Issue #141

Sweater Weather

Nov. 14, 2014

Sweater Weather
Boto3,  pywsd, timesketch and much more.

Issue #141: Sweater Weather

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Motor 0.3.4 Released
Version 0.3.4 of Motor, the asynchronous MongoDB driver for Python and Tornado, has been released, update your code!
emptysqua.re
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

boto3 0.0.1 - Developer Preview Released
The developer preview has been released for Boto3! Check it out, but be wary if thinking about using it in your production code.
python.org
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Official Call for Papers for Python-FOSDEM 2015
There is a call for papers currently going until December 1st for Python-FOSDEM 2015. Going to be attending and interested in giving a talk? Make your proposal now!
python-fosdem.org
Shared by @PythonFOSDEM
 

Discussion


TkInter: Still Relevant?
reddit.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

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Projects


genty
genty promotes generative testing, where a single test can execute over a variety of input. I am not sure how I feel about this, but thought it might be interesting to explore.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

500 Lines or Less
Awesome repository of how things work with computers and software. I am sure we have shared this before but its definitely worth another look.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

pywsd
Pretty nifty tool, yeah I said nifty. This library allows for word disambiguation in provided sentences. Some examples in the README after the jump.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

fplutil
A set of libraries and tools that can be useful when developing applications for Android and other platforms.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

timesketch
Timesketch is an experimental, proof of concept open source tool for collaborative forensic timeline analysis. I am excited where things are headed.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

ssh-ident
Manage different agents and different keys for different projects, with ssh. Incredibly useful!
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

pyrecord
A Struct/Record type for your Python code.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

GoogleScraper
A library that allows you to scrape Google's search engine using proxies.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

django-project-template
Kick off your Django 1.7 projects the right way with this Django project template.
github.com
Shared by @jpadilla_
 
PyGeoIpMap 
This is cool, a Python script to show where IP addresses are coming from and plots them on a map. 
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Articles


Building A Realtime API in Django
Team at Fanout has written realtime api integration for Django. Pretty detailed blog post.
fanout.io
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Using Pandas To Create an Excel Diff
Nice article on how to roll your own Excel diff tool using pandas. Tons of gems here for dealing with various annoyances in ETL work.
pbpython.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Building Web Applications with Django and AngularJS
Now this is a very detailed guide to building web apps with Django and Angular.js. Definitely worth checking out.
thinkster.io
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Reverse Geocode a Set of Lat-Long Coordinates to City + Country
Useful tutorial to learn how to use Google's reverse Geocoding API.
geoffboeing.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

The tale of DRY with django-crispy-forms
Tutorial to help you get started with Django-crispy-forms and also keep your form code DRY at the same time.
github.io
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

NLP keyword extraction tutorial with RAKE and Maui
A nice detailed tutorial about performing keyword extraction with the RAKE and Maui libraries.
airpair.com
Shared by @@elldudley
 
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