Edmonton Python User Group
Web: EdmontonPy.com
Twitter: @EdmontonPy
Slack: devedmonton.slack.com
#meetup-edmontonpy
YouTube: Dev Edmonton
When standing as a group of people, always leave room for 1 person to join your group.
The Pac-Man Rule
Jobs
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Please visit #opportunities at devedmonton.slack.com
Events
News
- Python 3.9.0 beta 1 on May 18th (psst, move to Py3!)
- Django 3.0.6 released on May 4th
- Real Python Ep7:
AsyncIO + Music, Origins of Black, and Managing Python Releases -
Podcast.__init__ 259:
Build The Next Generation Of Python Web Applications With FastAPI - Test & Code 110:
Testing Django - from unittest to pytest
Articles
- Exploring an Alternative to Jupyter Notebooks for Python Development (Chris Moffitt)
- Regular Expressions in Python (Real Python)
- The Python 2020 Language Summit (PSF News)
- Why You Should Document Your Tests (Hynek Schlawack)
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A wild PyBoy appears: a GameBoy emulator written in Python (Not a Monad Tutorial)
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Caching in Django (testdriven.io)
Python Tip
>>> from faker import Faker # https://faker.readthedocs.io/en/master/index.html
>>> fake = Faker()
>>> fake.pydict()
{'in': Decimal('61070179075.9'), 'bag': 'clatCqYLcKNByUbydOvN', 'clearly': 'vqIlchEYCbyMFPfDpTPw', 'fine': datetime(1991, 11, 19, 12, 17, 7), 'if': 'ALCOfkIblUZSJlOhUZeX', 'sound': 'http://fritz.info/privacy.php', 'position': 'https://ford.net/homepage/', 'study': datetime(1993, 5, 28, 6, 48, 37), 'certainly': 'QHutLMvLwamPgqpielfC', 'worker': 2.3, 'woman': 'BgGGcxCqAFgaWZBwFBvY'} # My eyes!
>>> from pprint import pp # New in 3.8; pprint still works
>>> pp(fake.pydict())
{'sing': 'ISbRoGFVBDVGzaGtBZmT',
'field': 'ZpyrwzmYuBOfjfjSaQyI',
'television': 'KhCpNpYLlNjjELFedDrW',
'none': -34313785.9,
'raise': 'afcNPcrPTxfXTLwBCCFl',
'door': 'andrea61@yahoo.com',
'I': 'nZNNBwqhNHKvIYiNBdLd',
'language': 'vXXwKzvkylaIzSaPhPpn',
'beat': -44249648626.482,
'pretty': 'iOaEOlgGzgxuVicNJArD',
'meet': 'https://www.sullivan-taylor.org/main/category/explore/register.php'}
>>> # Much better!
The pprint module
Large dictionaries and lists can be hard to read
Next Meetup
Possibly June
We are looking for presenters
Message one of
@aaron.yong, @Ashia, @data-get, @dgmouris
on Dev Edmonton Slack
Beginners are more than welcome!
Talks vary in topic, they just have to do with Python in some way. 🐍
Today's Talks!
Debugging with pdb
Aaron Yong
Really Basic Optical Mark Recognition w/OpenCV in Python
Abram Hindle