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The Real-Time Use of Python in Data Science World!

by Anita Goyal

This course will help you to expertise the usage of Python in Data Science world. Carter your Python Knowledge so that it can be utilized to get the Insights of Data using Methodologies and Techniques of Data Science... Objective: Understand the concepts of Data science and Python You will be able to use Python in Discovering Data. You will have an idea of Statistical and Analytical methods to deal with huge data sets. You will gain an expertise on Regular Expressions, looping functions and concepts of Object Oriented Programming. You will be able to create business algorithms and data models using Python and it's techniques. Work on Real-life Projects will help you to get a practical experience of real scenarios of IT Industry. Start learning Python for Data Science from basics to advance levels here... https://goo.gl/070wXw

7 months, 2 weeks

ANN: Sorted Containers 2.0.3 Released

by Grant Jenks

Announcing the release of Sorted Containers version 2.0.3 What is Sorted Containers? -------------------------- Sorted Containers 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 2.0.3? -------------------- Version 2 represents a significant update to the source base. The code has been refactored and modernized to embrace Python 3 semantics while also using `autodoc` in Sphinx for more maintainable documentation. The core design and algorithms are all the same. Sorted Containers still supports and is tested on Python 2 but primary development is now on Python 3.6. Version 2 is developed on the `master` branch in the source repository and Version 1 of Sorted Containers will be maintained on branch `v1`. Version 3 of Sorted Containers will be released sometime after January 1, 2020 and will drop support for Python 2. At a high-level, changes can be categorized in three ways: 1. :class:`SortedList` methods `__setitem__`, `append`, `extend`, and `insert` all now raise :exc:`NotImplementedError`. Use `add` or `update` instead. Though it's possible to implement these methods, they were confusing, inefficient and wrongly used by some users. Sorted list implementations that need the functionality are encouraged to do so through subclassing. Branch `v1` contains a reference implementation. 2. :class:`SortedDict` now uses Python 3 semantics for dict views. The `iterkeys`, `iteritems`, `itervalues`, `viewkeys`, `viewitems`, and `viewvalues` methods have all been removed. Use the `keys`, `items`, or `values` methods which now return sorted dict views. :class:`SortedKeysView` has also replaced `SortedDict.iloc` as a better interface for indexing. 3. Method parameter names have changed to be more consistent with Python's built-in data types: `val` has changed to `value`, `idx` has changed to `index`, and `that` has changed to `other`. For a detailed list of changes, see the Release History at: http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/history.html The introduction now includes a section on migrating from version 1 as well as from other projects: http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/introduction.html#migrating Links ----- - Documentation: http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/ - Download: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sortedcontainers/ - Source: https://github.com/grantjenks/python-sortedcontainers - Issues: https://github.com/grantjenks/python-sortedcontainers/issues This release is mostly backwards-compatible. Please upgrade.

2 years, 4 months

EuroPython 2018: First list of accepted sessions available

by Alexander C. S. Hendorf

We have received an amazing collection of 376 proposals. Thank you all for your contributions! Given the overwhelming quality of the proposals, we had some very difficult decisions to make. Nonetheless we are happy to announce we have published the first 120+ sessions. https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/sessions/ Here’s what we have on offer so far: * 12 Trainings (complete) * 98 Talks (some more will follow) * 6 help desks (complete) * 10 posters (complete) More sessions to come ================= We have informed all speakers with accepted submissions by email. We are further selecting a second wave of talks, that will be announced soon. Please see the session list for details and abstracts. In case you wonder what poster, interactive and help desk sessions are, please check the call for proposals. https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/call-for-proposals/ Enjoy, – EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ Alexander Hendorf as EuroPython vice chair & chair of the program work group Twitter: @hendorf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendorf EuroPython: https://www.europython.eu/ https://twitter.com/europython https://www.facebook.com/europython EuroPython Society: http://www.europython-society.org/

2 years, 4 months

[RELEASE] Python 3.7.0b5 bonus beta!

by Ned Deily

A 3.7 update: Python 3.7.0b5 is now the final beta preview of Python 3.7, the next feature release of Python. 3.7.0b4 was intended to be the final beta but, due to some unexpected compatibility issues discovered during beta testing of third-party packages, we decided to revert some changes in how Python's 3.7 Abstract Syntax Tree parser deals with docstrings; 3.7.0b5 now behaves like 3.6.x and previous releases (refer to the 3.7.0b5 changelog for more information). **If your code makes use of the ast module, you are strongly encouraged to test (or retest) that code with 3.7.0b5, especially if you previously made changes to work with earlier preview versons of 3.7.0.** As always, please report issues found to bugs.python.org as soon as possible. Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments. Attention macOS users: there is now a new installer variant for macOS 10.9+ that includes a built-in version of Tcl/Tk 8.6. This variant is expected to become the default version when 3.7.0 releases. Check it out! The next (and final, we hope!) preview release will be the release candidate which is now planned for 2018-06-11, followed by the official release of 3.7.0, now planned for 2018-06-27. You can find Python 3.7.0b5 and more information here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-370b5/ -- Ned Deily nad(a)python.org -- []

2 years, 4 months

EuroPython 2018: Early Bird Ticket Sales

by M.-A. Lemburg

We are happy to announce that we’ll start early bird tickets on Thursday, at around 12:00 CEST. We have 200 conference tickets available at the Early Bird rate and they usually sell out within a day or two. Invoices will be available in a few weeks ----------------------------------------- Since we’re running the conference in the UK this year and conference tickets are taxed at the location of the conference, we have to charge and pay 20% UK VAT on the tickets. In order to do this, we need a UK VAT registration and associated VAT ID. Unfortunately, this whole process has taken way too long and so we’re starting ticket sales without issuing invoices at this time, simply because we would not be able to issue valid VAT invoices. We will issues these as soon as we have the UK VAT ID, which should be within the next couple of weeks if all goes well. We’ll announce this on the blog and you will then be able to download the invoices in your website account. Help spread the word -------------------- Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social networks as widely as possible. Thank you ! Link to the blog post: https://blog.europython.eu/post/174396639222/europython-2018-early-bird-tic… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1001728629917863936 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

2 years, 4 months

[ANN] pluggable-info-monitor 0.2.1 released!

by George Fischhof

Hi everyone, I’m very excited to announce the release of pluggable-info-monitor 0.2.1 First public release. You can download it form bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/GeorgeFischhof/pluggable_info_monitor package index page: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pluggable-info-monitor What is pluggable-info-monitor? A web application that shows the information you gathered with your plugin. It can be anything ;-) examples: - in a development environment, bug statistics, build and test results - in education, some education material - in an office it can show the weather foreast, namedays, daily quotes - it can be used as a dashboard for system administrators - etc There are example plugins to help developing your own plugins. Please note: The full feature set requires Python 3.4 and later. Have fun using pluggable-info-monitor George

2 years, 4 months

ANN: Leo 5.7.3 released

by Edward K. Ream

Leo 5.7.3, http://leoeditor.com, is now available on [GitHub]( https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor). Leo is an IDE, outliner and PIM, as described [here]( http://leoeditor.com/preface.html). **The highlights of Leo 5.7.3** - Added support for Jedi autocompletion. - Much improved python_terminal plugin. - Much improved recursive import script. - New leo_babel plugin. - Leo's pylint command writes clickable links. - Smart searches for functions and methods. - Allow separate bindings for numeric keypad keys - Added easy-to-use diff-related wrappers for scripts. - Allow local overrides of all abbreviations. - Improved TypeScript importer. - The usual minor bug fixes. **Links** - Leo's home page: http://leoeditor.com - [Documentation](http://leoeditor.com/leo_toc.html) - [Tutorials](http://leoeditor.com/tutorial.html) - [Video tutorials](http://leoeditor.com/screencasts.html) - [Forum](http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor) - [Download](http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/files/) - [Leo on GitHub](https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor) - [LeoVue](https://github.com/kaleguy/leovue#leo-vue) - [What people are saying about Leo](http://leoeditor.com/testimonials.html) - [A web page that displays .leo files](http://leoeditor.com/load-leo.html) - [More links](http://leoeditor.com/leoLinks.html) Edward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edward K. Ream: edreamleo(a)gmail.com Leo: http://leoeditor.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2 years, 4 months

EuroPython 2018: Financial Aid Program

by M.-A. Lemburg

As part of our commitment to the Python community, we are pleased to announce that we offer special grants for people in need of a financial aid to attend EuroPython 2018. We offer financial aid conference grants in these 3 categories: - Free and discounted ticket: Get a standard ticket for the conference for free (including access to conference days (Wed-Fri), Beginners’ Day workshop and sprints.). Note: training passes are NOT included in the free conference ticket. - Travel costs: We will cover the travel costs pro rata, depending on what you are applying for. - Accommodation: We can partially cover your accommodation costs Grant Eligibility ----------------- Our grants are open to all people in need of financial aid. We will specifically take into account the following criteria in the selection process: - Contributors: Potential speakers/trainers of EuroPython (people who submitted a proposal) and all who contribute to EuroPython and/or Python community projects. - Economic factors: We want everybody to have a chance to come to EuroPython, regardless of economic situation or income level. - Diversity: We seek the most diverse and inclusive event possible. How to apply ------------ You can apply for financial aid by filling the form on the EuroPython 2018 Finance Aid page: https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/financial-aid/ If you have any questions, please read the FAQ or send an email to finaid(a)europython.eu Timeline -------- - June 5th (2018-06-05) - the deadline for submitting the applications - June 12th (2018-06-12) - applicants will be notified by e-mail around - June 17th (2018-06-17) - deadline for applicants to accept the grant - June 20th (2018-06-20) - applicants will receive confirmation notific - July 23rd (2018-07-23) - last day when we accept invoices Refund management ----------------- Free ticket: The individual coupons will be generated for a free ticket. Accommodation and Travel grant: All grants involving reimbursements will be reimbursed by PayPal or bank transfer. Please send us your receipts (hotel invoice, plane/bus/train ticket) before the conference for approval. Become a special Finance Aid and Diversity sponsor! You or your company can support our finaid initiative by becoming a sponsor. We have a special sponsor package “Financial aid sponsor” and a “Financial aid donation” option that can be booked separately or in combination with a sponsor package: - https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/sponsor/packages/#Financial-Aid-Sponsor - https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/sponsor/options/ For more information please contact the sponsor work group at sponsoring(a)europython.eu. Bring us a new sponsor and get free ticket for EuroPython 2018! Help spread the word -------------------- Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social networks as widely as possible. Thank you ! Link to the blog post: https://blog.europython.eu/post/174368323052/europython-2018-financial-aid-… Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1001437296816742401 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/

2 years, 4 months

ANN: EuroScipy 2018

by Valerio Maggio

*** Apologies if you receive multiple copies *** Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to join us for the **11th European Conference on Python in Science**. The EuroSciPy 2018 (https://www.euroscipy.org/2018/) Conference will be organised by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) and will take place from August 28 to September 1 in **Trento, Italy**. The EuroSciPy meeting is a cross-disciplinary gathering focused on the use and development of the Python language in scientific research. This event strives to bring together both users and developers of scientific tools, as well as academic research and state of the art industry. The conference will be structured as it follows: Aug, 28-29 : Tutorials and Hands-on Aug, 30-31 : Main Conference Sep, 1 : Sprint TOPICS OF INTEREST: =================== Presentations of scientific tools and libraries using the Python language, including but not limited to: - Algorithms implemented or exposed in Python - Astronomy - Data Visualisation - Deep Learning & AI - Earth, Ocean and Geo Science - General-purpose Python tools that can be of special interest to the scientific community. - Image Processing - Materials Science - Parallel computing - Political and Social Sciences - Project Jupyter - Reports on the use of Python in scientific achievements or ongoing projects. - Robotics & IoT - Scientific data flow and persistence - Scientific visualization - Simulation - Statistics - Vector and array manipulation - Web applications and portals for science and engineering - 3D Printing CALL FOR PROPOSALS: =================== EuroScipy will accept three different kinds of contributions: * Regular Talks: standard talks for oral presentations, allocated in time slots of 15, or 30 minutes, depending on your preference and scheduling constraints. Each time slot considers a Q&A session at the end of the talk (at least, 5 mins). * Hands-on Tutorials: These are beginner or advanced training sessions to dive into the subject with all details. These sessions are 90 minutes long, and the audience will be strongly encouraged to bring a laptop to experiment. * Poster: EuroScipy will host two poster sessions during the two days of Main Conference. So attendees and students are highly encourage to present their work and/or preliminary results as posters. Proposals should be submitted using the EuroScipy submission system at https://pretalx.com/euroscipy18. **Submission deadline is May, 31st 2018**. REGISTRATION & FEES: ==================== To register to EuroScipy 2018, please go to http://euroscipy2018.eventbrite.co.uk or to http://www.euroscipy.org/2018/ Fees: ----- | Tutorials | Student* | Academic/Individual | Industry| |-----------------------------|----------|---------------------|----------| | Early Bird (till July, 1st) | € 50,00 | € 70,00 | € 125,00 | | Regular (till Aug, 5th | € 100,00 | € 110,00 | € 250,00 | | Late (till Aug, 22nd) | € 135,00 | € 135,00 | € 300,00 | | Main Conference | Student* | Academic/Individual | Industry| |-----------------------------|----------|---------------------|----------| | Early Bird (till July, 1st) | € 50,00 | € 70,00 | € 125,00 | | Regular (till Aug, 5th | € 100,00 | € 110,00 | € 250,00 | | Late (till Aug, 22nd) | € 135,00 | € 135,00 | € 300,00 | * A proof of student status will be required at time of the registration. kind regards, Valerio EuroScipy 2018 Organising Committee, Email: info(a)euroscipy.org Website: http://www.euroscipy.org/2018 twitter: @euroscipy

2 years, 4 months

RISE 5.3.0 is out!

by Damián Avila

We're pleased to announce the release of *RISE* 5.3.0! *RISE* lets you show your Jupyter notebook rendered as an executable Reveal.js-based slideshow. It is your very same notebook but in a *slidy* way! For more information about this release, please visit the following blog post: http://www.damian.oquanta.info/posts/rise-530-is-out.html Have a great week! -- *Damián Avila*

2 years, 4 months

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