Issue #162

Playoffs!

April 17, 2015

Playoffs!
SQLAlchemy 1.0.0, Guido Keynote, PyData Paris 2015 Videos and much more.

Issue #162: Playoffs!

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News


SQLAlchemy 1.0.0 Released
SQLAlchemy 1.0.0 Released!! This release marks 10 years of SQLAlchemy! Grats Mike!
sqlalchemy.org
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Guido van Rossum Keynote - PyCon 2015
Guido at PyCon.
youtube.com
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PyCon Malaysia Call For Proposals
Planning attending PyCon Malaysia? If so now is the time to submit your talk proposals.
pycon.my
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

PyData Paris 2015 Videos
Didn't get the chance to hit up PyData Paris. Well they got you covered all the talks are here for your leisured viewing!
youtube.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Sustainability - Read the Docs
Read the Docs is an incredible project. If you are interested in supporting it in a way that will hopefully make the project sustainable please check this out.
readthedocs.org
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Discussion


In case you don't usually, go watch some PyCon talks.
reddit.com
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Jobs

Projects


freight
Freight is a service which aims to make application deployments better.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

pyap
An address parser with support for Canadian and American addresses.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

scrapple
Scrapple is a framework for creating web scrapers and web crawlers according to a key-value based configuration file.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

microparse
Microcode update parser for AMD, Intel, and VIA processors written in Python 3.x.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

parserator
This is pretty legit! A toolkit for making domain-specific probabilistic parsers! Not sure why, bunch of examples after the jump.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Flask-Boost
Flask application generation for speeding up your development time and making sure your toolbox is filled with all the right tools.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Articles


A Rest API using Django and authentication with OAuth2 and third parties!
Interesting post on getting a REST API that supports oauth2 and social auth up and running with Django Rest Framework, Django Oauth Toolkit and Python Social Auth.
httplambda.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Introduction to Fuzzing in Python with AFL
Nice little blog post on Fuzzing in Python using AFL a new fuzzer compatible with Python!
alexgaynor.net
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Making Python 3 more attractive
Some notes and Ideas from the Python Language Summit about how to make Python 3 more attractive to developers. Worth the read!
lwn.net
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

The Deceptive Anagram Question
Really great look into a common interview question of finding anagrams in a list of words.
nafiulis.me
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

PyFormat: Using % and .format() for great good!
This site we try to show you the most common use-cases covered by the old and new style string formatting API with practical examples. For those of your looking for a refresher take a gander.
pyformat.info
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Animated 3-D Plots in Python
Nice tutorial to get 3D plots going in Python. Outputs animated gifs for the animations.
geoffboeing.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

How to Implement a Type Checker in Python 3
Taking advantage of the Python 3 annotations to build out a type checker!
enotagain.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Tox tricks and patterns
Some general information about Tox and a bunch of fantastic tips, tricks and patterns to get the most out of its use.
ionelmc.ro
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Visualizing Census Data With Google Fusion Tables
thomaz.me
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Python: faster way
Really cool reference of common things you might do in Python and the faster, more "optimized" way to do them.
uni.me
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