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Mike Driscoll: Python 101 - Learn All About Functions (Video)

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2022/05/07/python-101-learn-all-about-functions-video/

In this video tutorial you will learn the following:

Creating a function
Calling a function
Passing arguments
Type hinting your arguments
Passing keyword arguments
Required and default arguments
*arg
Talk Python to Me: #364: Symbolic Math with Python using SymPy

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/364/symbolic-math-with-python-using-sympy

We're all familiar with the data science tools like numpy, pandas, and others. These are numerical tools working with floating point numbers, often to represent real-world systems. But what if you exa
"Morphex's Blogologue": Ravencoin and ethereum (classic) accounting tools

Link: http://blogologue.com/blog_entry?id=1651960564X06

So I've been hacking away at the accounting tool for ethereum (classic) today, adding support for converting the USD rate for ETH/ETC to another currency, based on data provided in the CSV format.It's
Python Insider: Python 3.11.0b1 is now available

Link: https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2022/05/python-3110b1-is-now-available.html

We did it, team! After quite a bumpy release process and a bunch of last-time fixes, we have reached beta 1 and feature freeze. What a ride eh? You can get the shiny new release artefacts from here:ht
Ned Batchelder: Twitter tidbits

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202205/twitter_tidbits.html

Lately I’ve been posting Python tidbits on
Twitter. It’s been fun finding
things that people might not yet know, fitting them into a tweet, and giving
them some energy.People ask how I make them. I
The Python Coding Blog: Do You Really Know What Sines and Cosines Are? Visualising Maths Using Python and Turtle

Link: https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2022/05/08/do-you-really-know-what-sines-and-cosines-are-visualising-maths-using-python-and-turtle/

Sines and cosines are everywhere. But not everyone really understands what they are. In this article, you’ll write a Python program using the turtle module to visualise how they’re related to a circle
Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Mason Egger

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2022/05/09/pydev-of-the-week-mason-egger/

This week we welcome Mason Egger (@masonegger) as our PyDev of the Week! Mason is an organizer of PyTexas and a developer advocate at Gretel. Mason also maintains a Python website where you can see wh
Python for Beginners: Check if a Python String Contains a Number

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/strings/check-if-a-python-string-contains-a-number

Strings are used to handle text data in the python programming language. Sometimes, we need to check if a string contains a number in situations where we have to validate user input or data. In this p
Real Python: Python News: What's New From April 2022

Link: https://realpython.com/python-news-april-2022/

April 2022 saw the return of the PyCon US conference in person in Salt Lake City. During the conference, Python developers met for the annual Language Summit, and Anaconda announced PyScript, a way to
Zato Blog: Salesforce API integrations and connected apps

Link: https://zato.io/blog/posts/salesforce-credentials.html

Overview
This instalment in a series of articles about API integrations with Salesforce
covers connected apps - how to create them
and how to obtain their credentials needed to exchange REST messages
Podcast.__init__: Making Investment Data Easy To Access And Analyze With The OpenBB Terminal

Link: https://www.pythonpodcast.com/openbb-terminal-investment-data-framework-episode-363/

Investing effectively is largely a game of information access and analysis. This can involve a substantial amount of research and time spent on finding, validating, and acquiring different information
Python Software Foundation: No Starch Press has released an all-Python Humble Bundle!

Link: http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2022/05/no-starch-press-has-released-all-python.html

No Starch Press, an indie tech-book publisher and Community sponsor of the PSF,  just announced a partnership with Humble Bundle that lets you pay what you want for all-Python DRM-free ebook titles fo
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #524 (May 10, 2022)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/524

#524 – MAY 10, 2022 View in Browser » PyCon US 2022 Highlights “It was wonderful to be back at PyCon US in person again. PyCon is way too big for any one person’s summary to tell the whole story
Test and Code: 185: Python + Django + Rich + Testing == Awesome

Link: https://testandcode.com/185

Django has a handful of console commands to help manage and develop sites.
django-rich adds color and nice formatting. Super cool.
In a recent release, django-rich also adds nice colorized tracebacks
Python for Beginners: Remove Elements From a Set in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/remove-elements-from-a-set-in-python

We use sets in python to store unique immutable objects. In this article, we will discuss how we can remove elements from a set in python. For this, we will discuss four approaches using different met
Real Python: pandas GroupBy: Your Guide to Grouping Data in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/pandas-groupby/

Whether you’ve just started working with pandas and want to master one of its core capabilities, or you’re looking to fill in some gaps in your understanding about .groupby(), this tutorial will help
Python Software Foundation: The 2022 Python Language Summit: A per-interpreter GIL

Link: http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-2022-python-language-summit-per.html

“Hopefully,” the speaker began, “This is the last time I give a talk on this subject.”“My name is Eric Snow, I’ve been a core developer since 2012, and I’ve been working towards a per-interpreter GIL
Python Software Foundation: The 2022 Python Language Summit: Achieving immortality

Link: http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-2022-python-language-summit_11.html

What does it mean to achieve immortality? At the 2022 Python Language Summit, Eddie Elizondo, an engineer at Instagram, and Eric Snow, CPython core developer, set out to explain just that.Only for Pyt
Python Software Foundation: The 2022 Python Language Summit: Python in the browser

Link: http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-2022-python-language-summit-python.html

Python can be run on many platforms: Linux, Windows, Apple Macs, microcomputers, and even Android devices. But it’s a widely known fact that, if you want code to run in a browser, Python is simply no