PythonPune Community Newsletter [October 2020 Edition]

News from Python Community

• Ideas for making CPython 5x faster by Mark Shannon. https://github.com/markshannon/faster-cpython/blob/master/plan.md

• How I Tried To Reduce Pylint Memory Usage by Raphael. https://rtpg.co/2020/10/12/pylint-usage.html

• How to Kill a Python Thread by Miguel. https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/how-to-kill-a-python-thread

• Python PEPs Graph Visualization by Vinayak Mehta. http://python-peps-graph.glitch.me/

• Rust bindings for Python. https://pyo3.rs/v0.12.3/

• Kindling projects gathered by Ned Batchelder. https://nedbatchelder.com/text/kindling.html

• Zettelkasten method to take notes. https://writingcooperative.com/zettelkasten-how-one-german-scholar-was-so-freakishly-productive-997e4e0ca125

• urllib3 Newsletter - September 2020. https://sethmlarson.dev/blog/2020-10-05/urllib3-newsletter-september-2020

• Bangpypers’s Newsletter - October 2020. https://bangpypers.substack.com/p/bangpypers-m10w5

• Python’s super() considered super! https://rhettinger.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/super-considered-super/

• git-cu helps keep your local git repositories organized by cloning them into a directory structure based on their URL. https://gitlab.com/3point2/git-cu

• Scriv - changelog management tool. https://scriv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Projects releases

• Python 3.9.0 is officially out. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390/

• GitHub CLI 1.0 is now available. https://github.blog/2020-09-17-github-cli-1-0-is-now-available/

Python Courses

• Free course for those who are interested in learning Python and Data analysis using Numpy and Pandas. https://jovian.ml/learn/data-analysis-with-python-zero-to-pandas

• Python Full courses from FreeCodeCamp are available. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWKjhJtqVAbnqBxcdjVGgT3uVR10bzTEB

Upcoming events in & around Pune

• CFP and tickets for PyConf Hyderabad 2020 are available. https://pyconf.hydpy.org/2020/

• EuroPython 2021 will be run online. https://blog.europython.eu/post/632055258029473792/europython-2021-will-be-run-online

Thanks

• Thank you Vishal & Bhavin for hosting October PythonPune meetup 2020 virtually and Akshay & Amol for delivering talks. https://www.meetup.com/PythonPune/events/274160232/

Compiled by PythonPune

• Abhijeet Kasurde
• Amol Kahat
• Chandan Kumar
• Sourabh Deshmukh