Python Overtakes Java To Become Second-most Popular Language On GitHub After JavaScript
- Tim Anderson tl;dr: This is predominately because of Python's use in machine learning and data science. The article runs through some other trends from GitHub's "State of the Octoverse", which can be found here.featured in #161
It's The End Of Python 2. Are We Prepared?
- Jeremy Katz tl;dr: There is a burden on maintainers of the 200,000 Python libraries to meet the looming deadline. It's another reason why OS maintainers should be paid for their work.featured in #159
Python At Scale: Strict Modules
- Carl Meyer tl;dr: Scaling with Python has performance challenges. The team is experimenting with a new a new strategy using strict modules, leveraging many of the "low-level extensibility mechanisms already provided by Python."featured in #158
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Call For Proposals For PyCon 2020 Is Open!
- Jackie Augustine tl;dr: Proposals due November 22. Pycon is looking for beginner, intermediate, and advanced proposals on all topics, an opportunity to "share what you’re working on, how you’re working on it, what you’ve learned, what you’re learning."featured in #154
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How To Set Up A Perfect Python Project
- Brendan Maginnis tl;dr: Best practices on how to setup a Python project. The author also provides us with a boilerplate, using pipx and pipenv.featured in #152
Understanding the Python Traceback
- Chad Hansen tl;dr: Tutorial allows you to make sense of the next traceback you see, recognize some of the more common tracebacks and log a traceback successfully while still handling the exception.featured in #149
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