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Read the Docs: Read the Docs newsletter - September 2021

Link: https://blog.readthedocs.com/newsletter-september-2021/


Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly newsletter, where we
share the most relevant updates around Read the Docs,
offer a summary of new features we shipped
during the previous month,
and share
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #76: Harnessing Python's math Module and Exposing Practical Pandas Functions

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/76/

How well do you know Python's math module? Maybe you've used a few of the constants or arithmetic functions. You may be surprised by the amount of functionality hiding within this built-in library, an
Mike Driscoll: Python 101 – Working with Files (Video)

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/09/03/python-101-working-with-files-video/

Application developers are always working with files. You create them whenever you write a new script or application. You write reports in Microsoft Word, you save emails or download books or music. F
Stack Abuse: Dijkstra's Algorithm in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/dijkstras-algorithm-in-python/

Introduction
Dijkstra's algorithm is an algorithm which finds the shortest paths between nodes in a graph. It was designed by a Dutch computer scientist Edsger Wybe Dijkstra in 1956, when he thought a
Mike Driscoll: Creating a Text Search GUI with wxPython

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/09/04/creating-a-text-search-gui-with-wxpython/

You learned how to create a file search GUI with wxPython in an earlier tutorial. In this article, you will learn how to create a text search utility with wxPython.
If you’d like to learn more about c
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (ccxci) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2021/09/ccxci-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2021-09-04 20:03:19 GMTFiltering list of tuples based on condition - [1
Python Insider: Python 3.7.12 and 3.6.15 security updates now available

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/vI_S3Fb6-ks/python-3712-and-3615-security-updates.html

Python 3.7.12 and 3.6.15,  the lastest security fix rollups for Python 3.7 and Python 3.6, are now available. You can find the release files, links to the changelogs, and more information here:    htt
John Ludhi/nbshare.io: How To Take User Input From The Command Line

Link: https://www.nbshare.io/notebook/788267718/How-To-Take-User-Input-From-The-Command-Line/

How To Take User Input From The Command LinePython provides developers with built-in functions that can be used to get input directly from users and interact with them using the command line (or shell
Mike Driscoll: PySimpleGUI: Using an Image as a Button

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/09/05/pysimplegui-using-an-image-as-a-button/

When you create a graphical user interface for your amazing program, you want to add a little bit of yourself to the application. One way to do that is to use images as buttons. While some people find
Anarcat: Automating major Debian upgrades

Link: https://anarc.at/blog/2021-09-05-bullseye-upgrade-notes/

It's major upgrade time again! The Debian project just published
the Debian 11 "bullseye" release, and it's pretty awesome! This
makes me realized that I have never written here about my peculiar
upgr
Łukasz Langa: Weekly Report 2021, August 30 - September 5

Link: https://lukasz.langa.pl/94b5086c-81df-498a-9f8b-f9e06f5d9538/

Slower week in terms of pull requests as I coded more myself and did some release management work.
Matthew Wright: Version control for Jupyter notebooks

Link: https://www.wrighters.io/version-control-for-jupyter-notebooks/

Jupyter notebooks are hard to diff and merge since they contain both code and output, but tools and practices can make version control easier.The post Version control for Jupyter notebooks appeared fi
Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Déborah Mesquita

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/09/06/pydev-of-the-week-deborah-mesquita/

This week we welcome Déborah Mesquita as our PyDev of the Week! Déborah is a content writer at Real Python. You can see what she is up to over on her website or by checking out her GitHub profile.

Le
Reuven Lerner: Missing my blog posts? Check me out on YouTube!

Link: https://lerner.co.il/2021/09/06/missing-my-blog-posts-check-me-out-on-youtube/

I haven’t been posting much to this blog of late, in part because I’ve been posting Python-related videos on YouTube. Just in the last month or two, I’ve posted:
Scraping HTML with Pandas: https://ww
Python Morsels: Parsing command-line arguments in Python

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/topics/parsing-command-line-arguments-python/




Transcript
Let's talk about parsing command line arguments in Python.
Parsing command-line arguments
We have a program here called add.py that uses Python's argparse module to parse two arguments,
Stack Abuse: Creating a REST API with Django REST Framework

Link: https://stackabuse.com/creating-a-rest-api-with-django-rest-framework/

Introduction
REST APIs are an industry-standard way for web services to send and receive data. They use HTTP request methods to facilitate the request-response cycle and typically transfer data using
Quansight Labs Blog: Making Numpy Accessible: Guidelines and Tools

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2021/07/numpy-accessibility-guidelines/


Header illustration by author, Mars Lee
Numpy is now foundational to Python scientific computing. Our efforts reach
millions of developers each month. As our user base grows, we recognize that we
are
Mike Driscoll: Matplotlib – An Intro to Creating Graphs with Python

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/09/07/matplotlib-an-intro-to-creating-graphs-with-python/

Data visualizations are an important method of sharing your data with others. Some people refer to visualizations as plots, charts, or graphs. These names are synonymous in this article.
Python has ma