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Nov. 7, 2014

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PyTennessee, PyPy IO Improvements, db.py and much more.

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Second Annual PyTennessee conference Feb 7th-8th
The second annual PyTennessee conference is happening Feb 7-8th in Nashville, TN. There will be 4 keynotes, 36 talks/tutorials, young coders, PyLadies fundraiser and more. The Call for papers is open until Nov 15th.
pytennessee.org
Shared by @jasonamyers
 

EuroPython 2015 Call for Participation: On-site Teams
The EuroPython Society (EPS) is happy to announce the Call for Participation (CFP) for EuroPython 2015. The purpose of this call is to select teams willing to help organize the EuroPython conference on-site at a suitable location. Check out the link for more details.
europython.eu
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

PyPy IO Improvements
More details after the jump. More awesome as usual from PyPy team.
blogspot.ca
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Introducing db.py
This is so legit its not even funny. The missing piece in most data analysis toolsets. Check it out!
yhathq.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Discussion


IPython notebooks are being distributed as supplementary materials in peer-reviewed academic publications
reddit.com
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Jobs


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Projects


elpy
A Python development environment environment for Emacs.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

home-assistant
Home automation with Python.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

nogotofail
A network security testing tool designed to help developers and security researchers spot and fix weak TLS/SSL connections and sensitive cleartext traffic on devices and applications.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

pyskel
A project skeleton for Python packages. Includes a testing suite with py.test and CLI with click.
github.com
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changes
Automate release tasks for your Python project with this app, supports things like auto generating changelog entries from commit messages , semantic versioning, etc.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

db.py
db.py is an easier way to interact with your databases, check out release article in news section!
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

pgosquery
SQL powered operating system instrumentation and analytics (Facebook's OSQuery) except for Postgres using Postgres's foreign data wrapper.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

tmpnb
This is neat. A tool to create temporary Jupyter Notebook servers using Docker containers.
github.com
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RxPY
From the README: "RxPY is a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable collections and LINQ-style query operators in Python".
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

log_calls
This library provides a decorator that prints or logs caller's name, args/values and more.
github.com
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Using geopandas on Windows
There aren't usually a lot of blog posts for Python users on windows, but this is a nice guide for getting setup with geopandas on Windows.
geoffboeing.com
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diagram
Text mode diagrams using UTF-8 characters and fancy colors
github.com
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Articles


XSS Security in Django
Nice guide giving you some steps to protect your Django application from XSS Vulnerabilities.
mehmetince.net
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Taming the logging formatter
Some tips for logging and formatting your logged JSON objects in your Python applications.
github.io
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Heroku Piggyback SSL for Pyramid 1.5
Nice, redirect insecure requests to HTTPS with Heroku and Pyramid 1.5.
brandon-bradley.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Plotting Data Online via Plotly and Python
A detailed tutorial to get setup plotting data with Plotly and Python.
pythonlibrary.org
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Frame Introspection in Pyston
Pyston is a PyPy competitor, this blog cover the frame introspection in pyston.
pyston.org
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Dear Diary, an Encrypted Command-Line Diary with Python
Very cool tutorial. Check it out.
charlesleifer.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Encrypting files with Pycrypto
Wondering what the deal is with PyCrypto? Check it out this tutorial.
brainacle.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Understanding Python Bytecode
Wondering how Python bytecode works in Python 2.6 and 2.7 on the CPython interpreter? This is the post for you.
coverity.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Choose Your Own Adventure Presentations with Reveal.js, Python and WebSockets
twilio.com
Shared by @mattmakai
 

Python 2 vs. Python 3: How to Choose
Will your new Python project be Python 2 or 3? This article can help you choose!
airpair.com
Shared by @elldudley
 

Image Reprojection with Python OpenCV
This is awesome! Using Python OpenCV to create a video of an artist working and overlaying a video of the drawing as its being created.
uberhip.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
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