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Mike Driscoll: Python 101: Exception Handling (Video)

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/06/25/exception_handling_video/

In this video tutorial, you will learn how exception handling works in Python.
Specifically, you will learn the following:

Common exceptions
Handling exceptions
Raising exceptions
Examining exception
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #66: Practicing Python With CSV Files and Extracting Values With "filter()"

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/66/

Are you ready to practice your Python skills some more? There is a new set of practice problems prepared for you to tackle, and this time they're based on working with CSV files. This week on the show
Mike Driscoll: Mouse vs Python has a Slack Channel

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/06/25/mouse-vs-python-has-a-slack-channel/

This website now has a Slack channel. It’s free to join. No subscription required!
If you’d like to join, use the following link which is good for the next 30 days:
https://join.slack.com/t/mousevspyt
Talk Python to Me: #322: A path into data science

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/322/a-path-into-data-science

Are you interested in getting ahead in data science? On this episode, you'll meet Sanyam Bhutani who studied computer science but found his education didn't prepare him for getting a data science-focu
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (cclxxxi) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2021/06/cclxxxi-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2021-06-26 15:09:30 GMTList containing only every second second pair of
Simple is Better Than Complex: How to Start a Production-Ready Django Project

Link: https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2021/06/27/how-to-start-a-production-ready-django-project.html

In this tutorial I’m going to show you how I usually start and organize a new Django project nowadays. I’ve tried many
different configurations and ways to organize the project, but for the past 4 yea
Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week: Benjy Weinberger

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/06/28/pydev-of-the-week-benjy-weinberger/

This week we welcome Benjy Weinberger (@benjy) as our PyDev of the Week! Benjy works on the Pants build system. He is also the co-founder of Toolchain.
You can catch up with Benjy over on GitHub. Let’
Python⇒Speed: Measuring the memory usage of a Pandas DataFrame

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/pandas-dataframe-series-memory-usage/

How much memory are your Pandas DataFrame or Series using?
Pandas provides an API for measuring this information, but a variety of implementation details means the results can be confusing or misleadi
Quansight Labs Blog: Distributed Training Made Easy with PyTorch-Ignite

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2021/06/distributed-made-easy-with-ignite/


Authors: François Cokelaer,
Priyansi, Sylvain
Desroziers, Victor
Fomin
Writing agnostic
distributed
code that
supports different platforms, hardware configurations (GPUs, TPUs) and
communication fram
Real Python: Reverse Python Lists: Beyond .reverse() and reversed()

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

Are you diving deeper into Python lists and wanting to learn about different ways to reverse them? If so, then this tutorial is for you. Here, you’ll learn about a few Python tools and techniques that
Python Insider: Python 3.9.6, 3.8.11, 3.7.11, and 3.6.14 are now available

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/mjnsTchkg4Q/python-396-3811-3711-and-3614-are-now.html

Python 3.9.6Get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-396/Python 3.9.6 is the newest major stable release of
the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and
Mike Driscoll: Converting MP4 to Animated GIFs with Python

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/06/29/converting-mp4-to-animated-gifs-with-python/

Python can be used to read in the common MP4 video format and convert it to an animated GIF. Of course, you can use a pre-built piece of software if you’d rather, but it’s fun (and a good learning exp
Stack Abuse: Guide to Python's strip() Method

Link: https://stackabuse.com/guide-to-pythons-strip-method

Introduction
String manipulation in Python is achieved through a set of built-in methods, which return new strings since they're immutable. In this guide, we will look at methods to strip whitespace (
Python for Beginners: Fractions Module in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/fractions-module-in-python


You must have used numeric data types like integers and floating point numbers in python. But have you used fractions in their actual form? In this article we will study about fractions and will perf
Real Python: Python Inner Functions

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/python-inner-functions/

Python allows the declaration of functions inside of other functions. Inner functions, also known as nested functions, are defined within a function. This type of function has direct access to variabl
Anarcat: Another syncmaildir crash

Link: https://anarc.at/blog/2021-06-29-another-mail-crash/

So I had another major email crash
with my syncmaildir
setup. This time I was at
least able to confirm the issue, and I still haven't lost mail thanks
to backups and sheer luck (again).
The crash
It i