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Python for Beginners: Check if a String is Empty or Whitespace in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/check-if-a-string-is-empty-or-whitespace-in-python

Strings in Python are used for handling text data. While doing operations on text data, we may need to remove empty strings or whitespaces. When we print an empty string or whitespaces, we cannot diff
Real Python: Python News: What's New From July 2022

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

In July 2022, Python reached for the stars, playing a key role in processing data from the James Webb Space Telescope. After two years of virtual conferences, EuroPython 2022 took place in Dublin, Ire
Python Insider: Python 3.11.0rc1 is now available

Link: https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2022/08/python-3110rc1-is-now-available.html

This is the first release candidate of Python 3.11https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110rc1/This release, **3.11.0rc1**, is the penultimate release preview.  Entering the release candida
scikit-learn: scikit-learn Sprint in Salta, Argentina

Link: https://blog.scikit-learn.org/events/salta-sprint/













Author:
Juan Martín Loyola


In September of 2022, the SciPy Latin America conference will take place in Salta, Argentina.
As part of the event, we are organizing a s
Real Python: Exploring Special Function Parameters

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/special-function-parameters/

Have you ever come across the forward slash (/) and asterisk (*) symbols in the documentation for your favorite libraries? These represent special parameters, which tell you what kinds of arguments yo
IslandT: Detect the object using its own color in Pygame

Link: https://islandtropicaman.com/wp/2022/08/09/detect-the-object-using-its-own-color-in-pygame/

In this pygame example, I will create a triangle and fill it up with the color of my choice. Next, I am going to create a small program that will detect that object using its own color as a hint.
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Test and Code: 192: Learn to code through game development with PursuedPyBear - Piper Thunstrom

Link: https://testandcode.com/192

The first game I remember coding, or at least copying from a magazine, was in Basic. It was Lunar Lander.
Learning to code a game is a way that a lot of people get started and excited about programm
PyCharm: The PyCharm 2022.2.1 Release Candidate Is Now Available!

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2022/08/2022-2-1-rc/

We’re working closely with your feedback on the PyCharm 2022.2 version that was released last week. Thank you for sharing with us! If you encounter an issue in PyCharm 2022.2, please reach out to our
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #537 (Aug. 9, 2022)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/537

#537 – AUGUST 9, 2022 View in Browser » Finding and Fixing Python Code Bugs Learn how to identify and fix logic errors, or bugs, in your Python code. You’ll use the built-in debugging tools in P
Mike Driscoll: Adding Data to Empty DataFrames in pandas

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2022/08/09/adding-data-to-empty-dataframes-in-pandas/

One of the most popular 3rd party Python packages is called pandas. The pandas package "is a fast, powerful, flexible and easy to use open source data analysis and manipulation tool, built on top of t
Python Bytes: #296 pip: Constrain your excitement

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/296/pip-constrain-your-excitement

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IslandT: Rotate and scale image with Pygame

Link: https://islandtropicaman.com/wp/2022/08/10/rotate-and-scale-image-with-pygame/

In this article, I will create a small python program using the pygame framework to scale up and rotate an image on the display screen. The image will keep on rotating counterclockwise at 0.1 degrees
Mike Driscoll: How to Merge Dictionaries with Python (Video)

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2022/08/10/how-to-merge-dictionaries-with-python-video/

Learn three different ways to merge Python dictionaries with Mike Driscoll
You will learn three different ways to merge dictionaries:

Using the dictionary's update() method
Using **
Using the Union o
Python for Beginners: Save Numpy Array to Text File in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/save-numpy-array-to-text-file-in-python

Numpy arrays are used extensively while data analysis in python. In this article, we will discuss how we can save a numpy array to a text file in python.
Save Numpy Array to Text File Using the str()
Real Python: Sorting a Python Dictionary: Values, Keys, and More

Link: https://realpython.com/sort-python-dictionary/

You’ve got a dictionary, but you’d like to sort the key-value pairs. Perhaps you’ve tried passing a dictionary to the sorted() function but haven’t gotten the results you expected. In this tutorial, y
"Paolo Amoroso's Journal": The Python feed of my old blog Moonshots Beyond the Cloud has long been...

Link: https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/the-python-feed-of-my-old-blog-moonshots-beyond-the-cloud-has-long-been?pk_campaign=rss-feed

The Python feed of my old blog Moonshots Beyond the Cloud has long been aggregated by Planet Python. But I'm no longer going to update that blog, so I removed the old feed from Planet Python and submi
The Python Coding Blog: Shallow and Deep Copy in Python and How to Use __copy__()

Link: https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2022/08/10/shallow-and-deep-copy-in-python/

You need to make a copy of an object in a Python program. How difficult can it be? Not very. But you also need to know the difference between shallow and deep copy in Python and decide which one you n
TestDriven.io: Integrating Mailchimp with Django

Link: https://testdriven.io/blog/django-mailchimp/

This article looks at how to integrate Mailchimp with Django for newsletters and transactional emails.
Python⇒Speed: Finding performance problems: profiling or logging?

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/logging-vs-profiling/

When your software is too slow in production, how can you figure out the source of the problem?
One common starting point to improving production observability is logging, and ideally trace-based logg