Mailman 3 May 2016 - Python-announce-list

The Real-Time Use of Python in Data Science World!
by Anita Goyal 06 Mar '20

06 Mar '20

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EuroPython 2016 Keynote: Paul Hildebrandt
by M.-A. Lemburg 31 May '16

31 May '16

We are pleased to announce our next keynote speaker for EuroPython 2016: *** Paul Hildebrandt *** About Paul Hildebrandt ---------------------- Paul Hildebrandt has been a Senior Engineer with Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) since 1996, and has worked in both Systems and Software engineering. His current title is Senior Software Engineer and Product Owner for the Playback tools among his primary duties is spending time working with the artists, understanding their needs, and designing tools to assist them. If he is lucky, he gets to write code. Hildebrandt was born and raised in Anaheim, California. He received his BSEE with a focus on Computing from California Polytechnic University Pomona. He resides outside of Los Angeles with his wife and three boys. The Keynote: Inside the Hat: Python @ Walt Disney Animation Studios ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Walt Disney Animation Studios has a long history of creating acclaimed animated films and continues to be an industry leader with regards to artistic achievements, storytelling excellence, and cutting-edge innovations. Since the 1923 release of “Snow White” they’ve been pushing forward technology in the art of movie making. This push continues in the modern day with classics such as Oscar winning box office hits “Big Hero 6” and “Frozen” and Oscar nominated hits “Wreck-It Ralph”, “Tangled”, “Bolt”, “Treasure Planet”, and “Dinosaur”. One of the most common questions I get when attending Python conferences is “Why are you here?” People seem confused that technology, especially Python is used in the making of animated films. Paul will give you some background on the Walt Disney Animation Studios and talk about where specifically Python comes into play. With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/737633789116088320 Thanks.

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Are you interested in distinguishing between assertion violations and other kinds of failures in test cases?
by Venkatesh Prasad Ranganath 30 May '16

30 May '16

Currently, pytest flags a test case as failed if there is either an uncaught exception or an assertion violation during the execution of the test case. This conflates failures in the UUT or the test case (that do not pertain to the property being tested) as violation of the property being tested. This issue is addressed by *pytest-finer-verdicts* plugin. The plugin changes the reporting scheme to report assertion violations as test failures (F) and other kinds of failures as test errors (E). The plugin is available on PyPI -- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-finer-verdicts/ <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-finer-verdicts/1.0>. We hope you find the plugin useful. Venkatesh-Prasad Ranganath http://about.me/rvprasad

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ANN: SortedContainers 1.5.2 Released
by Grant Jenks 29 May '16

29 May '16

Announcing the release of SortedContainers version 1.5.2 What is SortedContainers? ------------------------- SortedContainers is an Apache2-licensed, pure-Python implementation of sorted list, sorted dict, and sorted set data types that is fast-as-C implementations with 100% code coverage and hours of stress testing. The project is fully documented with performance benchmarks and comparisons to alternative implementations. What's new in 1.5.2? -------------------- * Published Performance at Scale: http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/performance-scale.html - Benchmarked SortedList with 10,000,000,000 (ten billion) elements. - Detailed runtime complexity and memory advantages. * New method: ``SortedDict.peekitem(index=-1)`` * Published SF Python Meetup Holiday 2015 Lightning Talk: http://grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/sf-python-2015-lightning-talk.h… * Changed development status to Production/Stable. * Updated alternative implementations. * Updated runtime comparison to use CPython 3.5. * Numerous docs improvements with better examples. * Minor source changes for readability and Pylint. Links ----- - Documentation: http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/ - Download: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sortedcontainers - Source: https://github.com/grantjenks/sorted_containers - Issues: https://github.com/grantjenks/sorted_containers/issues This release is backwards-compatible. Please upgrade.

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Sphinx 1.4.2 released
by Komiya Takeshi 29 May '16

29 May '16

Hi all, I'm delighted to announce the release of Sphinx 1.4.2, now available on the Python package index at <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Sphinx>. It includes about 4 features and 44 bug fixes for the 1.4.1 release series, among them a incompatibility and a packaging error. For the full changelog, go to <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/changes.html>. Thanks to all collaborators and contributers! What is it? =========== Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation for Python projects (or other documents consisting of multiple reStructuredText source files). Website: http://sphinx-doc.org/ IRC: #sphinx-doc on irc.freenode.net Enjoy! -- Takeshi KOMIYA

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EuroPython 2016 Keynote: Naomi Ceder
by M.-A. Lemburg 27 May '16

27 May '16

We are pleased to announce our fourth keynote speaker for EuroPython 2016: *** Naomi Ceder *** About Naomi Ceder ----------------- Naomi Ceder has been learning, teaching, using, and talking about Python since 2001. She is the author of the Quick Python Book, 2nd edition and has served the Python community in various ways, including as an organizer for PyCon US and a member of the PSF Board of Directors. Naomi is also the co-founder of Trans*Code, a UK based hack day focusing on trans issues. She speaks about her own experiences of marginalization with the hope of making the communities she loves more diverse and welcoming for everyone. In her spare time she enjoys knitting and deep philosophical conversations with her dogs. The Keynote: Come for the Language, Stay for the Community ---------------------------------------------------------- While Python the language is wonderful, the Python community and the personal, social, and professional benefits that flow from involvement in a community like ours are often more compelling. "Learn about the goals of the Python Software Foundation and how everyone can take part to help build even better Python communities locally, regionally, and globally. I will also discuss some of our strengths as a community, and also look at some of the challenges we face going forward." With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/736123122743713792 Thanks.

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Django Girls workshop at EuroPython 2016
by M.-A. Lemburg 26 May '16

26 May '16

We’re pleased to announce a Django Girls workshop on Sunday, July 17, the first day of the EuroPython 2016 conference. If you want participate or know someone who’d like to join, please fill in our application form on the Django Girls’ website: *** Django Girls EuroPython 2016 *** https://djangogirls.org/europython2016/ Remember: you don’t need any prior programming knowledge to participate ! About the workshop ------------------ After the workshop you will have learned about: * HTML / CSS * Python / Django and in a single day, you’ll have created a blog. If that sounds challenging, no worries: our friendly coaches will help you. Paola Katherine, DG organizer: "If you participate, we’ll raffle one full ticket for EuroPython 2016, the largest and best Python event in Europe." More infos ---------- The Django Girls EuroPython 2016 networks: * More infos and details on the website: djangogirls.org/europython2016 * Facebook: fb.me/djangogirlseuropython * Twitter: @DjangoGirlsEP16 If you have questions, please write to bilbao(a)djangogirls.org With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/735755247046426624 Thanks.

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EuroPython 2016 Keynote: Rachel Willmer
by M.-A. Lemburg 24 May '16

24 May '16

We are pleased to announce our third keynote speaker for EuroPython 2016: *** Rachel Willmer *** About Rachel Willmer -------------------- Rachel has been working at the "bleeding edge" of technology for 30 years, as programmer, network engineer, manager, startup founder: "I remain insatiably curious about how today's new technology gives birth to tomorrow's new business opportunity. I am CEO/Founder of Luzme, the ebook search site, and a Google Developer Expert (Firebase)." The Keynote: 30 years of Fun & Profit Through Technology -------------------------------------------------------- Have you ever wondered how you could be your own boss? or how you could make money from your side project? or build the next Facebook or Uber. To be a coder in today's world of work is to have amazing opportunities to design the business life you want. "I've enjoyed the last 20 years without a 'real job', as company founder, freelancer and side-project-hacker. Now I am bootstrapping my current company to profitability. Listen to my stories and learn from my mistakes and successes." With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/ PS: Please forward or retweet to help us reach all interested parties: https://twitter.com/europython/status/735024712061988864 Thanks.

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ANN: Plumage 1.1.0 to access trademark status info from US PTO's TSDR system
by Terry Carroll 23 May '16

23 May '16

I am pleased to announce Plumage (Plumage-py) 1.1.0 ("The Big Sky") Plumage is a module to obtain trademark status and information from the United States Patent & Trademark Office's (USPTO's) Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) system. It takes as input either a trademark registration number or application serial number, fetches the corresponding XML data from the PTO's TSDR website, and returns a dictionary of data associated with the specified TSDR entry. Example: from Plumage import plumage t = plumage.TSDRReq() t.getTSDRInfo("2564831", "r") # get info on reg. no 2,564,831 if t.TSDRMapIsValid: print "Application serial no:", t.TSDRMap["ApplicationNumber"] print "Trademark text:", t.TSDRMap["MarkVerbalElementText"] print "Application filing date:", t.TSDRMap["ApplicationDate"] print "Registration no:", t.TSDRMap["RegistrationNumber"] # Owner info is in most recent (0th) entry in ApplicantList applicant_list = t.TSDRMap["ApplicantList"] current_owner_info = applicant_list[0] print "Owner:", current_owner_info["ApplicantName"] Will print: Application serial no: 75181334 Trademark text: MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS Application filing date: 1996-10-15-04:00 Registration no: 2564831 Owner: Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd. I first made Plumage available almost two years ago, but V1.1.0 is the first release I have formally announced. New in this release: * Support for ST.96 V 2.2.1 (adopted by the US PTO on May 6, 2016) * Added diagnostic where older ST.96 1-D3 is encountered * small potential date bug fixed Code: https://github.com/codingatty/Plumage-py/releases/tag/V1.1.0 Docs: https://github.com/codingatty/Plumage/wiki/Plumage-Home License: Apache Software License V2 -- Terry Carroll

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PyData EuroPython 2016
by M.-A. Lemburg 21 May '16

21 May '16

We are excited to announce a complete PyData (http://pydata.org/) track at EuroPython 2016 in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, from July 14-24. *** PyData EuroPython 2016 *** https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/events/pydata/ The PyData track will be part of the EuroPython 2016 conference, so you won’t need to buy extra tickets to join. We will have more than 30 talks, 5 training and 2 poster sessions dedicated to PyData on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd of July. If you’d like to attend the PyData EuroPython 2016 track, please register for EuroPython 2016 soon. https://ep2016.europython.eu/en/registration/ With gravitational regards, -- EuroPython 2016 Team http://ep2016.europython.eu/ http://www.europython-society.org/

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