new Jupyter extension for Visual Studio Code today! The Jupyter extension is the latest step in our journey to bring the power of Jupyter Notebook in
Janusworx: Starting Work on Git-the-Branch

Link: https://janusworx.com/blog/starting-work-on-git-the-branch/

The Itch
Aiming to write a tool using this which will show all the git branches in the current directory and the last commit date on those branches (and only the local branches :))
What I did today
I
Rene Dudfield: Finger painting with multi-touch in python using pygame 2

Link: http://renesd.blogspot.com/2020/11/finger-painting-with-multi-touch-in.html

pygame 2 has support for Multi-Touch. You know, where it can track multiple fingers. I've made an app and tutorial to show off the new Multi-Touch features.Finger Painting with Multi-Touch Full articl
Matt Layman: WhiteNoise Shenanigans - Building SaaS #79

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/building-saas/whitenoise-shenanigans/

In this episode, I worked on a method of adding static content to a site that didn’t involve the staticfiles directory, a separate domain, or a reverse proxy like Nginx. We had to get clever with Hero
Django Weblog: Nominations for 2020 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/nov/12/nominations-2020-malcolm-tredinnick-memorial-prize/

Hello Everyone!
It is that time of year again when we recognize someone from our community in memory of our friend Malcolm.
Malcolm was an early core contributor to Django and had both a huge influenc
Python Morsels: Positional vs Keyword Arguments

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/topics/positional-vs-keyword-arguments/




Related article:

Functions
Passing a function as an argument
Asterisks in Python

Transcript:
Let's talk about the two types of arguments you can use when calling a function:
positional arguments
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – November 2020 Release

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-visual-studio-code-november-2020-release/

We are pleased to announce that the November 2020 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. You can download the Python extension from the Marketplace, or install it dir
Stack Abuse: How to Plot Inline and With Qt - Matplotlib with IPython/Jupyter Notebooks

Link: https://stackabuse.com/how-to-plot-inline-and-with-qt-matplotlib-with-ipython-and-jupyter-notebooks/

Introduction
There are a number of different data visualization libraries for Python. Out of all of the libraries, however, Matplotlib is easily the most popular and widely used one. With Matplotlib y
Learn PyQt: Using QProcess to run external programs — Run background programs without impacting your UI

Link: https://www.learnpyqt.com/tutorials/qprocess-external-programs/

So far we've looked at how to run work in separate threads, allowing you to do complex tasks without interrupting your UI. This works great when using Python libraries to accomplish tasks, but sometim
Quansight Labs Blog: Manylinux1 is obsolete, manylinux2010 is almost EOL, what is next?

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2020/11/manylinux1-is-obsolete-manylinux2010-is-almost-eol-what-is-next/

The basic installation format for users who install packages via pip is
the wheel format. Wheel names are composed of four parts: a
package-name-and-version tag (which can be further broken down), a P
Brett Cannon: Unravelling `is` and `is not`

Link: https://snarky.ca/unravelling-is-and-is-not/

As part of this blog series on Python's syntactic sugar, I said in the post on unary arithmetic operators that it might be the most boring post in this series. I think I was wrong. 😄The operators is a
Rene Dudfield: Midi musical intrument controllers and synthesizers with python and pygame

Link: http://renesd.blogspot.com/2020/11/midi-musical-intrument-controllers-and.html

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (Midi), is for letting digital musical instruments talk to each other in 'real time'. It came from the early 80s, and is still used today. The main idea is that ra
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #35: Security and Authorization in Your Python Web Applications

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/35/

So you built a web application in Python. Now how are you going to authorize users? Security goes beyond authentication. Who gets to do what, where, and when? This week on the show, we have Sam Scott,
Janusworx: Git the Branch

Link: https://janusworx.com/blog/git-the-branch/

I started playing with a way to control Git via Python.
Kushal had asked me to write a program, that would show me the local git branches.
So here it is!
I call it Git the Branch. (painfully, punny, I
Stack Abuse: How to Concatenate Two Lists in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/how-to-concatenate-two-lists-in-python/

Introduction
List concatenation the act of creating a single list from multiple smaller lists by daisy chaining them together.
There are many ways of concatenating lists in Python. Specifically, in th
Quansight Labs Blog: Querying multiple backends with Ibis

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2020/11/the-ibis-backends/

Querying multiple backends with Ibis
In our recent Ibis post, we discussed querying & retrieving data using a familiar Pandas-like interface.
That discussion focused on the fluent API that Ibis provid
Talk Python to Me: #290 Side Hustles for Data Scientists

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/290/side-hustles-for-data-scientists

Are you a data scientist looking to branch out on your own and start something new? Maybe you're just looking for a way to work with those exciting libraries that aren't yet in play at the day job. Ra
Wingware: Wing Python IDE 7.2.7 - November 13, 2020

Link: https://wingware.com/news/2020-11-13

Wing 7.2.7 improves running unit tests for Django and other testing frameworks, fixes
Command-Alt-Click to add multiple selections on macOS, changes Goto Source in the Testing
tool to display the inne