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PyBites: How to package and deploy CLI applications with Python PyPA setuptools build

Link: https://pybit.es/articles/how-to-package-and-deploy-cli-apps/

This article covers how to package your Python code as a CLI application using just the official PyPA provided tools, without installing additional external dependencies.
If you prefer reading code to
PyBites: How to handle environment variables in Python

Link: https://pybit.es/articles/how-to-handle-environment-variables-in-python/

In this article I will share 3 libraries I often use to isolate my environment variables from production code.
Why is this important?
Separate config from code
As we can read in The Twelve-Factor App
Python Piedmont Triad User Group: Lunch and learn series

Link: http://www.pyptug.org/2021/08/lunch-and-learn-series.html

PYPTUG Lunch and LearnIn order to help those starting out with python, we are starting a lunch and learn series. You can see upcoming lunch and learns on our meetup page:https://www.meetup.com/PYthon-
Real Python: Splitting Datasets With scikit-learn and train_test_split()

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/splitting-datasets-scikit-learn-train-test-split/

One of the key aspects of supervised machine learning is model evaluation and validation. When you evaluate the predictive performance of your model, it’s essential that the process be unbiased. Using
Python for Beginners: How to Extract a Date from a .txt File in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/files/how-to-extract-a-date-from-a-txt-file-in-python

In this tutorial, we’ll examine the different ways you can extract a date from a .txt file using Python programming. Python is a versatile language—as you’ll discover—and there are many solutions for
Python⇒Speed: The best Docker base image for your Python application (August 2021)

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/base-image-python-docker-images/

When you’re building a Docker image for your Python application, you’re building on top of an existing image—and there are many possible choices.
There are OS images like Ubuntu, and there are the man
Wingware: Wing Python IDE Version 8.0.3 - August 31, 2021

Link: https://wingware.com/news/2021-08-31

Wing 8.0.3 allows specifying the Django settings module for unit tests with
--settings=<name> in Run Args on the Testing page of Project Properties,
fixes using an Activated Env that contains spaces i
Montreal Python User Group: Call for Speakers for Montréal-Python 88 – Hypnotized Statue

Link: https://montrealpython.org/en/2021/08/mp-88-cfp/

Hi everyone, exceptionally, our September meeting will take place on a Tuesday evening rather than our traditional Mondays to avoid the conflict with the elections.
We are looking for presenters for t
Talk Python to Me: #332: Robust Python

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/332/robust-python

Does it seem like your Python projects are getting bigger and bigger? Are you feeling the pain as your codebase expands and gets tougher to debug and maintain? Patrick Viafore is here to help us write
Stack Abuse: Random Projection: Theory and Implementation in Python with Scikit-Learn

Link: https://stackabuse.com/random-projection-theory-and-implementation-in-python-with-scikit-learn/

Introduction
This guide is an in-depth introduction to an unsupervised dimensionality reduction technique called Random Projections. A Random Projection can be used to reduce the complexity and size o
Quansight Labs Blog: CZI EOSS4 Grants at Quansight Labs

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2021/08/czi-eoss4-grants-at-quansight-labs/

Here, at Quansight Labs, our goal is to work on sustaining the future of Open Source. We make sure we can live up to that goal by spending a significant amount of time working on impactful and critica
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #488 (Aug. 31, 2021)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/488

#488 – AUGUST 31, 2021 View in Browser » Python Ranks #1 in IEEE “Top Programming Languages” “Python dominates as the de facto platform for new technologies” and “Learn Python. That’s the bigges
Sandipan Dey: Probabilistic Deep Learning with Tensorflow

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In this blog, we shall discuss on how to implement probabilistic deep learning models using Tensorflow. The problems to be discussed in this blog appeared in the exercises / projects in the coursera c
Django Weblog: Django bugfix release: 3.2.7

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/sep/01/bugfix-release/

Today we've issued the 3.2.7 bugfix release.
The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is
PyBites: Facial Recognition with Python

Link: https://pybit.es/articles/facial-recognition-with-python/

Identifying faces
I was asked by Bob to write a guest article for the PyBites blog, so whilst this isn’t my first blog article, it is my first ever guest blog article of which I’m immensely proud and
Mike Driscoll: Unit Conversion with Python and the Pint Package

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/09/01/unit-conversion-pint/

Do you need to work measurements often? What about converting from one unit of measurement to another? There is a Python package called Pint that makes working with quantities easy to do. Pint allows
Python for Beginners: Binary Search Tree in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/data-structures/binary-search-tree-in-python

You can use different data structures such as a python dictionary, a list, a tuple, or a set in programs. But these data structures are not sufficient for implementing hierarchical structures in the p