Issue #214: VIEWS

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PyCon UK
PyCon UK is happening at Cardiff City Hall in Cardiff, Wales from Thursday 15th to Monday 19th September 2016.
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Projects

django-river
A Django Workflow Library which supports on the fly changes on every item in workflow instead of hardcoding states and transitions.
github.com
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yodabot
A simple messenger bot which converts text into yoda speak. Fun project and looking at the source code is a good way to learn how to write your own bot.
github.com
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gym
A toolkit for developing and comparing reinforcement learning algorithms.
github.com
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pghoard
A PostgreSQL backup daemon and restore tooling for cloud object storages. Lots of great features here. Click through to the Readme for more details.
github.com
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Ingredient-phrase-tagger
Extract structured data from ingredient phrases using conditional random fields.
github.com
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rllab
A framework for developing and evaluating reinforcement learning algorithms.
github.com
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visionary
An attempt at a smarter password manager.
github.com
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hogwatch
Pretty cool tool to find out what's hogging your internet connection. Screenshots in the Readme!
github.com
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magic-constraints
Magic Type Introspection And Runtime Parameter Type/Value Checking.
github.com
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Articles

Parallelizing Queries with SQLAlchemy, Gevent, and PostgreSQL
Dealing with eventlets and C extensions, good read!
jasonamyers.com
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Python Sorted Collections
Learn something about Python sorted collections!
pythontips.com
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Delete Your Dead Code!
Use Coverage.py to detect dead code, then clean it up!
late.am
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How to create Green noise in Python
How to Create green noise with Python by passing white noise through a Butterworth filter.
johndcook.com
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An Introduction to Scientific Python (and a Bit of the Maths Behind It)
A pretty solid introduction to Scientific Python and Matplotlib!
jamalmoir.com
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Using CPythonâ€™s Embeddable Zip File
More good stuff coming from Microsofts Python engineering team. Lean about using CPython's embeddable zip file and why you would embed Python.
microsoft.com
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How to Loop With Indexes in Python
Seems straight forward but lots of options here, learn about different loop types in Python and how to use them with indexes.
treyhunner.com
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Exploring sizes of data types in Python
Very interesting experiments around data types and memory! Definitely worth the read.
blogspot.ca
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Sending Advanced Emails Made Simple in Python
Introducing simple email sending wrapper. yagmail.
github.io
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Parallel Processing in Python
A very in depth introduction to Parallel processing in Python.
washington.edu
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