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PyBites: Code Challenge 60 - Working With PDF Files in Python

Link: https://pybit.es/codechallenge60.html


There is an immense amount to be learned simply by tinkering with things. - Henry Ford

Hey Pythonistas, in this challenge you will learn how to work with PDF documents. Enjoy!
The Challenge
For the
codingdirectional: Resize video with combo box

Link: http://codingdirectional.info/2019/01/08/resize-video-with-combo-box/

Hello and welcome back, if you have already read the previous article about the creation of the video resizing application then this one is the improved version. In this revised version, I have includ
Djangostars: What to Consider When Building the Backend for a Location-Based Service

Link: https://djangostars.com/blog/building-backend-location-based-service/

If you make a quick review of apps in various categories — healthcare, games, finance, — it will show that the device’s location plays a bigger role than whoever imagined. Services may use location da
PyCon: Eighth Annual PyLadies Auction at PyCon 2019

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2019/01/eighth-annual-pyladies-auction-at-pycon.html

Photo Courtesy of Mike PirnatPyLadies is an international mentorship community for women that use Python. Started with the help of a grant provided by The Python Software Foundation (PSF)  in 2011, Py
Peter Bengtsson: Use vars() to send an argparse Namespace into a function in Python

Link: https://www.peterbe.com/plog/vars-argparse-namespace-into-a-function

You can use vars() to convert an argparse.Namespace into a dict to send into a function.
Mike Driscoll: Python 101: Episode #40 – Creating Executables with bbfreeze

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2019/01/08/python-101-episode-40-creating-executables-with-bbfreeze/

In this screencast, we will learn how to turn your Python code into a Windows executable file using the bbfreeze project.



You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book o
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #350 (Jan. 8, 2019)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/350

#350 – JANUARY 8, 2019 View in Browser » The Ultimate Guide to Python Type Checking In this guide, you’ll look at Python type checking. Traditionally, types have been handled by the Python inter
Python Insider: Python 3.7.2 and 3.6.8 are now available

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/o5ROzg9M8NY/python-372-and-368-are-now-available.html

Python 3.7.2 and 3.6.8 are now available.  Python 3.7.2 is the next maintenance release of Python 3.7, the latest feature release of Python.  You can find Python 3.7.2 here:



    https://www.python.
codingdirectional: Looping the video with ffmpeg and python

Link: http://codingdirectional.info/2019/01/09/looping-the-video-with-ffmpeg-and-python/

In this article, we will continue to develop the video editing application which we have started a few days ago. In this chapter, we are going to loop the original video twice besides resizing it as b
Moshe Zadka: Checking in JSON

Link: https://orbifold.xyz/check-in-json.html

JSON is a useful format.
It might not be ideal for hand-editing,
but it does have the benefit that it
can
be hand-edited,
and
it is easy enough to manipulate programmatically.
For this reason,
it is l
Programiz: Python JSON

Link: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/json

In this tutorial, you will learn to parse, read and write JSON in Python with the help of examples. Also, you will learn to convert JSON to dict and pretty print it.
Swisscom ICT: Replacing judgmental forecasting with statistical methods

Link: https://ict.swisscom.ch/2019/01/replacing-judgmental-forecasting-with-statistical-methods/

Although machine learning and data science is on everyone's lips in recent years, and with that the promise of an AI revolution, the methodologies and technologies currently available are often not ta
gamingdirectional: Show the game level on game scene

Link: http://gamingdirectional.com/blog/2019/01/09/show-the-game-level-on-game-scene/

Hello, it has been a day since the last post, I am busy preparing the next pygame project which will appear on this website soon so do stay tuned. While we are getting ready for our next game project
Real Python: Django Migrations: A Primer

Link: https://realpython.com/django-migrations-a-primer/

Since version 1.7, Django has come with built-in support for database migrations. In Django, database migrations usually go hand in hand with models: whenever you code up a new model, you also generat
Karim Elghamrawy: Python: __name__ == “__main__” Explained

Link: https://www.afternerd.com/blog/python-__name__-__main__/

You see it everywhere. If you have been coding in Python for a while, or just casually browsing Python Github repositories, you probably have come across this snippet of code. if __name__ == '__main__
Vasudev Ram: FizzBuzz in Python with nested conditional expressions and a generator expression

Link: http://jugad2.blogspot.com/2018/12/fizzbuzz-in-python-with-nested.html

- By Vasudev Ram - Online Python training / SQL training / Linux trainingThe FizzBuzz problem [1] is known to those who test/interview programming candidates, as one simple way to filter out unsuitabl
Graham Dumpleton: Deploying a multi user workshop environment

Link: http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2018/12/deploying-multi-user-workshop.html

In this fourth post of this series of posts, we finally get to how to deploy a multi user workshop environment using OpenShift, or at least, how to deploy an interactive terminal session per user acce
Graham Dumpleton: Administration features of JupyterHub

Link: http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2019/01/administration-features-of-jupyterhub.html

You have seen now in the last post how you can use JupyterHub to deploy a multi user workshop environment where each user is given access to their own interactive shell environment in their web browse