The wxPython GUI toolkit has a very rich and powerful Grid widget that I have written about previously on this blog. It allows you to create sheets of cells similar to those in Microsoft Excel. There is also a neat mixin that allows you to apply a custom renderer to the labels on the columns […]
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In this screencast, we will learn how to turn your Python code into a Windows executable file using py2exe. You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub
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Packt Publishing is partnering with Humble Bundle for a Python bundle for 2019. You can check out the full list of titles here: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/python-packt-2019-books One of the books is my very own Python Interviews book There are quite a few other books in this bundle that look interesting. I know the books by Steven Lott
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This week we welcome Mike Grouchy (@mgrouchy) as our PyDev of the Week. Mike co-founded PyCoder’s Weekly along with Mahdi Yusuf (@myusuf3). He is also the creator of Django Stronghold, a fun Django package you should check out. Let’s take a few moments to get to know Mike better! Can you tell us a little
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This week we welcome William Vincent (@wsv3000) as our PyDev of the Week! William is the author of 3 books on the Django web framework, including Django for Beginners. You can find out more about what William is up to on his website where he writes about Python, Django and more. Let’s take a few
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In this screencast you will learn about Python wheels and how to make your own. A Python wheel is a packaging format that allows installing a package without the need for compiling or building. You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub
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This week we welcome Irina Truong (@irinatruong) as our PyDev of the Week! Irina has been a speaker at several Python conferences and is a maintainer for pgcli, a Python package that is a command-line interface to the Postgres database. You can see what else she has been up to over on Github. Let’s spend
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In this screencast, we learn about the Python egg, which was one of Python’s old formats for distributing code. In modern Python, we now use a wheel. You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub Previous Episodes Python 101: Episode #35 – The virtualenv Package
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In this episode, you will learn ye olde method of adding code to the Python Packaging Index. Note that while some of this video is still relevant, you should be using the twine package now for uploading to PyPI. See https://packaging.python.org/guides/using-testpypi/ for more information. You can also read the chapter this video is based on
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This week we welcome Steve Dower (@zooba) as our PyDev of the Week! Steve is a core developer of the Python language itself where he produces the Windows builds and installers. He also works for Microsoft. He has a blog that isn’t updated that often but it is interesting nonetheless. You can see some of
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In this screencast, we will learn the basics of how to create our own module or package. You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub Previous Episodes Python 101: Episode #35 – The virtualenv Package Python 101: Episode #34 – The SQLAlchemy Package Python 101
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This week we welcome Erika Fille Legara (@eflegara) as our PyDev of the Week. Erika is a professor and program director at the Asian Institute of Management. She has spoken at PyCon Philippines. You can check out her website to see what else she has been up to or watch her talk below: Let’s take
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In this screencast, we will learn about creating Python virtual environments using the popular virtualenv package. You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub Previous Episodes Python 101: Episode #34 – The SQLAlchemy Package Python 101 – Episode #33: The requests Package Python 101: Episode
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This week we welcome Reimar Bauer (@ReimarBauer) as our PyDev of the Week! Reimar is a core developer of the popular Python wiki package, MoinMoin. He has spoken at PyCON DE, FOSDEM and EuroPython about Python. Let’s take a few minutes to get to know him better! Can you tell us a little about yourself
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This week I am putting my 2 most recent self-published books on Sale starting today through November 26th. ReportLab – PDF Processing with Python is available for $9.99: Leanpub Gumroad – Use offer code black18 JupyterLab 101 is available for $9.99: Leanpub Gumroad – Use offer code black18 You can also get my book, wxPython
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