Issue #110: PyCon 2014

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Python Language Summit notes
A large collection of notes from people who attended the Python Language Summit at PyCon in Montreal. Lots to see here.
gmane.org
Shared by @mgrouchy

Pillow 2.4.0 released
Lots of new changes in Pillow 2.4.0. Click through to check them out.
aclark.net
Shared by @mgrouchy

Django CMS 3.0 Released!
Tons of improvements and features in this new release! Check new demo video and full list of improvements after the jump!
django-cms.org
Shared by @myusuf3

Pyramid 1.5 final released
The latest from Pyramid is out! 1.5 has plenty of bug fixes, new features and backwards incompatible changes. Check Here for all the changes.
google.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

PEP 465 -- New infix operator for matrix multiplication '@'
New operator for matrix multiplication, those of you who are interested should checkout PEP after the jump, very well written!
python.org
Shared by @myusuf3

Discussion

What are the advantages to python 3.x?
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

Jobs

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Projects

mailr
Mailr is an open source webmail client with gmail like conversations.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

mps
For those of you who like searching, playing your mp3s from your terminal. pfft iTunes.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

aiozmq
Asyncio support for ZeroMQ. Implements asyncio event loop for ZeroMQ sockets.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

Loader and Writer, IPython NBExtensions!
Couple of cool IPython extensions for reading in or writing out scripts to files to/from your IPython notebook.
oquanta.info
Shared by @myusuf3

PyJVM
A Java Virtual Machine implemented in Python.
pyjvm.org
Shared by @myusuf3

vim-multiuser
Multiple user vim plugin that allow multiple vim users to edit the same file.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

football-score-detector
Allows you to determine the score of a table football/foozeball game via camera image.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

testing.postgresql
Cool project that automatically sets up a postgresql instance in a temporary directory, and destroys it after testing is completed.
bitbucket.org
Shared by @mgrouchy

pynsist
Simply build windows installers your your Python applications.
github.com
Shared by @takluyver

geoq
Django application that allows you to collect geographic data across large areas but then divide that work into smaller regions to these regions can be worked on individually.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

pyxl
Convert HTML fragments into valid Python expressions. Pyxl is meant to replace existing python templating systems and do away with the use of standard HTML templates.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

Articles

Writing Purposeful Unit Tests
Nice post about writing good unit tests to help you write better code, prevent regressions and allow you to assert the correctness of your code.
appneta.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

OOP concepts in Python 2.x - Part 1
Cool little article on OOP way of thinking and Python.
github.io
Shared by @tw_lgiordani

Say No! Python Import Side Effects
Little bit of a rant article but definitely a be kind to other developers thing!
chrismorgan.info
Shared by @myusuf3

Getting Started with pylint
Introduction to Pylint for beginners.
blogspot.ca
Shared by @myusuf3

Math evolution and dirty tricks
Neat exploration of the Fast Inverse Square Root Algorithm from quake 3 and algorithms/tricks of its like.
blogspot.ca
Shared by @myusuf3

Unpythonic Python
Cool little article about writing unpythonic python code in the spirit of other programming languages.
skien.cc
Shared by @myusuf3

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