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Articles, Tutorials and Talks

Episode #37: Python Cybersecurity and Penetration Testing
How secure is your application? Do you know the main vulnerabilities that most apps suffer from? How would you even start answer these questions? On this episode of Talk Python To Me, Justin Seitz is here to tell us all about it. 

Local Binary Patterns with Python & OpenCV

This post shows you how to use the Local Binary Patterns image descriptor (along with a bit of machine learning) to automatically classify and identify textures and patterns in images (such as the texture/pattern of wrapping paper, cake icing, or candles, for instance).

Creating Advanced Excel Workbooks with Python
No matter how strong the python tools are, there are times when you need to rely on more advanced Excel features to communicate your message or further analyze the data. This article will walk through some additional improvements you can make to your Excel-based output by: Adding Excel tables with XlsxWriter, Inserting custom VBA into your Excel file and Using COM for merging multiple Excel worksheets.

GUI Programming with Python
This is aimed at developers who are already familiar with Python but not familiar with GUI programming. I have two goals here. One is to provide examples and demonstrate that GUI programming is not as painful as most developers would expect. The other is to provide a high level view of the widgets that are available for you to use.

Introduction to Chainer: Neural Networks in Python
In this post we'll go through the process of training your first neural network in Python using an exceptionally readable framework called Chainer. We'll start by making one of the simplest neural networks possible, a linear regression. Then we'll move into more complex territory by training a model to classify the MNIST hand written digits dataset (a standard benchmark for deep learning models).

If I were designing Python's import from scratch
Or, Lessons learned from implementing import.

Podcast.__init__ Episode 34 - Stuart Mumford on SunPy
What is Solar Physics? How does it differ from AstroPhysics? What does this all have to do with Python? In this episode we answer all of those questions when we interview Stuart Mumford about his work on SunPy. So put on your sunglasses and learn about how to use Python to decipher the secrets of our closest star.

Monopoly Simulations
In this post we'll have a go at some simulations of monopoly. We will find out that the 'going to jail' mechanic of the game causes some drastic inbalances which you may want to be mindful of. If you want to win at monopoly, you'll want to be as close to jail as you can be.

Time Zones in Pytz & Django
Time zones, those stupid things getting in the way of shipping software! If you read the Django documentation on time zones and still feel lost, this article is for you. I'll assume you are familiar with the datetime library and know the difference between naïve and aware datetimes. I'll also assume you know some Django.

PokeScrape 3: PyQt4 based Pokedex
In this video, we will learn how to build a Pokedex (Pokemon encyclopedia) using PyQt4 (Python GUI library). 

PyData NYC 2015 Videos

Building a Virtual Personal Assistant with Telegram app and Telepot

Why you should use the Django admin: 9 tips

SQLite Spellfix Extension and Python

Create Pong in Python [Time Lapse]

Memory use and speed of JSON parsers


Books

Building Python Real-Time Applications with Storm
You will begin with some basic command tutorials to set up storm and learn about its configurations in detail. You will then go through the requirement scenarios to create a Storm cluster. Next, you'll be provided with an overview of Petrel, followed by an example of Twitter topology and persistence using Redis and MongoDB. Finally, you will build a production-quality Storm topology using development best practices.


Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

ZeroDB
ZeroDB is an end-to-end encrypted database. Data can be stored on untrusted database servers without ever exposing the encryption key. Clients can execute remote queries against the encrypted data without downloading all of it or suffering an excessive performance hit.

funcfinder
A tool for automatically solving problems of the form "I need a python function that does X."

ping-me

A cross platform personalized Ping. The beauty of ping-me is its command line interface. Get all of your reminders done just by a single line command on your favorite terminal screen. ping-me will surely ping you at that time, no matter you are online or not. It will get to you on your phone device, smart watch and even SMS in worst cases.

PyGaze
PyGaze is an open-source toolbox for eye tracking in Python.

letsencrypt
The Let's Encrypt Client is a fully-featured, extensible client for the Let's Encrypt CA (or any other CA that speaks the ACME protocol) that can automate the tasks of obtaining certificates and configuring webservers to use them.

Maltrail
Maltrail is a malicious traffic detection system, utilizing publicly available (black)lists containing malicious and/or generally suspicious trails, along with static trails compiled from various AV reports and custom user defined lists, where trail can be anything from domain name, URL or IP address.

Boxel
Boxel is a near real-time pixelator and Minecraft codec.

Bashhub
Bashhub saves every terminal command entered across all sessions and systems and provides powerful querying across all commands.

BrainDump
BrainDump is a simple, powerful, and open note taking platfform that makes it easy to organize your life.

django-devrecargar
A Django app that automatically reloads your browser when a file changes.


New Releases

Python 3.5.1