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EuroPython: EuroPython 2018: Sponsored trainings

Link: http://blog.europython.eu/post/176056071222

We’d like to highlight a special offering by our sponsors

Greymatter / Intel and Smarkets: trainings which you are free to attend with a conference ticket.Sponsored training sessions in Room Lammerm
Wallaroo Labs: Event Triggered Customer Segmentation

Link: https://blog.wallaroolabs.com/2018/07/event-triggered-customer-segmentation/

Today I’m going to show you how fast and easy it can be to set up a simple application using the Wallaroo Python API to manage an ad campaign.
Backstory You’re a data engineer getting hounded by the m
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – June & July 2018 Release

Link: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pythonengineering/2018/07/18/python-in-visual-studio-code-june-july-2018-release/

We are pleased to announce that the June & July 2018 releases of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available from the marketplace and the gallery. You can download the Python extensio
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Introducing the Python Language Server

Link: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pythonengineering/2018/07/18/introducing-the-python-language-server/

Visual Studio has long been recognized for the quality of its IntelliSense (code analysis and suggestions) across all languages, and has had support for Python since 2011. We are pleased to announce t
A. Jesse Jiryu Davis: Help Me Offer Professional Coaching to PyGotham Speakers

Link: https://emptysqua.re/blog/coaching-for-pygotham-2018/

I want to raise $1500 for public-speaking coaching for first-time speakers at PyGotham, the New York City Python conference. Will you chip in?

PyGotham has many first-time speakers this year. I think
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Come see us at EuroPython 2018!

Link: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pythonengineering/2018/07/19/come-see-us-at-europython-2018/

Next week is the EuroPython conference from July 23-29 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Microsoft is a platinum sponsor of EuroPython this year, and are looking forward to meeting you there! Be sure to come by
EuroPython: EuroPython 2018: Sponsored trainings

Link: https://blog.europython.eu/post/176056071222

We’d like to highlight a special offering by our sponsors

Greymatter / Intel and Smarkets: trainings which you are free to attend with a conference ticket.Sponsored training sessions in Room Lammerm
NumFOCUS: NumFOCUS Hires its President, Andy Terrel, & Launches Four New Initiatives

Link: https://www.numfocus.org/blog/numfocus-hires-andy-terrel-new-initiatives

The post NumFOCUS Hires its President, Andy Terrel, & Launches Four New Initiatives appeared first on NumFOCUS.
The No Title® Tech Blog: [Late] Book review – Python Tricks: The Book, by Dan Bader

Link: https://no-title.victordomingos.com/articles/2018/book_review_python_tricks

This is an interesting book about Python, but not the usual handbook or cookbook style. If you already know the basics and want to discover new details about this programming language, or if you want
Talk Python to Me: #170 Guido van Rossum steps down

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/170/guido-van-rossum-steps-down

This past week we have had a passing of the reigns for Python leadership. Guido van Rossum who created and has been shepherding the language for 30 years has stepped down from decision making around t
PyCharm: PyCharm 2018.2 Release Candidate

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/JCMTX6qp5Zg/

PyCharm 2018.2 is getting closer to its release date, and we’re happy to announce that a release candidate is available for download now.
New in PyCharm

The dot in pytest is no more! If you’re lookin
Test and Code: 44: Mentoring - Nina Zakharenko

Link: http://testandcode.com/44

Nina Zakharenko is a cloud developer advocate at Microsoft focusing on Python. She's also an excellent public speaker. We talk about her experience with mentoring, both being a mentor, and utilizing m
Mike Driscoll: Python 101: Episode #16 – The os Module

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2018/07/21/python-101-episode-16-the-os-module/


In this episode you will learn about Python’s os module. This episode is based on my book, Python 101, which you can get on Leanpub here https://leanpub.com/python_101 or read online at http://python
Bhishan Bhandari: Idiomatic Python – Writing better Python

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTaraNights/~3/JikkTylN_s4/

This is a follow-up post of Idiomatic Python – Looping Approaches. The purpose of the article is to highlight on better code and encourage it. Looping over dictionary keys >>> books_price = { ... 'Cle
Bhishan Bhandari: Python Decorators – Python Essentials

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTaraNights/~3/KMQs1RizOxg/

The intentions of this post is to familiarize the concepts of decorators and encourage it’s use. Python allows this special ability to pass a function as an argument to another function that adds some