Whack-a-mole

Python testing sprint, EuroPython CFP, PyCon 2016 Speakers announced and much more.

Issue #204: Whack-a-mole

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python testing sprint mid 2016
Are you a user of pytest or tox? If so, maybe you might consider contributing to the Python Testing Mid 2016 Sprint. Click through for more details on how to contribute financially or otherwise.
indiegogo.com
Shared by @nicoddemus

EuroPython 2016: Call for Proposals
Want to speak at EuroPython 2016? Time to submit your talk proposals. The call for proposals is open until Sunday, March 6, 23:59:59 CET.
europython.eu
Shared by @myusuf3

Announcing the Keynote Speakers for PyCon 2016
Heading to PyCon 2016 in Portland? Here are the keynote speakers you can expect!
blogspot.ca
Shared by @mgrouchy

Discussion

Python 3 in 2016
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

Why do people say it's easy to write errors into Python because it's dynamically typed?
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

Jobs

Software Engineer - Full Stack (Anywhere)
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Senior Software Engineer (Chicago, IL)
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Full Stack Engineer (New York, NY)
Posted By  Empirasign Strategies LLC.

Senior Database Developer, Robot Fleets (Kitchener, ON, Canada)
Posted By  Clearpath Robotics.

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Projects

django-field-history
A Django app to track changes to a model field.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

pocket-cli
A CLI interface for reading and managing your articles from GetPocket.com.
github.com
Shared by @rakanalh

lifter
Pretty cool! A lightweight query engine for Python iterables.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

pentestly
A set of expanding Python tools for use in penetration tests.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

laboratory
A Python port of Github's Scientist. A tool to help you carefully refactor your python code.
github.com
Shared by @joe_alcorn

curses-menu
Python based command line Menu GUI in Python using curses.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

todo
Simple but powerful command line todo list manager in Python.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

defopt
This is neat. An effortless argument parser for your Python command line applications. Its much like docopt, but uses the Sphinx-style docstring for defining arguments to parse.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

mocka
A tool to help you quickly mock an API.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

top-starred-devs-and-repos-to-follow
Wondering which Python devs or projects on github are worth following? Look no further, here is a pretty comprehensive list to get you started.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

Articles

Creating your own IPython-like server
claymcleod.io
Shared by @myusuf3

Python 3 in 2016
One Python developers look at the state of Python 3 in 2016.
hynek.me
Shared by @myusuf3

Python Dependency Analysis
Analyzing dependencies for Python packages.
github.io
Shared by @mgrouchy

psutil 4.0.0 and how to get "real" process memory and environ in Python
blogspot.com
Shared by @myusuf3

Building a better user experience for deploying Python web applications.
The author missed getting his talk into PyCon US so he used the subject of his talk as a blog post. Great post here on improving the deployment of Python applications.
dscpl.com.au
Shared by @mgrouchy

How the heck does async/await work in Python 3.5?
From core Python developer Brett Cannon, comes this detailed explanation of how aync/await works in Python 3.5.
snarky.ca
Shared by @mgrouchy

Introducing Dask distributed
matthewrocklin.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

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