Pygest # 7. Releases, articles, interesting projects from the world of Python [March 28, 2017 - April 10, 2017]

Hello! This is the seventh issue of Habrahabr news digest from the world of Python. In today's release, you will find interesting materials on deep learning, object-oriented programming, algorithms and data structures, good practices when writing Python-code, and more. Send us your actual materials, as well as any comments and suggestions that will be added to the nearest digest.

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Releases

Django 1.11
LTS release of the popular framework. A small article in support of the release
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Flask 0.12.1
A release that includes minor fixes to the framework.

SQLAlchemy 1.1.9
A small release that includes fixes for detected regressions.

Tornado 4.5b1
The first beta version of the popular framework

PEP 545 - Python Documentation Translations
A new PEP has been released that describes the Python documentation translation process.

Articles

Open machine learning course. Theme 5. Compositions: bagging, random forest
Open machine learning course. Theme 6. Construction and selection of signs
Continuation of a series of educational articles on machine learning from Open Data Science.
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7 bad tips to the REST API designer
How it is not necessary to do REST API.

5 Reasons Why We switched from Python To Go
The story of the transition from Python to Golang

Using Google's BigQuery to Better Understand the Python Ecosystem
A note on the unusual use of Google BigQuery

Yes, Python is Slow, and I Don't Care
An article about Python performance and the question, “What's more important — performance or productivity?”

Customizing class creation in Python
A note on how to manage the creation of classes.

Python's Instance, Class, and Static Methods Demystified
Exhaustive article about object, class and static class methods in Python.

Fun With Python and Monkey Patching
How Monkey Patching can be used in Python and what can come of it.

Understanding Class and Instance Variables in Python 3
An article about the difference between class and object variables in Python.

A Magical Introduction to Classification Algorithms
Introduction to classification algorithms

Deep Learning with Emojis (not Math)
How to use deep learning in E-commerce on the example of Instacart.

Understanding the Transform Function in Pandas
About the transform functions in Pandas: what it is and how to use them correctly.

How to Handle Missing Data with Python
An article with real examples of how to deal with missing data in machine learning.

Interesting projects

Flask REST JSONAPI
Library for flask to create a REST API based on the JSONAPI 1.0 specification

Interactive Python coding interview challenges
A cool selection of question and tasks on algorithms, data structure, design of systems in Python to prepare for the interview.

Localstack
Fully functioning local Atlassian AWS Cloud Stack

Django cruds
Django extension. helping to create CRUD operations faster

Neural Complete
A neural network trained to help write neural networks.

Apistar
Fast and expressive Web Api Framework

Video

Get to grips with asyncio in Python 3 - Robert Smallshire
Great video about asyncio

Why Postgres Should Your Document Database
About PostgreSQL from JetBrains

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