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PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #432 (Aug. 4, 2020)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/432

#432 – AUGUST 4, 2020 View in Browser » 4 Powerful Features Python Is Still Missing Python doesn’t have true constants, nor does it implement features like tail recursion optimization that many
Python Anywhere: Introduction to scheduled tasks helper scripts

Link: https://blog.pythonanywhere.com/190/

For all PythonAnywhere users who like to automate their workflow using scripts there’s already the pythonanywhere package which provides an interface for some PythonAnywhere API features.
If you’re on
Dataquest: Python Projects for Beginners (Massive 2020 Update)

Link: https://www.dataquest.io/blog/python-projects-for-beginners/

Learning Python can be difficult. You can spend time reading a textbook or watching videos, but then struggle to actually put what you've learned into practice. Or you might spend a ton of time learni
Andre Roberge: Identifying misleading type hints

Link: https://aroberge.blogspot.com/2020/08/identifying-misleading-type-hints.html

Yesterday on Twitter:For beginners, unintentional type hints can be really confusing.  No SyntaxError, no traceback to guide the beginners ... Still, could Friendly-traceback help?I've already mention
PSF GSoC students blogs: Weekly Check-In #10

Link: https://blogs.python-gsoc.org/en/saurabhk122s-blog/weekly-check-in-10-6/

I am on leave till 10th August, so there's nothing to report for this week. But there was no loss of work since I had started coding in the Community Bonding period itself.
Full Stack Python: How to Send SMS Text Messages with Python

Link: https://www.fullstackpython.com/blog/send-sms-text-messages-python.html

Short Message Service (SMS) text messages are ubiquitous for communication
all over the world. It is easy to send SMS text messages from a
Python application using a
web application programming inte
Full Stack Python: Responding to SMS Text Messages with Python & Flask

Link: https://www.fullstackpython.com/blog/respond-sms-text-messages-python-flask.html

Short Message Service (SMS) text messages are
easy to send from Python applications
with a
web application programming interface (API).
Flask applications can also receive incoming text messages an
Real Python: What Are Python Wheels and Why Should You Care?

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

Python .whl files, or wheels, are a little-discussed part of Python, but they’ve been a boon to the installation process for Python packages. If you’ve installed a Python package using pip, then chanc
PSF GSoC students blogs: Weekly Blog Post | Gsoc'2020 | #10

Link: https://blogs.python-gsoc.org/en/shashankjarials-blog/weekly-blog-post-gsoc-2020-10/

Greetings, People of the world!
Got a little late posting this blog. Was stuck with a couple of things but didn't let that prevent me from coding.
1. What did you do this week?
So last week I worked o
PyCharm: Webinar Recording: “Simplify Your Tests With Fixtures” with Oliver Bestwalter

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/h22N_cGgJtA/

Enjoy pytest and curious about fixtures? Last week we hosted Oliver Bestwalter for a webinar on how to use pytest fixtures to simplify your test code. The recording is now available.

Contents
Lots go
Quansight Labs Blog: Designing with and for developers

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2020/08/designing-with-and-for-developers/

Open source is notorious for lack of design presence, enough so that my search
to prove this fact has turned up nearly nothing. There’s many ways that such a
gap in community might manifest, but one t
PSF GSoC students blogs: Weekly Check In - 9

Link: https://blogs.python-gsoc.org/en/adityaa30s-blog/weekly-check-in-9-8/

What did I do till now?
Last week I completed the ScrapyH2ProxyAgent implementation and added the required tests. I was going through the codebase for hyper-h2 library to get insight on how they imple
Karim Elghamrawy: Python: Sort vs Sorted

Link: https://www.afternerd.com/blog/sort-vs-sorted/

The post Python: Sort vs Sorted appeared first on Afternerd.
PSF GSoC students blogs: Weekly Blog Post #5

Link: https://blogs.python-gsoc.org/en/abhaykatherias-blog/weekly-blog-post-5/

Hi everyone  a little late on this blog as I have to go back to college to get my stuff back. I passed the second evaluation, yay,. Till now I have been able to get the module metadata except the lice
PSF GSoC students blogs: GSoC Week 10: Print

Link: https://blogs.python-gsoc.org/en/singhhrmns-blog/gsoc-week-10-print/

What I did this week?
I took a break for the week. So there's nothing on my list.
What is coming up next?
From my last work there were few minor things that need to be changed in my triage PR. I'll be
Karim Elghamrawy: Python: How to Convert a List into a String? (The Right Way)

Link: https://www.afternerd.com/blog/python-convert-list-string/

The post Python: How to Convert a List into a String? (The Right Way) appeared first on Afternerd.
PyCharm: Webinar: “Django Database Performance Tips” with Andrew Brookins

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pycharm/~3/bClG04dwspg/

Django is one of the most popular Python Web Frameworks. However, optimizing django performance can often be difficult. Most performance problems boil down to one thing: the database. According to our
Matt Layman: Give Me A Break... Day - Building SaaS #67

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/building-saas/give-me-a-break-day/

In this episode, we did some Django model development. I created a new model to track break days in a school year. This model will be critical to fill in vacations and holidays so that the scheduling