Release

pytest 3.3.0 released, pytudes, requestium, cloud-inquisitor, using python for mobile development, and much more.

Issue #294: Release

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News

pytest 3.3.0 released
pytest 3.3 released! Built-in logging capture, new progress output and fixtures.
pytest.org
Shared by @nicoddemus

Discussion

"The one thing that Python definitely does not want to be is a GENERAL purpose programming language." - GvR
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

I'm releasing a free code for the "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" Udemy course
reddit.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

Jobs

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Projects

pytudes
Python programs to practice or demonstrate skills.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

parametric_tsne
Python / Tensorflow / Keras implementation of Parametric tSNE algorithm
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

chess-alpha-zero
Chess reinforcement learning by AlphaGo Zero methods.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

ThreadTone
a halftone representation of an image made of thread.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

shell-functools
Functional programming tools for the shell.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

DeblurGAN
Image Deblurring using Generative Arversarial Networks.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

requestium
Integration layer between Requests and Selenium for automation of web actions.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

switchio
asyncio powered FreeSWITCH cluster control.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

netgraph
Fork of networkx drawing utilities for publication quality plots of networks.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

cloud-inquisitor
Cloud Inquisitor - tool to enforce ownership and data security within AWS.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3

mordecai
Custom-built full text and event geoparsing.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

Articles

Using Python for Mobile Development: Kivy vs BeeWare
Compare and contrast!
dbader.org
Shared by @dbader_org

Comparative Audio Analysis With Wavenet, MFCCs, UMAP, t-SNE and PCA
Exploring an audio dataset in two dimensions and the algorithms used to do so.
medium.com
Shared by @myusuf3

Evolving Our Rust With Milksnake
Weird name, cool project!
sentry.io
Shared by @myusuf3

A friendly Introduction to Backpropagation in Python
sushant-choudhary.github.io
Shared by @mgrouchy

3x faster Flask apps
Quart as an upgrade to flask.
medium.com
Shared by @myusuf3

Implementing a Neural Network from Scratch in Python â€“ An Introduction
Create your first neural network.
datasciencecentral.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

Using Pythonâ€™s Pathlib Module
Everything you wanted to know about pathlib.
pbpython.com
Shared by @mgrouchy

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