Pygest # 4. Releases, articles, interesting projects from the world of Python [February 14, 2017 - February 27, 2017]

Hello! This is the fourth issue of Habrahabr news digest from the world of Python. In today's release, you'll find some interesting stuff about Django, Python work, machine learning, and more. Send us your actual materials, as well as any comments and suggestions that will be added to the nearest digest.

And now to the point!

Releases

Django 1.11 beta1
Beta version of one of the most popular Python frameworks (by the way, 1.11 is the latest version that supports Python 2)

TensorFlow 1.0
The long awaited stable major release of one of the most popular libraries used in machine learning.
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Articles

As I made the fastest resize of images. Part 0
As I made the fastest resize of images. Part 1, general optimizations
A series of articles from homm about fast resizing images in Python and how it was done.

Basic principles of machine learning on the example of linear regression
A little about the basics of machine learning in Python from mephistopheies

We create a neural network InceptionV3 for image recognition
A good article about neurons for image recognition by bredd_owen

Interesting features of Python, which you could not guess
Excellent sandbox article from licoxe about some non-obviousness and features in Python.

Language Basics. memoryview
An excellent article in which a simple language explains what memoryview is and how to use it correctly.

Django Web Framework by Mozilla
A great tutorial from Mozilla about programming with the use of the Django Framework.

Writing Clean Python With Namedtuples
A small article on how to correctly use namedtuples in your Python code.

Algorithmic trading in less than 100 lines of Python code
A good article on how to start using Python in financial systems.

Contributing to Django Framework is easier than you think
Great article on how to start contributing to Django (I advise everyone to start doing it right now!)

Descriptors: The magic behind attribute access in Python
An excellent note about how descriptors work in Python.

How to Create and Deploy a Telegram Bot?
A good article on how to create and run your Telegram bot using Python.

Closures bind late
A quick note on how clocks work in Python.

Interesting projects

Aiduet
This project will appeal to music lovers. A trained neural network will play a duet with you!

Tweetfeels
A tool for analyzing the mood of tweets in real time.

Ergonomica
Cross-platform shell written in Python.

Flametree
Library for easy work with files and folders in Python.

Django behaviors
A tool for easy integration into Django behaviors such as Timestamps, Publishing, Authoring, Editing, and others.

Video

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python. Fall 2016
A series of lectures from MIT for those who are just starting to get acquainted with programming in Python and software development in general.

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Pygest # 3. Releases, articles, interesting projects from the world of Python [January 30, 2017 - February 13, 2017]

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