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Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Amanda Sopkin

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/12/28/pydev-of-the-week-amanda-sopkin/

This week we welcome Amanda Sopkin (@amandasopkin) as our PyDev of the Week! She enjoys writing, teaching and the hackathon community. Amanda has given several talks at various Python conferences as w
Django Weblog: Channels security release issued: 3.0.3

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/dec/28/channels-security-release-issued/

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing
Channels 3.0.3. This release addresses the security issue detailed below. We
encourage all users of Channels to upgrade as so
PyBites: Python in Everyday Life

Link: https://pybit.es/python-homework.html

I've been learning Python for 6 to 7 months now, and have really enjoyed it. Slowly but surely, I am finding ways to incorporate what I have learned in Python and other things such as Git, terminal us
Hynek Schlawack: How I Stopped Worrying and Started Loving PyLadies

Link: https://hynek.me/articles/how-i-stopped-worrying-and-started-loving-pyladies/

When I read about PyLadies for the first time, my thoughts were a common knee-jerk: “separation is bad, dividing the community, …”. Like many of my privileged peers, I was pro-diversity but I thought
Python Software Foundation: Election Reform Community Update

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/ACCQGgHVRuk/election-reform-update.html

This past June, the PSF Board of Directors opened a discussion to solicit feedback on the topic of election reform.

The discussion was a lively one and touched on the following topics:


PSF Directo
Real Python: Python and MySQL Database: A Practical Introduction

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

MySQL is one of the most popular database management systems (DBMSs) on the market today. It ranked second only to the Oracle DBMS in this year’s DB-Engines Ranking. As most software applications need
Python Morsels: What is self?

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/topics/what-is-self/




Related article:

Classes
Variables Are Pointers
self

Transcript:
When you define a class in Python, you'll see self everywhere.
What is self and why is it everywhere?
A class definition
The belo
Reuven Lerner: You can, but should you? Combining some of Python’s more esoteric features

Link: https://lerner.co.il/2020/12/28/you-can-but-should-you-combining-some-of-pythons-more-esoteric-features/

A few weeks ago, I held my monthly “office hours” session for subscribers to Weekly Python Exercise. WPE students are always invited not only to ask questions about what we’re learning in the course,
Talk Python to Me: #297 Python year in review (2020 edition)

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/297/python-year-in-review-2020-edition

2020 will be one for the history books, won't it? I've put together a great group to look back on 2020 - from the Python perspective.
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Join me along with Cecil Phillip, Ines Montani, Jay
Python Bytes: #214 Python year in review (2020 edition)

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/214/python-year-in-review-2020-edition

<p>2020 will be one for the history books, won't it? I've put together a great group to look back on 2020 - from the Python perspective.</p>

<p>Join Brian and Michael along with Cecil Phillip, Ines M
Podcast.__init__: Making Content Management A Smooth Experience With A Headless CMS

Link: https://www.pythonpodcast.com/buttercms-headless-cms-episode-295/

Building a web application requires integrating a number of separate concerns into a single experience. One of the common requirements is a content management system to allow product owners and market
Stack Abuse: Ultimate Guide to Heatmaps in Seaborn with Python

Link: https://stackabuse.com/ultimate-guide-to-heatmaps-in-seaborn-with-python/

Introduction
A heatmap is a data visualization technique that uses color to show how a value of interest changes depending on the values of two other variables.
For example, you could use a heatmap to
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #453 (Dec. 29, 2020)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/453

#453 – DECEMBER 29, 2020 View in Browser » Accelerating Python on GPUs With nvc++ and Cython Python on GPUs has become a big topic for processing big data and scientific computing. In this artic
Zero to Mastery: Python Monthly 💻🐍 December 2020

Link: https://zerotomastery.io/blog/python-monthly-december-2020/?utm_source=python-rss-feed

13th issue of Python Monthly! Read by 20,000+ Python developers every month. This monthly newsletter is focused on keeping you up to date with the industry, keeping your skills sharp, without wasting
Python Anywhere: Brexit update

Link: https://blog.pythonanywhere.com/193/

PythonAnywhere is a UK-based company, and the transition period for the UK’s exit from the European
Union on will end on 31 December 2020. This will not have any visible effect for people who use our
Mike Driscoll: Python Image Processing Kickstarter Coming Next Week!

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/12/29/python-image-processing-kickstarter-coming-next-week/

I will be launching a new Kickstarter on Monday, January 4th to help launch my 9th book, Pillow: Image Processing with Python.
In this book, you will learn how to edit photos with Python. You will dis
Matthew Wright: Indexing and Selecting in pandas – slicing

Link: https://www.wrighters.io/2020/12/29/indexing-and-selecting-in-pandas-slicing/

Slicing data in pandas This is second in the series on indexing and selecting data in pandas. If you haven't read it yet, see the first post that covers the basics of selecting based on index or relat
The Open Sourcerer: Blogging about Python desktop apps improvements on Planet Python

Link: https://fortintam.com/blog/planet-python-introduction/

Hi, fellow pythonistas! Before I start publishing future Python-related posts to this aggregator, I would like to shortly introduce myself and the reason for this blog’s presence on the planet.


I am