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Daniel Roy Greenfeld: What's the Ultimate Reason for Working at Octopus Energy?

Link: https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/whats-the-ultimate-reason-for-working-at-octopus-energy-part-2

On November 16, 2020, I started my first day of employment at Octopus Energy. A few days ago I discussed reasons why I enjoy my work and colleagues. In this article, I explain the ultimate reason I wo
PyCharm: PyCharm 2021.2 EAP 2: Python Packages Installation From Custom Locations

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/n92qam3nrmo/

The second EAP of PyCharm 2021.2 brings a lot of improvements, both platform-wide and Python-specific. Take a look at what we have new in store for Python 3.10 support, easy package installation, work
Python for Beginners: Decimal Module in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/decimal-module-in-python


Python has numeric data types like int, float and complex numbers but due to the machine dependent nature of floating point numbers, we need a more precise data type for calculations which demand hig
Stack Abuse: Styling PyQt6 Applications - Default and Custom QSS Stylesheets

Link: https://stackabuse.com/styling-pyqt6-applications-default-and-custom-qss-stylesheets

Introduction
In this guide, we'll take a look at how to style a PyQt application.

If you're unfamiliar with PyQt, read our Guide to Working with Python's PyQT Framework

We'll start with PyQt's defau
Mike Driscoll: Python 101: Exception Handling (Video)

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/06/25/exception_handling_video/

In this video tutorial, you will learn how exception handling works in Python.
Specifically, you will learn the following:

Common exceptions
Handling exceptions
Raising exceptions
Examining exception
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #66: Practicing Python With CSV Files and Extracting Values With "filter()"

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/66/

Are you ready to practice your Python skills some more? There is a new set of practice problems prepared for you to tackle, and this time they're based on working with CSV files. This week on the show
Mike Driscoll: Mouse vs Python has a Slack Channel

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/06/25/mouse-vs-python-has-a-slack-channel/

This website now has a Slack channel. It’s free to join. No subscription required!
If you’d like to join, use the following link which is good for the next 30 days:
https://join.slack.com/t/mousevspyt
Talk Python to Me: #322: A path into data science

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/322/a-path-into-data-science

Are you interested in getting ahead in data science? On this episode, you'll meet Sanyam Bhutani who studied computer science but found his education didn't prepare him for getting a data science-focu
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (cclxxxi) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2021/06/cclxxxi-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2021-06-26 15:09:30 GMTList containing only every second second pair of
Simple is Better Than Complex: How to Start a Production-Ready Django Project

Link: https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2021/06/27/how-to-start-a-production-ready-django-project.html

In this tutorial I’m going to show you how I usually start and organize a new Django project nowadays. I’ve tried many
different configurations and ways to organize the project, but for the past 4 yea
Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Benjy Weinberger

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/06/28/pydev-of-the-week-benjy-weinberger/

This week we welcome Benjy Weinberger (@benjy) as our PyDev of the Week! Benjy works on the Pants build system. He is also the co-founder of Toolchain.
You can catch up with Benjy over on GitHub. Let’
Python⇒Speed: Measuring the memory usage of a Pandas DataFrame

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/pandas-dataframe-series-memory-usage/

How much memory are your Pandas DataFrame or Series using?
Pandas provides an API for measuring this information, but a variety of implementation details means the results can be confusing or misleadi
Quansight Labs Blog: Distributed Training Made Easy with PyTorch-Ignite

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2021/06/distributed-made-easy-with-ignite/


Authors: François Cokelaer,
Priyansi, Sylvain
Desroziers, Victor
Fomin
Writing agnostic
distributed
code that
supports different platforms, hardware configurations (GPUs, TPUs) and
communication fram
Real Python: Reverse Python Lists: Beyond .reverse() and reversed()

Link: https://realpython.com/python-reverse-list/

Are you diving deeper into Python lists and wanting to learn about different ways to reverse them? If so, then this tutorial is for you. Here, you’ll learn about a few Python tools and techniques that
Python Insider: Python 3.9.6, 3.8.11, 3.7.11, and 3.6.14 are now available

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/mjnsTchkg4Q/python-396-3811-3711-and-3614-are-now.html

Python 3.9.6Get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-396/Python 3.9.6 is the newest major stable release of
the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and
Mike Driscoll: Converting MP4 to Animated GIFs with Python

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/06/29/converting-mp4-to-animated-gifs-with-python/

Python can be used to read in the common MP4 video format and convert it to an animated GIF. Of course, you can use a pre-built piece of software if you’d rather, but it’s fun (and a good learning exp