Issue #180

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Aug. 21, 2015

Future
Django Security Releases, rb, git-remote-dropbox and much more.

Issue #180: Future

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News


Django Security releases issued: 1.8.4, 1.7.10, 1.4.22
Time to upgrade your Django versions, check out the link for all the details for the releases!
djangoproject.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Discussion


What are some projects you have done with Python?
reddit.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

I made a reddit bot that creates memes out of image posts and their top comments
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Jobs

Projects


lupa
Lupa integrates the runtimes of Lua or LuaJIT2 into CPython.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

SubredditSimulator
Pretty neat exercise. An automated subreddit with posts created using markov chains
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

RoboGif
Use this utility to record your android device screen to a gif.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

HTTPLang
A scripting language written in Python to make writing HTTP Request routines simpler.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

git-remote-dropbox
Awesome. A transparent bridge between git and Dropbox. It allows you to use a shared dropbox folder as a git remote
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

rb
From the team at Sentry, Routing and connection management for Redis in Python.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

zget
A Zeroconf-based peer to peer file transfer utility.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

python-zeroless
ZeroMQ for Pythonistas. This project differs from PyZMQ in that it aims to make distributed systems employing ZeroMQ as pythonic as possible.
github.com
Shared by @x8lucas8x
 

python-o365
A simple python library for interaction with Office 365.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

django-postgres-pgpfields
PGP encrypted fields for PostgreSQL, which are encrypted by the pgcrypto postgres extension.
github.com
Shared by @truecoldmind
 

closeio/redis-hashring
A Python library that implements a consistent hash ring for building distributed apps implemented using Redis.
github.com
Shared by @thomas_st
 

shoop
An open source ecommerce platform written in Python and Django.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

pyspot
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Articles


Exploring the Top Incomes Database with Pandas and Matplotlib
A look at the worlds top income database. Great look at exploring a large dataset with Pandas and Matplotlib.
ramiro.org
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

ORMs under the hood
Ever wonder how ORM's work? This takes a look at how ORM's work and are constructed, also has a brief look at available ORM's out there and some sample code with SQLAlchemy.
vertabelo.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Setting up python development environment with buildout
Very simple tutorial to help you get your python development environments setup with buildout.
wordpress.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

A/B Testing with Hierarchical Models in Python
In this post the author discusses "a method for A/B testing using Beta-Binomial Hierarchical models to correct for a common pitfall when testing multiple hypotheses".
dominodatalab.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Creating Powerpoint Presentations with Python
This is cool, use python, pptx, and popular python data and visualization tools pandas, numpy, matplotlib and seaborn to create Powerpoint presentations.
pbpython.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Intermediate Python Book
A creative commons licensed Python book for the Intermedia Python programmer, but with tips and something to learn for all Python programmers.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

How I Hacked Amazon’s $5 WiFi Button to track Baby Data
This is awesome. Hacking amazon's buy button to record datapoints about baby!
medium.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
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