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Continuum Analytics Blog: Anaconda Enterprise Receives Honors in Fourth Annual Datanami Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

Link: https://www.anaconda.com/datanami-editors-choice-award-2019/

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 23, 2019 — Anaconda’s enterprise data science platform has been recognized in the fourth annual Datanami Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented during the Strata Data Conferen
Real Python: Getting Started With Async Features in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/python-async-features/

Have you heard of asynchronous programming in Python? Are you curious to know more about Python async features and how you can use them in your work? Perhaps you’ve even tried to write threaded progra
tryexceptpass: Command Execution Tricks with Subprocess - Designing CI/CD Systems

Link: https://tryexceptpass.org/article/continuous-builds-subprocess-execution/

The most crucial step in any continuous integration process is the one that executes build instructions and tests their output. There’s an infinite number of ways to implement this step ranging from a
Dataquest: xlwings Tutorial: Make Excel Faster Using Python

Link: https://www.dataquest.io/blog/python-excel-xlwings-tutorial/

Pythons xlwings is a tool that allows you to use Python code to control and analyze data in Excel spreadsheets. This tutorial will help you get started.
The post xlwings Tutorial: Make Excel Faster Us
EuroPython: EuroPython 2019 - Videos for Thursday available

Link: https://blog.europython.eu/post/187919044337

With a slight delay, we are pleased to announce the second batch of cut videos from EuroPython 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, with another 45 videos.EuroPython 2019 YouTube ChannelIn this batch, we have
Wingware Blog: Debugging Python Code Running in Docker Containers with Wing 7

Link: https://wingware.com/blog/docker

Docker is a containerization system that uses a relatively
light-weight form of virtualization to package and isolate application components from the
host system, making it easier to spin up uniformly
Ned Batchelder: Coverage.py 5.0a7, and the future of pytest-cov

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com//blog/201909/coveragepy_50a7_and_the_future_of_pytestcov.html

Progress continues in the Python coverage world. Two recent things: first,
the latest alpha of Coverage.py 5.0 is available:
5.0a7. Second,
pytest-cov is supporing coverage.py 5.0, and we’re talking
Real Python: Thonny: The Beginner-Friendly Python Editor

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

Are you a Python beginner looking for a tool that can support your learning? This course is for you! Every programmer needs a place to write their code. This course will cover an awesome tool called T
Jean-Paul Calderone: Tahoe-LAFS on Python 3 - Call for Porters

Link: http://as.ynchrono.us/2019/09/tahoe-lafs-on-python-3-call-for-porters.html

Hello Pythonistas,Earlier this year a number of Tahoe-LAFS community members began an effort to port Tahoe-LAFS from Python 2 to Python 3.  Around five people are currently involved in a part-time cap
Python Software Foundation: The Python Software Foundation has updated its Code of Conduct

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/zXXv-H7zJUc/the-python-software-foundation-has_24.html

The Python community values members who are accepting, helpful, and respectful: for many years, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) has had an organization-wide Code of Conduct that defines these val
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #387 (Sept. 24, 2019)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/387

#387 – SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 View in Browser » Python Debugging With pdb Learn the basics of using pdb, Python’s interactive source code debugger. pdb is a great tool for tracking down hard-to-find
eGenix.com: Python Meeting Düsseldorf - 2019-09-25

Link: https://www.egenix.com/company/news/Python-Meeting-Duesseldorf-2019-09-25

The following text is in German, since we're announcing a regional user group meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Ankündigung
Das nächste Python Meeting Düsseldorf findet an folgendem Termin statt:

25.0
PyCharm: PyCharm 2019.2.3

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/NA6LTTwo_W4/

PyCharm 2019.2.3 is now available!
Fixed in this Version

We solved an issue that was causing an error when invoking string literals.
Regression errors were fixed in the debugger:

The usage of multip
Real Python: How to Use Generators and yield in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/introduction-to-python-generators/

Have you ever had to work with a dataset so large that it overwhelmed your machine’s memory? Or maybe you have a complex function that needs to maintain an internal state every time it’s called, but t
Catalin George Festila: Python 3.7.4 : Print with random colors.

Link: http://python-catalin.blogspot.com/2019/09/python-374-print-with-random-colors.html

This is a simple example for custom print output.
The script detect the platform for color settings and then use print.
The first print will print with blue color the name of the script.
I used random
Talk Python to Me: #231 Advice for freelancing with Python

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/231/advice-for-freelancing-with-python

Have you ever wanted to get into consulting? Maybe you're seeking the freedom to work on whatever project you'd like or gain more control of your time.
Python Software Foundation: PyPI Security Q4 2019 Request for Proposals period opens.

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/LBx7-RCzQCk/pypi-security-q4-2019-request-for.html

The Python Software Foundation Packaging Working Group has received a grant from Facebook Research to implement advanced security features for PyPI. These features include cryptographic signing of upl
Robin Wilson: Automatically annotating a boxplot in matplotlib

Link: http://blog.rtwilson.com/automatically-annotating-a-boxplot-in-matplotlib/

You can probably tell from the sudden influx of matplotlib posts that I've been doing a lot of work plotting graphs recently...
I have produced a number of boxplots to compare different sets of data.