Issue #193

Espresso

Nov. 20, 2015

Espresso
Komodo 9.3, Django 1.9rc1, Open Source plotly.js and much more.

Issue #193: Espresso

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News


Komodo 9.3 Released!
New version of the Komodo IDE more details after the jump!
komodoide.com
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Poll: What do you use?
We are running a poll on what version of Python everyone is using! Chime in and share!
twitter.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

PyPy 4.0.1 released
A bugfix release for PyPy is out, it fixes a few critical bugs in the JIT compiled code so please update your versions! Click though for more details.
blogspot.ca
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Django 1.9 release candidate 1 released
Looks like we are getting close to the release of Django 1.9. The first release candidate is out now, check it out and report any bugs!
djangoproject.com
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Plotly.js Open-Source Announcement
Plotly.js is now open source (MIT Licensed), pretty amazing! Click through to check out the full announcement.
plot.ly
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Discussion


What are some things your average person could use Python for?
reddit.com
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Jobs

Projects


flask-talisman
HTTP security headers for Flask.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

big-list-of-naughty-strings
A list of strings that when used as user inputted data could possible cause problems in your application. Great for testing!
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

mailur
An open source alternative to GMail.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

spinnaker
Spinnaker is an open source, multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high velocity and confidence.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

tpot
A tool for creating and optimizing machine learning pipelines using genetic programming.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

movie-barcodes
Turn video files into 'barcodes' where vertical lines represent the average colour of individual frames.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

pyduktape
Pyduktape is a python wrapper around Duktape, an embeddable Javascript interpreter. This allows you to pass JS object and Python objects between the two interpreters.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

pyfzf
A Python wrapper around A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go!
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

zerotest
Lazy guy's testing tool, test your API server like a boss.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

rc
Redis cache cluster system in Python.
github.com
Shared by @_fengsp
 

Articles


Python's Hidden Regular Expression Gems
A look at some of the niceties in Python's Regular Expression module.
pocoo.org
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Why Beginners Should Learn Python
Some reasons why programming beginners should learn Python.
stackabuse.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

15 Essential Python Interview Questions
Check out this Python interview questions, you might learn something or possible considering one (or many) of these in the next interview you conduct.
codementor.io
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

BDD Testing a Restful Web Application in Python
Really great tutorial to get you started testing your restful web apps (in this case specifically flask) with BDD.
semaphoreci.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Profiling Python using cProfile: A Concrete Case
Profiling in Python followed with some actual profiling.
danjou.info
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Comparing 7 Python data visualization tools.
Rundown of various data visualizations in Python!
dataquest.io
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Asynchronous Programming with Python 3
Python has been making strong move toward Asynchronous Programming awesome article that goes at it from first principles.
nitrous.io
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Anyone Can Learn To Code an LSTM-RNN in Python (Part 1: RNN)
Awesome article simply laying out how to build recurrent neural networks.
github.io
Shared by @myusuf3
 

A real Python "wat"
Dealing with a specific Python 'wat'
b-list.org
Shared by @myusuf3
 

9 reasons you should be using PyCharm
Maybe you can be convinced to switch from your current editor/IDE to PyCharm? The author states a compelling case.
michaelckennedy.net
Shared by @mkennedy
 

Evolving strategies for an Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma tournament

mojones.net
Shared by @martinthecoder
 
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