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Python Bytes: #413 python-build-standalone finds a home

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/413/python-build-standalone-finds-a-home

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

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<li><a href="https://github.com/pydantic/jiter?featured_on=pythonbytes"><strong>jiter</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://astral.
Made With Mu: Announcement: The Sun is setting on Mu in 2025

Link: https://madewith.mu/mu/users/2024/12/10/retirement-plans.html


Photo by Nick Scheerbart on Unsplash
This decision has been coming for a while.
In summary: We (the core development team) have decided together to retire Mu.
This blog post explains what happens nex
PyCharm: The State of Python 2024

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2024/12/the-state-of-python/

This is a guest post from Michael Kennedy, the founder of Talk Python and a PSF Fellow.

Hey there. I’m Michael Kennedy, the founder of Talk Python and a Python Software Foundation (PSF) Fellow. I’m t
Mike Driscoll: Checking Python Code with GitHub Actions

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2024/12/10/checking-python-code-with-github-actions/

When you are working on your personal or work projects in Python, you usually want to have a way to enforce code standards. You can use tools like Flake8, PyLint or Ruff to lint your code. You might u
Real Python: Documenting Python Projects With Sphinx and Read the Docs

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/python-sphinx/

Sphinx is a document generation tool that’s become the de facto standard for Python projects. It uses the reStructuredText (RST) markup language to define document structure and styling, and it can ou
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #659 (Dec. 10, 2024)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/659

#659 – DECEMBER 10, 2024 View in Browser » Handling or Preventing Errors in Python: LBYL vs EAFP In this video course, you’ll learn about two popular coding styles in Python: look before you lea
Django Weblog: Django 6.x Steering Council Candidates

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/10/django-6x-steering-council-candidates/

Thank you to the 12 individuals who have chosen to stand for election. This page contains their candidate statements submitted as part of the Django 6.x Steering Council elections.
To our departing St
Real Python: Python Set Comprehensions: How and When to Use Them

Link: https://realpython.com/python-set-comprehension/

Python set comprehensions provide a concise way to create and manipulate sets in your code. They generate sets with a clean syntax, making your code more readable and Pythonic. With set comprehensions
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – December 2024 Release

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

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

Docstring generation featu
Paolo Melchiorre: My first DSF board meeting

Link: https://www.paulox.net/2024/12/11/my-first-dsf-board-meeting/

Thoughts and insights aboutr my first meeting as a Django Software Foundation board member.
PyCharm: Introduction to Sentiment Analysis in Python

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2024/12/introduction-to-sentiment-analysis-in-python/


Sentiment analysis is one of the most popular ways to analyze text. It allows us to see at a glance how people are feeling across a wide range of areas and has useful applications in fields like cust
Mariatta: Generating (and Sending) Conference Certificates Using Python

Link: https://mariatta.ca/posts/create-send-certificates-with-python/

PyLadiesCon Certificate of Attendance
Not sure how common is this practice of giving out certificates to conference attendees. I’ve been attending mostly Python-related conferences in North America,
a
Spyder IDE: Spyder 6 under the hood: Editor migration, remote dev QA, test overhaul and more!

Link: https://www.spyder-ide.org/blog/spyder-6-daniel

Beyond the headline features, there's a lot more new and improved under the hood in Spyder 6. Daniel Althviz, Spyder's release manager and co-maintainer, was at the forefront of much of it, and we're
Matt Layman: 1Password and DigitalOcean Droplet - Building SaaS #208

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/videos/1password-and-digitalocean-droplet-building-saas-208/

In this episode, I continued a migration of my JourneyInbox app from Heroku to DigitalOcean. We configured the secrets using 1Password and created the droplet that will host the app.
Kushal Das: Open Source talk at KTH computer science students organization

Link: https://kushaldas.in/posts/open-source-talk-at-kth-computer-science-students-organization.html



Last Tuesday, during lunch hours I had a talk at KTH computer science students'
organization. The topic was Open Source and career. My main goal was tell the
attendees that contribution size does no
Real Python: The Walrus Operator: Python's Assignment Expressions

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

Python’s walrus operator (:=) allows you to assign values to variables as part of an expression. It can simplify your code by combining assignment and evaluation in a single statement. You use it to s
Real Python: Sorting a Python Dictionary: Values, Keys, and More

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

Sorting a Python dictionary involves organizing its key-value pairs in a specific order. To sort a Python dictionary by its keys, use the sorted() function combined with .items(). This approach return
Real Python: Primer on Python Decorators

Link: https://realpython.com/primer-on-python-decorators/

Python decorators allow you to modify or extend the behavior of functions and methods without changing their actual code. When you use a Python decorator, you wrap a function with another function, wh