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S. Lott: Patreon Book Idea

Link: http://slott-softwarearchitect.blogspot.com/2020/01/patreon-book-idea.html

See "Additional, Related Content". It's one of the posts here: https://www.patreon.com/slott. I think there's space for a Building Skills in Functional Python title next to the Building Skills in OO D
Python Software Foundation: Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q4 2019

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/J-QMrALXO0g/python-software-foundation-fellow.html

We are happy to announce our newest PSF Fellow Members for Q4!


Q4 2019



Humphrey Butau


Ngazetungue Muheue

Twitter

Pablo Galindo Salgado

GitHub, Twitter

Patrick Arminio

Twitter, Personal web
Real Python: Python args and kwargs: Demystified

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/python-kwargs-and-args/

Sometimes, when you look at a function definition in Python, you might see that it takes two strange arguments: *args and **kwargs. If you’ve ever wondered what these peculiar variables are, or why yo
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – January 2020 Release

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-visual-studio-code-january-2020-release/

We are pleased to announce that the January 2020 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. You can download the Python extension from the Marketplace, or install it dire
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #402 (Jan. 7, 2020)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/402

#402 – JANUARY 7, 2020 View in Browser » Last Python 2.7 Maintenance Release on April 2020 Python 2.7 is retired and became EOL on Jan 1, 2020. The last 2.7 release will be in April 2020. PYTHON
Dataquest: Tutorial: Python Regex (Regular Expressions) for Data Scientists

Link: https://www.dataquest.io/blog/regular-expressions-data-scientists/

In this tutorial, learn how to use regular expressions and the pandas library to manage large data sets during data analysis.
The post Tutorial: Python Regex (Regular Expressions) for Data Scientists
Will Kahn-Greene: How to pick up a project with an audit

Link: https://bluesock.org/~willkg/blog/dev/auditing_projects.html

Over the last year, I was handed a bunch of projects in various states. One of
the first things I do when getting a new project that I'm suddenly responsible
for is to audit the project. That helps m
Stack Abuse: Deploying Django Applications to AWS EC2 with Docker

Link: https://stackabuse.com/deploying-django-applications-to-aws-ec2-with-docker/

Introduction
In the fast-paced field of web applications, containerization has become not only common but the preferred mode of packaging and delivering web applications. Containers allow us to packag
Real Python: Exploring HTTPS With Python

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

Have you ever wondered why it’s okay for you to send your credit card information over the Internet? You may have noticed the https:// on URLs in your browser, but what is it, and how does it keep you
Matt Layman: From Browser To Django

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/understand-django/browser-to-django/

Maybe you have heard about Django and that it can help you build websites. You might be new to Python, new to web development, or new to programming as a whole.
This new series, Understand Django, wil
Mike Driscoll: Letting Users Change a wx.ComboBox’s Contents in wxPython

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/01/08/letting-users-change-a-wx-comboboxs-contents-in-wxpython/

This week I came across someone who was wondering if there was a way to allow the user to edit the contents of a wx.ComboBox. By editing the contents, I mean change the names of the pre-existing choic
Python Software Foundation: Python 2 series to be retired by April 2020

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/jVt_4dZJWag/python-2-sunset.html

The CPython core development community is urging users to migrate to Python 3 as it will be the only version that will be updated for bugs and security vulnerabilities.

After nearly 20 years of devel
Learn PyQt: Build GUI layouts with Qt Designer for PyQt5 apps

Link: https://www.learnpyqt.com/courses/qt-creator/qt-designer-gui-layout/


When laying out your Qt GUIs it can be quite a tricky task to place every widget in the right position on your forms. Fortunately, Qt offers a set of layout managers that simplify the process of widg
Matt Layman: Serverless Python And Why You Should Try It Out

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2020/serverless-python/

At the January 2020 Python Frederick event, Patrick Pierson showed the group how you can use Python in different serverless services on AWS and GCP. He also showed a couple of serverless frameworks li
Stack Abuse: Convert Strings to Numbers and Numbers to Strings in Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/convert-strings-to-numbers-and-numbers-to-strings-in-python/

Introduction
Python allows you to convert strings, integers, and floats interchangeably in a few different ways. The simplest way to do this is using the basic str(), int(), and float() functions. On
Talk Python to Me: #246 Practices of the Python Pro

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/246/practices-of-the-python-pro

When you can call yourself a professional developer? Sure, getting paid to write code is probably part of the formula. But when is your skillset up to that level?
Mike Driscoll: Letting Users Change a wx.ComboBox’s Contents in wxPython

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/01/08/letting-users-change-a-wx-comboboxs-contents-in-wxpython/

This week I came across someone who was wondering if there was a way to allow the user to edit the contents of a wx.ComboBox. By editing the contents, I mean change the names of the pre-existing choic