EdmontonPy
Inspired by the Python community, we hope to foster a strong, supportive, and proficient Python community in the Edmonton area.
Edmonton Python User Group
Web: EdmontonPy.com
Twitter: @EdmontonPy
Slack: devedmonton.slack.com
#meetup-edmontonpy
YouTube: Dev Edmonton
Some essential reading and research on race and technology
Algorithms of Oppression by Dr. Safiya Noble
Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin
Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life by Alondra Nelson; Race, Rhetoric, and Technology by Dr. Adam J. Banks
Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World by Meredith Broussard.
Jobs
Looking for a job? Looking to hire great people?
Please visit #opportunities at devedmonton.slack.com
Events
Python Web Conf 2020
June 17-19
https://2020.pythonwebconf.com/
News
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Real Python:
Episode 12: Web Scraping in Python: Tools, Techniques, and Legality -
Podcast.__init__:
Extending The Life Of Python 2 Projects With Tauthon - Episode 265 -
Test & Code:
115: Catching up with Nina Zakharenko -
Talk Python To Me:
15 amazing pytest plugins
Articles
- Practical Dependency Injection in Python (Haki Benita)
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Practical Python Programming (David Beazley)
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3.6 million points, 1 GIF — Visualise big data in Python (Towards Data Science)
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Common Python Security Problems (Stan Georgian)
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Waiting in asyncio (Hynek)
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A tour of Django server setups (Matthew Segal)
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Keyword-only arguments in Python (Luke Plant)
Python Tip
# don't do this
try:
do_something()
except UnableToDoSomething as e:
logger.exception(str(e))
# do this
try:
do_something()
except UnableToDoSomething:
logger.exception("Unable to do something")
# don't do this
try:
do_something()
except UnableToDoSomething as e:
logger.exception("Unable to do something: %s" % e)
# do this
try:
do_something(arg=x)
except UnableToDoSomething:
logger.exception("Unable to do something with arg %s", x)Logging exceptions
Next Meetup
Possibly July
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!
An Overview of Machine Learning Hyperparameter Search Frameworks
Alex
Alpha Beta Treesearch in Python
Ryan Chartier
June 2020
By EdmontonPy
June 2020
EdmontonPy met online on May 11, 2020 at 7PM MDT. These are their slides!
