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Python for Beginners: Namedtuple in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/data-types/namedtuple-in-python

You must have used a tuple or a python dictionary in your program. Although they are very useful data structures, they have some drawbacks. In this we will study what is a namedtuple in python and how
Inspired Python: Python Pattern Matching Examples: Working with Paths and Files

Link: https://www.inspiredpython.com/course/pattern-matching/python-pattern-matching-examples-working-with-paths-and-files?r=rss


Python Pattern Matching Examples: Working with Paths and Files
Manipulating file and path strings is dreary work. It is a common activity, particularly in data science where the file structure may co
Inspired Python: Let’s Write a Game Boy Emulator in Python

Link: https://www.inspiredpython.com/course/game-boy-emulator/let-s-write-a-game-boy-emulator-in-python?r=rss


Let’s Write a Game Boy Emulator in Python
There’s a lot to be said for staid, old gaming platforms from the 1980s and 90s. Chief among them is nostalgia – if you’re old enough to remember them, that
ItsMyCode: Python ValueError: could not convert string to float

Link: https://itsmycode.com/python-valueerror-could-not-convert-string-to-float/

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If you convert a string object into a floating point in Python, you will get a ValueError: could not convert string to float. Usually, this happens if the string object has an invalid floa
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #499 (Nov. 16, 2021)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/499

#499 – NOVEMBER 16, 2021 View in Browser » The PSF Is Searching for Its Next Executive Director After announcing earlier this summer that Ewa Jodlowska is leaving after ten years of service, the
Django Weblog: 2022 DSF Board Nominations

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/nov/16/2022-dsf-board-nominations/

It is that time again to begin to elect next year’s Django Software Foundation’s Board of Directors!
As you know, the Board guides the direction of the marketing, governance, and outreach activities o
ItsMyCode: UnicodeDecodeError: ‘utf8’ codec can’t decode byte 0xa5 in position 0: invalid start byte

Link: https://itsmycode.com/unicodedecodeerror-utf8-codec-cant-decode-byte-0xa5-in-position-0-invalid-start-byte/

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The UnicodeDecodeError occurs mainly while importing and reading the csv or json files in your Python code. If the provided file has some special characters, Python will throw an UnicodeDe
Quansight Labs Blog: A vision for extensibility to GPU & distributed support for SciPy, scikit-learn, scikit-image and beyond

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2021/11/pydata-extensibility-vision/

Over the years, array computing in Python has evolved to support distributed
arrays, GPU arrays, and other various kinds of arrays that work with specialized
hardware, or carry additional metadata, o
Stack Abuse: Keras Callbacks: Save and Visualize Prediction on Each Training Epoch

Link: https://stackabuse.com/custom-keras-callback-for-saving-prediction-on-each-epoch-with-visualizations/

Introduction
Keras is a high-level API, typically used with the Tensorflow library, and has lowered the barrier to entry for many and democratized the creation of Deep Learning models and systems.
Whe
Python⇒Speed: Speed up your Conda installs with Mamba

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/faster-conda-install/

Conda installs can be very very very slow.
Every time you run conda install:

It has to collect the package metadata.
It has to solve the environment.
… maybe you can take a coffee break here, or go w
eGenix.com: PyDDF Python Herbst Sprint 2021 (Online)

Link: https://www.egenix.com/company/news/PyDDF-Herbst-Sprint-2021

The following text is in German, since we're announcing a Python sprint in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Ankündigung
PyDDF Python Herbst Online Sprint 2021

Samstag, 20.11.2021, 10:00-18:00 Uhr

Sonntag, 21.1
Real Python: Python News: What's New From October 2021?

Link: https://realpython.com/python-news-october-2021/

A culmination of great work done by volunteers worldwide, the release of Python 3.10 dominated the Python community’s news cycle in October 2021. At the same time that this release was making new feat
Python for Beginners: Dataclass in Python

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

While programming in python, you might have used classes to create different objects. Classes in python are very helpful in depicting real world objects in our programs. In this article, we will discu
Trey Hunner: How to sort a dictionary in Python

Link: https://treyhunner.com/2021/11/how-to-sort-a-dictionary-in-python/

Dictionaries are best used for key-value lookups: we provide a key and the dictionary very quickly returns the corresponding value.
But what if you need both key-value lookups and iteration?
It is pos
Talk Python to Me: #341: 25 Pandas Functions You Didn’t Know Existed

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/341/25-pandas-functions-you-didn-t-know-existed

Do you do anything with Jupyter notebooks? If you do, there is a very good chance you're working with the pandas library. This is one of THE primary tools of anyone doing computational work or data ex
Python Bytes: #259 That argument is a little late-bound

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/259/that-argument-is-a-little-late-bound

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Test and Code: 170: pytest for Data Science and Machine Learning - Prayson Daniel

Link: https://testandcode.com/170

Prayson Daniel, a principle data scientist, discusses testing machine learning pipelines with pytest.
Prayson is using pytest for some pretty cool stuff, including:

unit tests, of course
testing pipe
PyCharm: PyCharm 2021.3 Release Candidate Is Out

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2021/11/2021-3-rc/

PyCharm’s 2021.3 major release is right around the corner, and now the PyCharm team is fine-tuning the new features and fixing important bugs.
As we approach the end of our EAP – Early Access Program,
Evennia: The Evennia blog has moved to evennia.com!

Link: http://evennia.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-evennia-blog-has-moved-to-evenniacom.html

This dev blog has moved! All past and future posts will now be found here instead on evennia.com. The linked post discusses the move in more detail, including the little custom blog platform I wrote f