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Django and PyCharm team up, Removing the GIL, easychain, tinychain, and much more.

Issue #279: Dice

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News

Support a Great Partnership: PyCharm and Django Team up Again
Now support Django by getting a 30% discount on your annual PyCharm license.
djangoproject.com
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Let's remove the Global Interpreter Lock
The PyPy team is seeing if there is interest from individuals and corporate sponsors for funding 100K of their work to produce a fully working PyPy interpreter with no GIL as a release, possibly separate from the default PyPy release. Interesting!
morepypy.blogspot.ca
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PyDev 5.9.2 released
PyDev Users? Check out the latest with Debugger improvements, isort support and much more.
pydev.blogspot.ca
Shared by @mgrouchy

The Ethical Maintainer: Community Service Award Recipient Glyph Lefkowitz
Congrats Glyph!
pyfound.blogspot.ca
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Python Release Python 3.4.7
Python 3.4.7 Released! More details after the jump.
python.org
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Discussion

Let's remove the Global Interpreter Lock
reddit.com
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Best Python Blog
reddit.com
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Windows to Linux How to Call Python 3 in a Script
reddit.com
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Jobs

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Software Engineer - iPaas (Reston, VA)
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Posted By Lucasfilm, LTD.

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Projects

tor-browser-selenium
Tor Browser automation with Selenium.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

easychain
A simple python blockchain ledger.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

mistletoe
A fast, extensible Markdown parser in pure Python.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

pyc64
Commodore-64 emulator in pure Python.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

EffectiveTensorflow
TensorFlow tutorials and best practices.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

PhotographicImageSynthesis
Photographic Image Synthesis with Cascaded Refinement Networks.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

pysc2
StarCraft II Learning Environment.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

incubator-superset
Apache Superset (incubating) is a modern, enterprise-ready business intelligence web application.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

tinychain
A pocket-sized implementation of Bitcoin.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

nider
Python package to add text to images, textures and different backgrounds.
github.com
Shared by @__pythad__

Articles

What does it take to become an expert in Python
Things to understand to become a Python expert.
jupyter.org
Shared by @mgrouchy

Using Python's namedtuple for mock objects in tests
Interesting use of namedtuple.
greenash.net.au
Shared by @myusuf3

Python 101: Recursion
Learn about recursion in Python.
pythonlibrary.org
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Django Service Objects
Nice tutorial on introducing Django Service Objects.
mitchel.me
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Improve Python Testing with Parameterization
Awesome tutorial on parameterization to decrease bloat and increasing testability.
jamesroutley.co.uk
Shared by @myusuf3

A Closer Look At How Python f-strings Work
Focusing in on f-strings and related PEPs
medium.com
Shared by @skabbass1

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