Giuseppe Vettigli03/26/12
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Linear Regression Using Numpy

Giuseppe Vettigli explains how to use the Numpy function numpy.linalg.lstsq(...) to estimate the parameters of a regression line.

Hod Benbinyamin03/25/12
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Python from scratch- The journey continues

Following up his first couple of posts, learn more about Hod's exploration into Python and what he learns!

Eli Bendersky03/25/12
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Python Internals: How Callables Work

Eli Bendersky has created this in-depth tutorial about working with Python's callables. Python callables include: functions, methods, and objects and Eli explains how to compile calls, CALL_FUNCTION, and optimizations in CALL_FUNCTION.

Chris Smith03/24/12
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What is IPv6 and Why Does My Website Need It?

On February 3rd, 2011 the world ran out of the IPv4 addresses that we know and love. Clearly the Internet has survived even though hardly anyone has deployed IPv4's successor, IPv6. Bob Van Zant took time out at PyCon2012 to explain what IPv6 is, why you should deploy it and some of the hurdles to deployment.

Fredrik Håård03/23/12
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PyCon 2012 - The Other Stuff

Fredrik Haard was at PyCon 2012 this year and has tried repeatedly to do a full writeup of his experience, but so far, has had no success. So instead, he put together this post in which he discusses the lessons he learned, the sessions he attended, and the projects he discovered that will soon have their own posts. As Fredrik puts it, "this is the other stuff."

Chris Smith03/23/12
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Building Better Stand-Alone Apps Using Python

There's more to shipping a stand-alone python app than just running py2exe over your code. Want to deploy automatic updates? Want to be sure it runs on legacy platforms? Want to add professional touches like code signing? And want to do this all in a cross-platform manner? This talk will show you the tools you can use to make your frozen apps better in a variety of small yet important ways.

Chris Smith03/23/12
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Quick and Dirty Python Deployments with Heroku

Quickly build and deploy your own web apps to Heroku using these free and easy Python tools. Heroku uses ./lib and ./bin as magic directories so if you put some of your assets there you'll be confounded by unexpected caching that persists from one deploy to the next. Better to avoid it by renaming your directories.

Hod Benbinyamin03/23/12
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Python from scratch- RegEx

Last night I learned Regular Expressions (= RegEx) and boy! It was interesting to see how you manage to pull a text out of a large text file.

Chris Smith03/22/12
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Clojure-py Aims to Turn Python into Platform

For those of you asking yourself, "What is clojure-py?", it's an implementation of Clojure in pure Python. The idea grew from the belief that static virtual machines and dynamic languages do not play well together because the language implementors are limited by the virtual machine's perception of what the "world should look like."

Chris Smith03/22/12
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MongoDB and Python

Speakers Rick Copeland and Bernie Hackett present this mid-level class that explains techniques using MongoDB, PyMongo, and Ming to write maintainable, high-performance, and scalable applications.

Chris Smith03/22/12
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Extending Django Settings for the Real World

Adam Nelson, CTO at Yipit, explains some simple adjustments to Django's default settings that allows variables from the settings.py file to be interpreted in the local_settings.py file.

Chris Smith03/22/12
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Python in Big Data

Travis Oliphant, CEO of Continuum Analytics, kicks off PyData with a talk on Python in Big Data. Topics addressed include what Python has to offer the world of Big Data, specific use-cases, as well asking why Hadoop is considered the de-facto standard. Additionally, Travis gives an overview of NumPy and SciPy.

Giorgio Sironi03/21/12
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Sometimes Python is magic

Python's magic methods have probably inspired other languages such as PHP in providing special functionality that ties into method with standard names, with a very low probability of conflicting with existing methods and no need for implementing interfaces. Here, Giorgio provides a great list of useful Python Magic Methods.

Stoimen Popov03/21/12
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Algorithm Cheatsheet: Radix Sort

Radix sort is an elegant and fast integer-sorting algorithm as explained in the following cheatsheet. In this post, Stoimen has provided an Algorithm Cheatsheet to help you out!

Chris Smith03/21/12
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Come Play in the Sand with PySandbox

Victor Stinner has created PySandbox: a Python developers dream space where untrusted code can be executed without fear of system modifications. With a wealth of features, and more on the way, this may be the Sandbox you've been searching for.