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Real Python: Quiz: Split Your Dataset With scikit-learn's train_test_split()

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/train-test-split-python-data/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
how to use train_test_split() from the sklearn library.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit why you need to split your dataset in supervised ma
Django Weblog: Django security releases issued: 5.0.7 and 4.2.14

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team
is issuing releases for
Django 5.0.7 and
Django 4.2.14.
These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all
user
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – July 2024 Release

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-visual-studio-code-july-2024-release/

We’re excited to announce the July 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code!
This release includes the following announcements:

Enhanced environment discovery with pyt
Python Bytes: #391 A weak episode

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/391/a-weak-episode

<strong>Topics covered in this episode:</strong><br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mwilliamson/python-vendorize"><strong>Vendorize packages from PyPI</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://ma
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #637 (July 9, 2024)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/637

#637 – JULY 9, 2024 View in Browser » Python Grapples With Apple App Store Rejections A string that is part of the urllib parser module in Python references a scheme for apps that use the iTunes
Real Python: How Do You Choose Python Function Names?

Link: https://realpython.com/python-function-names/

One of the hardest decisions in programming is choosing names. Programmers often use this phrase to highight the challenges of selecting Python function names. It may be an exaggeration, but there’s s
Real Python: Quiz: Choosing the Best Font for Programming

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/coding-fonts/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of how to choose the best font for your daily programming. You’ll get questions about the technicalities and features to consider when choosing a programmi
Robin Wilson: Searching an aerial photo with text queries – a demo and how it works

Link: https://blog.rtwilson.com/searching-an-aerial-photo-with-text-queries-a-demo-and-how-it-works/

Summary: I’ve created a demo web app where you can search an aerial photo of Southampton, UK using text queries such as "roundabout", "tennis court" or "ship". It uses vector embeddings to do this – w
Nicola Iarocci: Microsoft MVP

Link: https://nicolaiarocci.com/microsoft-mvp-ninth-time/

Last night, I was at an outdoor theatre with Serena, watching Anatomy of a Fall (an excellent film). Outdoor theatres are becoming rare, which is a pity, and Arena del Sole is lovely with its strong v
Python Software Foundation: Announcing Our New Infrastructure Engineer

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/07/announcing-our-new-infrastructure.html

We are excited to announce that Jacob Coffee has joined the Python Software Foundation staff as an Infrastructure Engineer bringing his experience as an Open Source maintainer, dedicated homelab maint
Real Python: Quiz: Build a Blog Using Django, GraphQL, and Vue

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-django-blog/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of building a Django blog back end and a Vue front end, using GraphQL to communicate between them.
You’ll revisit how to run the Django server and a Vue a
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #212: Digging Into Graph Theory in Python With David Amos

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/212/

Have you wondered about graph theory and how to start exploring it in Python? What resources and Python libraries can you use to experiment and learn more? This week on the show, former co-host David
Python Morsels: What are lists in Python?

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/what-are-lists/

Lists are used to store and manipulate an ordered collection of things.



Table of contents

Lists are ordered collections
Containment checking
Length
Modifying the contents of a list
Indexing: looki
Quansight Labs Blog: Free-threaded CPython is ready to experiment with!

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/free-threaded-python-rollout

An overview of the ongoing efforts to improve and roll out support for free-threaded CPython throughout the Python open source ecosystem
Talk Python to Me: #470: Python in Medicine and Patient Care

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/470/python-in-medicine-and-patient-care

Python is special. It's used by the big tech companies but also by those you would rarely classify as developers. On this episode, we get a look inside how Python is being used at a Children's Hospita
Python Software Foundation: Announcing Our New PyPI Support Specialist!

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/07/announcing-our-new-pypi-support.html

We are thrilled to announce that our first-ever search for a dedicated PyPI Support Specialist has concluded with the hire of Maria Ashna, the newest member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) sta
Peter Bengtsson: Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit with Python

Link: http://www.peterbe.com/plog/converting-celsius-to-fahrenheit-with-python

Starting at 4°C, add +12 to the Celcius and mirror the number to get the Fahrenheit number.
PyPy: Finding Simple Rewrite Rules for the JIT with Z3

Link: https://www.pypy.org/posts/2024/07/finding-simple-rewrite-rules-jit-z3.html

In June I was at the PLDI conference in
Copenhagen to present a paper
I co-authored with Max Bernstein. I also finally
met John Regehr, who I'd been talking on social
media for ages but had never met.