Issue #242: Primer

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word_forms
Accurately generate all possible forms of an English word e.g "election" --> "elect", "electoral", "electorate" etc.
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raftos
Replication framework for distributed Python projects.
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TalkTalkTalk is an easy-installable small chat room, with chat history.
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Python Cheatsheet.
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A next-generation curated knowledge sharing platform for data scientists and other technical professions.
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A search web-app built by flask and google cse.
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facenet
Tensorflow implementation of the FaceNet face recognizer.
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Articles

Timing Tests in Python for Fun and Profit
Find that slow test and fix it!
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Random Forests in Python
From the article "Random forest is a highly versatile machine learning method with numerous applications ranging from marketing to healthcare and insurance." Learn more about them in this detailed article.
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Automate Your Browser: A Guided Selenium Adventure
Nice guide walking you through a scenario to automate your browser with selenium.
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Using the Google Slides API with Python
Create your slide deck programatically with Python.
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Date and Time Manipulation
A look at Date and TIme manipulation and comparing two popular Python libraries for dealing with Date and Time.
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6 things to develop an efficient web scraper in Python
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Building Robust RabbitMQ Consumers With Python and Kombu: Part 1
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Some thoughts on asynchronous API design in a post-async/await world
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PyGame - a primer
Get started and learn how to make your first simple game with pygame.
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