The Good News I’m happy to announce that Learn Python 3 The Hard Way is officially released and will be hitting Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and InformIT (Pearson) tomorrow.  I spent quite a l… (more…)

For you Python users who have been unwilling (or unable) to upgrade to version 3, there’s yet another reason to get motivated: python.org has released Python 2.7.18, the absolute last official release for Python 2.  While it doesn’t add much in terms of f... (more…)

Keith Packard https://lca2020.linux.org.au/schedule/presentation/20/ Tiny embedded computers, like the original Arduino, are great for automating simple task... (more…)

This PEP proposes updating the versioning scheme for Python to include the calendar year. This aims to make the support lifecycle clear by making it easy to see when a version was first released, and easier to work out when it will reach end of life (EOL)... (more…)

Why efficient Python? Because using Python more efficiently will make your code more readable and run more efficiently. (more…)