Issue #188

Jays

Oct. 16, 2015

Jays
Rodeo, status, and much more.

Issue #188: Jays

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News


Rodeo Python IDE 1.0 Released
The native python IDE Rodeo has had its 1.0 release, check it out!
yhathq.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

PyTexas 2015 Videos
Couldn't make it to conference! We got you covered!
youtube.com
Shared by @myusuf3

Discussion


R vs Python: head to head data analysis
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
What Python modules make your life so easy that you always install them first? : Python
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Jobs

Projects


framewirc
An IRC framework built upon Python 3's asyncio module.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
openface
Face recognition with Google's FaceNet deep neural network. An implementation of the CVPR 2015 paper FaceNet: A Unified Embedding for Face Recognition and Clustering.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
status
An attempt at HTTP status "for humans". This library provides human understandable HTTP status codes and ideally helps with code readability.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
slouchy
This is cool. A library that uses your webcam to identify whether you are slouching in your chair and alerts you if you are.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 
ohmu
Pretty cool, get a visualization of your Disk space on the command line.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
datalab
Interactive tools and developer experiences for Big Data on Google Cloud Platform.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
django_model_helpers
A series of helper classes for your Django Models including improved choice fields, extra caching and more.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
superelasticsearch
An extended version of the official elasticsearch client that add some extra utilities like iterated search and a simpler bulk api.
github.com
Shared by @vaidikkapoor
 
djdt-flamegraph
Flamegraphs in your Django Debug Toolbar!
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
Watson
A pretty nice looking CLI time tracking app. \
github.com
Shared by @julienmaupetit
 
flask-locale
Very useful! Implements i18n and l10n support for Flask.
github.com
Shared by @derkan
 
django-skd-smoke
Simply creation of smoke tests with this library.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 
c3.py
Commit Counter Chart is a Python Flask app to view git history using D3.js.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Articles


Directed graph traversal, orderings and applications to data-flow analysis
This author is always bringing the heat with his posts. Great post about graph traversal in Python and uses in data-flow analysis.
thegreenplace.net
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
Ordered class members in python
How would we generate output similar to Python's dir command, but ordered. This post answers that question!
github.io
Shared by @myusuf3
 
Wat's up, doc?
Great article looking at a collection of `Wat` moments in Python. Read this to learn why the snippets discussed behave the way they do and learn a little more about Python.
b-list.org
Shared by @myusuf3
 
Twitter bot using Google Spreadsheets in Python
Like the title says, nice tutorial!
opensourcehacker.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
Let’s Build A Simple Interpreter. Part 5.
What a really great series of posts about creating a simple interpreter, follow along with part 5 or go back to the beginning!
ruslanspivak.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
How Python Properties Help With Refactoring
How to use Python's properties to help you refactor your Python classes.
migrateup.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 
Visualizing Machine Learning Thresholds to Make Better Business Decisions
This article talks about some common use cases for thresholding and allow you to visualize data from those to help make decisions especially where looking at a table of data is less clear.
insightdatalabs.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 
Generate Your Tests
Shows how to use parameterize and generate test cases with Nose!
kevinastone.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 
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