This week we welcome Aisha Bello (@AishaXBello) as our PyDev of the Week! Aisha is the founder of PyLadies Nigeria and is passionate about STEM in developing countries. She is also an organizer for DjangoGirls in Africa. Aisha has gone around the world speaking talking about Python at EuroPython, DjangoCon, Python Brasil and the PyData […]
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In this screencast you will learn the basics of Python’s datetime and time modules. If reading is more your thing, then check out the chapter this is based on over at http://python101.pythonlibrary.org/ or get the book at https://leanpub.com/python_101
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My latest book, Jupyter Notebook 101, is now available for Pre-Order on Leanpub. This book is scheduled to be finished by November 2018. Should you purchase this book, you will get it in PDF, ePub and mobi formats. Get it for $5 off as it is a part of my Fall sale which ends Sept.
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This week we welcome Manuel Kaufmann (@reydelhumo) as our PyDev of the Week. Manuel has been very active in promoting Python in South America and even received a grant a few years ago to help him in that regard from the Python Software Foundation. He started the Argentina en Python project and he also works
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It’s the start of a new school year, so I am running a new sale this Fall. Feel free to check out my current sales: ReportLab: PDF Processing in Python Python 201: Intermediate Python Python 101 Jupyter Noteboook 101 (Pre-order / Early Access) – Est. delivery November 2018 These sales will last until Sept. 1st.
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In this screencast, you will learn the basics of using Python’s threading module. If reading is more your thing, then check out the chapter this is based on over at http://python101.pythonlibrary.org/ or get the book at https://leanpub.com/python_101
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This week we welcome Jessica Ingrassellino (@jess_ingrass) as our PyDev of the Week. Jessica is the founder of teachcode.org, where you can schedule teaching classes with Jessica. She is also the author of Python Projects for Kids. Let’s take some time to get to know her better! Can you tell us a little about yourself
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Machine Learning, artificial intelligence and face recognition are big topics right now. So I thought it would be fun to see how easy it is to use Python to detect faces in photos. This article will focus on just detecting faces, not face recognition which is actually assigning a name to a face. The most
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I recently released a new book entitled ReportLab: PDF Processing with Python. In celebration of a successful launch, I have decided to do a little contest. Rules Post a comment telling me why you would want a copy The most clever or heartfelt commenter will be chosen by me The contest will run starting now
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In this screencast, you will learn the basics of Python’s sys module from the standard library. You can also read the chapter this screencast is based on here or on Leanpub Check out the entire Python 101 Screencast play list
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There’s only two days left to join the Kickstarter for my latest book, Jupyter Notebook 101. It’s also one of the best times to help out as you get to help shape the book right now. I always take my reader’s feedback when writing my books into consideration and have added lots of extra information
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This week we welcome Lovely ricel Banquil (AKA Banx) as our PyDev of the Week. Banx is a tester by trade and recently presented a talk at PyCon Thailand. Let’s spend some time getting to know Lovely better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc): Hi! My name is Banx and
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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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This week we welcome Thea Flowers (@theavalkyrie) as our PyDev of the Week! Thea is a maintainer of packaging.python.org and the urllib3 package. Thea also is very active in the Python community and is a new board member of the Python Software Foundation. You can find out more about Thea on her website, Github. Let’s
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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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