#266: Python has a glossary?

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Brian #1: Python glossary and FAQ

• Inspired by a tweet by Trey Hunner that referenced the glossary
• glossary
  • All the Python and programming terms in one place
  • Often refers to other parts of the documentation.
  • Forget what an “abstract base class” is? Just look it up
• FAQ
  • Has sections on
    • General Python
    • Programming
    • Design and History
    • Library and Extension
    • Extending/Embedding
    • Python on Windows
    • Graphic User Interface
    • “Why is Python Installed on my Computer?”
  • Some decent reading here, actually.
  • Example
    • What is the difference between arguments and parameters? - that’s under Programming

Michael #2: Any.io

• Learned about it via asyncer
• AnyIO is an asynchronous networking and concurrency library that works on top of either asyncio or trio.
• It implements trio-like structured concurrency (SC) on top of asyncio
• Works in harmony with the native SC of trio itself
• Check out the features
• AnyIO also comes with its own pytest plugin which also supports asynchronous fixtures.

Brian #3: Vaex : a high performance Python library for lazy Out-of-Core DataFrames

• suggested by Glen Ferguson
• “Vaex is a python library for lazy Out-of-Core DataFrames (similar to Pandas), to visualize and explore big tabular datasets.”
• out-of-core: “The term out-of-core typically refers to processing data that is too large to fit into a computer’s main memory.” - from machinelearning.wtf, a Machine Learning Glossary site.
  • nice tie in, right?
• Vaex uses memory mapping, a zero memory copy policy, and lazy computations.
• There’s a great intro in the form of a presentation from SciPy 2019

Michael #4: Django Community Survey Results

• Only 15% of Django developers use it ONLY for work, while two thirds use it both for work and for personal, educational, or side projects.
• Majority use latest Django
• Most devs upgrade every stable release
• Postgres is the primary DB (MongoDB is nowhere in sight)
• Most sites have Redis caching tiers

Michael #5: Extra, Extra, Extra, Extra:

• Django security releases issued: 4.0.1, 3.2.11, and 2.2.26
• Static Sites with Sphinx and Markdown course by Paul Everitt is now out
• CalDigit Thunderbolt 4 Element Hub review (more info Video by Doc Rock, get it on Amazon here)
• StreamDeck setup for our live streams
• Michael’s PyBay HTMX talk is up
• Python Web Conf 2022 - I’ll be speaking there and we’re media sponsors of the conference so use code PythonBytes@PWC2022 for 15% off, March 21-25.
• PyCascades 2022 is also happening soon, February 5th-6th, 2022

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