PythonPune Community Newsletter [January 2021 Edition]

News from Python Community

• how Python attributes work https://tenthousandmeters.com/blog/python-behind-the-scenes-7-how-python-attributes-work/

• Isolate Python Subinterpreters https://vstinner.github.io/isolate-subinterpreters.html

• Tracing the Python GIL https://www.maartenbreddels.com/perf/jupyter/python/tracing/gil/2021/01/14/Tracing-the-Python-GIL.html

• Unravelling boolean operations https://snarky.ca/unravelling-boolean-operations/

• Unravelling the import statement https://snarky.ca/unravelling-the-import-statement/

• Unravelling assertions https://snarky.ca/unravelling-assertions/

• Testing & Packaging https://hynek.me/articles/testing-packaging/

• Testing Python Applications with Pytest https://stribny.name/blog/pytest/

• How to migrate Python 2 projects to 3 & some useful tips https://dev.to/epamindia/how-to-migrate-python-2-projects-to-3-some-useful-tips-1kid

• C for Python Programmers https://realpython.com/c-for-python-programmers/

• 2020 in Review https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2021/01/2020-in-review.html

New projects

• Easy PEM file parsing in Python https://pem.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html

• Best-of Web Development with Python https://github.com/ml-tooling/best-of-web-python

• A tool to keep track of your Python package updates. https://github.com/jgonggrijp/pip-review

• Python library for font previews https://github.com/MatteoGuadrini/fontpreview

• Like a Python list but better. https://github.com/Lauriat/funct

• better error messages for assert equals in pytest https://github.com/hjwp/pytest-icdiff

Project Releases:

• Python 3.10.0a4 is out! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3100a4/

Thanks

• Thank you Akshay, Vishal & Bhavin for hosting January PythonPune meetup 2021 virtually and Pradhvan for delivering talks. https://www.meetup.com/PythonPune/events/275599702/

Compiled by PythonPune

• Chandan Kumar