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PyCon: Important Changes Ahead: A Commitment to Financial Transparency

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2024/11/important-changes-ahead-commitment-to.html

PyCon US is the largest and longest-running annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language. It is produced and underwritten by the Python Software
PyCon: PyCon US 2025 Launches!

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2024/11/pycon-us-2025-launches.html

We’re super excited to announce that PyCon US 2025 is back in Pittsburgh! If you missed our first time here, please check out our PyCon US 2024 recap and video recordings.We’re also excited to announc
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – November 2024 Release

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

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

Generate docstrings with P
Hugo van Kemenade: Speed up CI with uv

Link: https://dev.to/hugovk/speed-up-ci-with-uv-53n1

We can use uv to make linting and testing on GitHub Actions around 1.5 times as fast.



Linting

When using pre-commit for linting:


name: Lint

on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]

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Python Software Foundation: PyCon US 2025 Kicks Off: Website, CfP, and Sponsorship Now Open!

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/11/pycon-us-2025-kicks-off-website-cfp-and.html

Exciting news: the PyCon US 2025 conference website, Call for Proposals, and sponsorship program are open!To learn more about the location, deadlines, and other details, check out the links below:PyCo
Ned Batchelder: Coverage.py originally

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202411/coveragepy_originally.html

Something many people don’t realize is that I didn’t write the original
coverage.py. It was written by Gareth Rees in 2001. I’ve been extending and
maintaining it since 2004. This ancient history
ca
Brett Cannon: Don't return named tuples in new APIs

Link: https://snarky.ca/dont-use-named-tuples-in-new-apis/

In my opinion, you should only introduce a named tuple to your code when you&aposre updating a preexisting API that was already returning a tuple or you are wrapping a tuple return value from another
Real Python: The Python Square Root Function

Link: https://realpython.com/python-square-root-function/

The Python square root function, sqrt(), is part of the math module and is used to calculate the square root of a given number. To use it, you import the math module and call math.sqrt() with a non-ne
Michael Foord: Adventures with MicroPython

Link: https://agileabstractions.com/micropython/


My first blog post in a few years! I have some articles I’d like to publish, and some adventures to share, so I thought it was time to
fire up a blog engine again.
My nine year old son, Benjamin, is
Michael Foord: Gigaclear One Touch Switch Service

Link: https://agileabstractions.com/gigaclear-ots/


For the last year I’ve been working as a team lead for backend API development with Gigaclear a UK rural ISP who own and run fibre internet to rural communities across the UK. This is alongside my tr
Glyph Lefkowitz: The Federation Deathmatch

Link: https://blog.glyph.im/2024/11/the-federation-deathmatch.html

It’s the weekend, and I have some Thoughts about federated social media. So,
buckle up, I guess, it’s time to start some fights.

Recently there has been some discourse about Bluesky’s latest fundrais
Michael Foord: Agile Alliance Scrummaster Certification

Link: https://agileabstractions.com/scrummaster/


I’ve been a fan of Agile ever since my first programming job with Resolver Systems back in 2006. I had taught myself programming and there I really learned engineering, how to build software products
James Bennett: Three Django wishes

Link: https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2024/nov/04/django-wishes/

<p>’Tis the season when people are posting their “Django wishlists”, for specific technical or organizational or community initiatives they’d like to see undertaken. Here are a few examples:</p>
Zato Blog: Meaningful automation in Python

Link: https://zato.io/en/blog/python-automation-integrations.html


Meaningful automation in Python


2024-11-04, by Dariusz Suchojad


This article is an introduction to meaningful automation, integrations and interoperability with Zato, service-oriented thinking
Robin Wilson: Join the GeoTAM hackathon to work out business turnovers!

Link: https://blog.rtwilson.com/join-the-geotam-hackathon-to-work-out-business-turnovers/

Summary: I’m involved in organising a hackathon, and I’d love you to take part. The open-source GeoTAM hackathon focuses on estimating turnover for individual business locations in the UK, from a vari
Real Python: Variables in Python: Usage and Best Practices

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

In Python, variables are symbolic names that refer to objects or values stored in your computer’s memory. They allow you to assign descriptive names to data, making it easier to manipulate and reuse v
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Announcing GitHub Copilot in Data Wrangler

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/announcing-github-copilot-in-data-wrangler/

AI did not write this blog post, but it will make your exploratory data analysis with Data Wrangler better!
Today, we’re excited to introduce our first step of integrating the power of Copilot into Da
Django Weblog: Django bugfix release issued: 5.1.3

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/nov/05/bugfix-release/

Today we've issued the 5.1.3 bugfix release.
The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is