#611 – JANUARY 9, 2024
How to Get the Current Time in Python
In this video course, you’ll be getting the current time in Python. You’ll get your hands on a datetime object that represents the current time. You’ll see how to format it according to international standards, and you’ll even check out how computers represent time.
REAL PYTHON course
Using a Markov Chain to Generate Readable Nonsense
Describes a simple Markov chain algorithm to generate reasonable-sounding but utterly nonsensical text, and presents some example outputs as well as a Python implementation in only 20 lines of code.
BEN HOYT
End-to-End Data Science Workflows: ML Workflows With Python
Learn Machine Learning workflow with Python & Posit Team in this insightful video. Starting with an example classification model, through design, development, deployment, & maintenance, learn from our experience with thousands of enterprise customers →
POSIT sponsor
Top Python Libraries of 2023
Tryolab’s 9th annual Top Python libraries list. Loads of LLM stuff this time around, not surprisingly.
DESCOINS & ALFARO
DjangoCon Europe 2024 CFP Now Open
DJANGO SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
Django Bugfix Releases Issued: 4.2.9 and 5.0.1
DJANGO SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
Python GUI Designer “PAGE” 8.0 Released
THEDESIGNATEDGEEK.XYZ • Shared by Greg Walters
Python Jobs
Senior Python Architect and Tech Lead (America)
Six Feet Up
Python Tutorial Editor (Anywhere)
Real Python
More Python Jobs >>>
Articles & Tutorials
Efficient Inequality Joins in Pandas
Joins in Pandas are equality based. However, there are other scenarios that require joins on inequality or a combination of equi and non-equi joins. Usually in Pandas this is executed via a Cartesian join which can be inefficient as well as memory intensive. This article shows an efficient way to handle inequality joins in Pandas.
SAMUEL ORANYELI • Shared by Samuel oranyeli
2023 Real Python Tutorial & Video Course Wrap-Up
Three members of the Real Python team are joining us this week: Kate Finegan, Tappan Moore, and Philipp Acsany. We wanted to share a year-end wrap-up with tutorials, step-by-step projects, code conversations, and video courses that showcase what our team created in 2023.
REAL PYTHON podcast
Advice for New Devs Who’ve Read Other Advice Essays
After reading some programming advice posts, this author decided a lot of them concentrated on the wrong things. Here is his own take. Associated HN discussion.
HILLEL WAYNE
Building a Bootstrap Styled Form in Vanilla Django
When playing with django-crispy-forms, David wondered what it would take to build a Bootstrap 5 form in Django without any third party libraries. This article outlines the work involved.
DAVID SMITH
Where Have You Installed Your Python Packages?
This article introduces virtual environments and what it means to run pip install. It includes information about the sys module and variables it uses to look for your packages.
KE PI
How to Use Python in Excel Natively
How to use Python in Excel natively using libraries like Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn and more for analysis and spectacular charts. Includes a cheat sheet.
MYNDA TREACY
My Proof-of-Concept Record Type
As part of a conversation as to whether Python should include a struct-like syntax, Brett has created a project. This post outlines the proof-of-concept.
BRETT CANNON
Python Rgonomics
If you’re coming to Python from R, this article outlines some libraries that have an R-like feel, helping you make the transition to Pythonic workflows.
EMILY RIEDERER
10 Things Software Developers Should Learn About Learning
Developers want and need to perpetually learn. Needing to learn and knowing how are two different things though, and this article highlights key ideas to teach yourself how to learn better.
BROWN, HERMANS, & MARGULIEUX
Don’t Use Python’s @property
A quick opinion piece on the over-use of the @property decorator and how it can lead to misunderstandings in your code.
JAMES BENNETT
10 Noteworthy AI Research Papers of 2023
This article is a compilation of 10 noteworthy AI research papers of 2023.
SEBASTIAN RASCHKA
Projects & Code
django-ninja-crud: CRUD Endpoints & Tests With Ninja
GITHUB.COM/HBAKRI
pathway: Framework for Real-Time Data Processing
GITHUB.COM/PATHWAYCOM
cyclopts: Intuitive CLIs Based on Python Type Hints
GITHUB.COM/BRIANPUGH
netchecks: Tool to Validate Assumptions About the Network
GITHUB.COM/HARDBYTE
arrest: Validate REST API Calls Using Pydantic and HTTPX
GITHUB.COM/S-BOSE
Events
Building Python Communities Around Python for Kids
January 10 to January 11, 2024
NOKIDBEHIND.ORG
Weekly Real Python Office Hours Q&A (Virtual)
January 10, 2024
REALPYTHON.COM
Python Atlanta
January 12, 2024
MEETUP.COM
PyDelhi User Group Meetup
January 13, 2024
MEETUP.COM
DFW Pythoneers 2nd Saturday Teaching Meeting
January 13, 2024
MEETUP.COM
Inland Empire Python Users Group Monthly Meeting
January 17, 2024
MEETUP.COM
Happy Pythoning!
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