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July 31, 2018

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News


pytest 3.7.0 released
A new Pytest release is out with some new features (like the useful --trace) option as well as some depreciations and bugfixes. Check out the changelog for all the details!
pytest.org
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Discussion


Python is becoming the world’s most popular coding language
reddit.com
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Do you use static type hints in your code?
reddit.com
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Projects



deap
Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms in Python.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

termgraph
a python command-line tool which draws basic graphs in the terminal.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

cleverhans
An adversarial example library for constructing attacks, building defenses, and benchmarking both.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

pythia
A software suite for Visual Question Answering.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

pyxel
A retro game development environment in Python.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

pytorch-maml-rl
Reinforcement Learning with Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning in Pytorch.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

mu
A small, simple editor for beginner Python programmers. Written in Python and Qt5.
github.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

thredo
Thredo is threads on async. For the brave. Or the foolish. Only time will tell.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

linqit
Extends python lists with LINQ functionality for clean, fast coding.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

configfy
Decorator library to configure function arguments.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

grumpy
Grumpy is a Python to Go source code transcompiler and runtime.
github.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Articles


Complete Guide to Topic Modeling
Learn a little about topic modeling in the context of Natural Language Processing.
nlpforhackers.io
Shared by @nlpforhackers
 

Method overloading in Python
Method overloading doesnt work the same in Python like it does in other languages. This article demonstrates some ways to accomplish this with Python.
bmwlog.pp.ua
Shared by @bmwant
 

Python Code Quality: Tools & Best Practices
Familiarize yourself with Python code quality tools and some best practices for writing good Python code.
realpython.com
Shared by @realpython
 

Executing Encrypted Python with No Performance Penalty
A look at executing encrypted python with `pyce`.
soroco.com
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Python Code Golfing Tricks
Code golf can be a really fun challenge, check out this post for a bunch of good code gold tricks for Python!
medium.com
Shared by @mgrouchy
 

Detecting and Outlining Lakes with Python3 and OpenCV 3
Cool article! Lear about some basic shape and contour detection using Python3 and OpenCV.
itnext.io
Shared by @myusuf3
 

Extreme Gradient Boosting with Python
FTA: "Extreme Gradient Boosting is among the hottest libraries in supervised machine learning these days. It supports various objective functions, including regression, classification, and ranking." Learn about Extreme Gradient Boosting with Python and the xgboost library.
datascienceplus.com
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