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