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Python Software Foundation: Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q1 2024! 🎉

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/08/announcing-python-software-foundation.html

The PSF is pleased to announce its first batch of PSF Fellows for 2024! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q1! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Adam John
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #642 (Aug. 13, 2024)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/642

#642 – AUGUST 13, 2024 View in Browser » Testing Coverage and Using nox This is part 9 in an in-depth series on testing. This part talks about using coverage tools to check how much of your code
Real Python: The Walrus Operator: Python's Assignment Expressions

Link: https://realpython.com/python-walrus-operator/

Each new version of Python adds new features to the language. Back when Python 3.8 was released, the biggest change was the addition of assignment expressions. Specifically, the := operator gave you a
Python Anywhere: Postal code validation for card payments

Link: https://blog.pythonanywhere.com/213/

TL;DR
We recently started validating that the postal codes used for paid PythonAnywhere accounts
match the ones that people’s banks have on file for the card used. This has led to
some confusion, in
Anarcat: Why I should be running Debian unstable right now

Link: https://anarc.at/blog/2024-08-15-why-trixie/

So a common theme on the Internet about Debian is so old. And
right, I am getting close to the stage that I feel a little laggy: I
am using a bunch of backports for packages I need, and I'm missing a
Real Python: Quiz: The Walrus Operator: Python's Assignment Expressions

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-walrus-operator/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of the Python Walrus Operator. This operator, used for assignment expressions, was introduced in Python 3.8 and can be used to assign values to variables a
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #217: Packaging Data Analyses & Using pandas GroupBy

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/217/

What are the best practices for organizing data analysis projects in Python? What are the advantages of a more package-centric approach to data science? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this we
Glyph Lefkowitz: On The Defense Of Heroes

Link: https://blog.glyph.im/2024/08/on-the-defense-of-heroes.html

If a high-status member of a community that you participate in is accused of
misbehavior, you may want to defend them. You may even write a long essay in
their defense.
In that essay, it may seem only
Matt Layman: More Go Standard Library - Building SaaS #198

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2024/more-go-standard-library-building-saas-198/

In this episode, we continued the break from JourneyInbox to look through more of the Go standard library. In this session, we explored JSON serialization, Go template support, and embedding of static
PyCharm: Introducing the PyCharm Databricks Integration

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2024/08/introducing-the-pycharm-databricks-integration/

We’re introducing the Databricks integration with PyCharm Professional to make it easier for you to process, store, and analyze your data! 
The integration allows you to build your data and AI apps on
Mike Driscoll: How to Plot in the Terminal with Python and Textualize

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2024/08/19/how-to-plot-in-the-terminal-with-python-and-textualize/

Have you ever wanted to create a plot or graph in your terminal? Okay, maybe you haven’t, but now that you know you can, you want to! Python has the plotext package for plotting in your terminal. Howe
Talk Python to Me: #474: Python Performance for Data Science

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/474/python-performance-for-data-science

Python performance has come a long way in recent times. And it's often the data scientists, with their computational algorithms and large quantities of data, who care the most about this form of perfo
Real Python: Python Classes: The Power of Object-Oriented Programming

Link: https://realpython.com/python-classes/

Python supports the object-oriented programming paradigm through classes. They provide an elegant way to define reusable pieces of code that encapsulate data and behavior in a single entity. With clas
Real Python: Exploring Astrophysics in Python With pandas and Matplotlib

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/astrophysics-pandas-matplotlib/

This course uses three problems often covered in introductory astro-physics courses to play in Python. Along the way you’ll learn some astronomy, and how to use a variety of datascience libraries like
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #643 (Aug. 20, 2024)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/643

#643 – AUGUST 20, 2024 View in Browser » Using a Custom Scrapy Extension to Log to a DB The Scrapy crawl stat logs are useful for tracking and monitoring the performance of a spider. If you want