My latest book, Create GUI Applications with wxPython, is coming along nicely. I just wanted to let my readership know that the Kickstarter for it is coming to a close in a little less than 2 days. If you’d like to get a copy at a cheaper price than it will be when it is […]
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This week we welcome Paolo Melchiorre (@pauloxnet)as our PyDev of the Week! Paolo is a core developer of the Django web framework. He has spoken at several different Python-related conferences in Europe and also writes over on his blog. Let’s take a few minutes to get to know him better! Can you tell us a
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JupyterLab is the latest package from Project Jupyter. In some ways, it is kind of a replacement for Jupyter Notebook. However the Jupyter Notebook is a separate project from JupyterLab. I like to think of JupyterLab as a kind of web-based Integrated Development Environment that you an use to to work with Jupyter Notebooks as
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We are coming into the last week of the Kickstarter and I thought I would give you all a quick update. I finished writing up the chapter on creating a calculator today and got started on chapter 7. I also wanted to let you know what the current table of contents looks like right now:
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This week we welcome Ali Spittel (@ASpittel) as our PyDev of the Week! Ali is a blogger and speaker and enjoys teaching about tech. You can see what code she’s been writing over on Github. Let’s take a few moments to get to know Ali better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies,
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In this screencast, we will learn how to turn your Python application into a Windows installer using Inno Setup. You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub
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I recently had the opportunity to partner with Sundeep Agarwal, the author of Python re(gex)? to create a bundle with my second book, Python 201: Intermediate Python. The Python Regex book covers Regular Expressions in Python. While only 50 pages in length, it has lots of examples that you can use to learn all about
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I am currently working on a new book entitled Creating GUI Applications with wxPython that you can support on Kickstarter. This is the current table of contents for the book: Chapter 1 – Intro to wxPython Chapter 2 – Creating an Image Viewer Chapter 3 – Enhancing the Image Viewer Chapter 4 – Creating a
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This week we welcome Lorena Mesa (@loooorenanicole) as our PyDev of the Week! Lorena is an organizer for the PyLadies Chicago group and a director at the Python Software Foundation. You can check out some of the things that she is up to on her blog or via her Github page. Let’s spend a few
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In this screencast, we will learn how to turn your Python code into a Windows executable file using the PyInstaller project. You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub
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The Kickstarter campaign for my latest book has been going quite well, so I thought it would be fun to share some sample chapters of the book with you. You can check out the first couple of chapters here as a PDF. I have also been doing some experiments with regards to some of the
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This week we welcome Nina Zakharenko (@nnja) as our PyDev of the Week! Nina has been active in the Python community for several years and has spoken or keynoted dozens of conferences. She has also contributed to the Python core language! If you’d like to see what she is up to, check out her blog.
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In this screencast, we will learn how to turn your Python code into a Windows executable file using the cx_Freeze project. You can also read the chapter this video is based on here or get the book on Leanpub
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I am pleased to announce my latest book project, Creating GUI Applications with wxPython which I am running a Kickstarter campaign for. Creating GUI Applications with wxPython is a book that will teach you how to use wxPython to create applications by actually creating several mini-programs. I have found that while learning how the various
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This week we welcome Lance Bragstad (@LanceBragstad) as our PyDev of the Week! Lance is a core developer of the OpenStack project. You can find out more about his passions via his website or his Github profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Lance! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education,
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