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In this screencast, we will learn the basics of Python’s subprocess module. Feel free to read the book that this video is based on here: http://python101.pythonlibrary.org/ or purchase the book on Leanpub
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In this screencast, we will be learning about Python’s builtin sqlite module. This episode is based on chapter 18 of Python 101, which you can read here: http://python101.pythonlibrary.org/
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I am about halfway through the Kickstarter campaign for my new book, Jupyter Notebook 101 and thought it would be fun to share my current tentative table of contents: Intro Chapter 1: Creating Notebooks Chapter 2: Rich Text (Markdown, images, etc) Chapter 3: Configuring Your Notebooks Chapter 4: Distributing Notebooks Chapter 5: Notebook Extensions Chapter
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I am currently working on a new book called Jupyter Notebook 101 that I am planning to release in November 2018. I have put together a PDF that shows a rough draft of the first couple of chapters of the book along with an appendix. You can check out the PDF here: jupyternotebook101-preview If you
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In this episode you will learn about Python’s os module. This episode is based on my book, Python 101, which you can get on Leanpub here https://leanpub.com/python_101 or read online at http://python101.pythonlibrary.org/
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I am happy to announce my latest Kickstarter which is to raise funds to create a book on Jupyter Notebook! Jupyter Notebook 101Â will teach you all you need to know to create and use Notebooks effectively. You can use Jupyter Notebook to help you learn to code, create presentations, make beautiful documentation and much more!
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My latest book, ReportLab: PDF Processing with Python is now available for purchase. ReportLab has been around since the year 2000 and has remained the primary package that Python developers use for creating reports in the PDF format. It is an extremely powerful package that works across all the major platforms. This book will also
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Last week I was honored to be a part of the Talk Python to Me Podcast. During the podcast, we talked about the history of Python as well as its future. We also talked about the books I have written and how I used Kickstarter to connect with my readers. We spent some time going
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The following is an excerpt from my book, Python Interviews Sebastian Raschka received his doctorate in Quantitative Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2017, from Michigan State University. Sebastian is the bestselling author of Python Machine Learning, which received the ACM Best of Computing award in 2016. Driscoll: Python is one of the languages
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My Python Interviews book is now officially released! In it you will find 20 interviews with Python experts from a diverse set of fields. I also have a special code from Packt that will take 40% off the eBook for up to 1000 readers. Just apply the following code when you are checking out: PIMD40.
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There is only a little over 2 days left for my ReportLab book Kickstarter. This is your only chance to purchase a signed copy of the book and it’s also probably the cheapest way of getting the eBooks too! I currently have 7 chapters done with number 8 nearing completion. There are over 170 pages
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I thought it would be fun to create a sample of the book so you can get an idea of what the book will be like. So I created a PDF that contains the first 3 chapters of the book for you. Download Sample Note that the format of this sample is not quite right
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I really like coming up with fun covers for my books. I also like to find new artists for each book so that they all end up looking unique. I do plan to re-use one or two artists at some point though. Anyway, for the ReportLab book I happened to stumble across Therese Larsson’s website and I really
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I am happy to announce another book that I have been working on called Python Interviews from Packt Publishing. Here is the blurb from their website: Python Interviews contains a series of one-to-one interviews between Mike Driscoll and a variety of leading figures in the Python community. Mike is a life-long member of the Python
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After collating the various ideas that people have been giving me during the Kickstarter campaign, I have decided to firm up my table of contents. I had already planned to cover 80-90% or more of what was in ReportLab’s user guide, but in more depth, as I thought most of those topics should be covered
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