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More recent posts culled from the main page.
Python
Tk 8.6 finally comes to Mac OS Python... and promptly
New on the
page: 3.6's Windows launcher
The Python 3.6 string-interpolation story just grew
Programs
New in Android Deltas
: backsyncs and exports for the
thumbspage's latest
adds swipe gestures and config arguments
thumbspage
boosts thumbnail
and debuts dynamic
thumbspage
sprouts slide
, full
, and floating
1.7 pops up
, avoids
, and learns to love
A new
gets its headers more in line with practice and
helps you shrink website images for faster (and politer)
User guides of major apps here get a mobile-friendly
Photo-app upgrades:
galleries,
GUI,
organizer
Get
—the extra features you miss most in Python's zipfile module
New in programs: the
toy box, a new
, and a
page
Blockbuster program
: now with apps, exes, and ports to
A new standalone
of PP4E's
email client
A new
has "dropped," with text colors, Unicode tweaks, and
Books
O'Reilly's "lifetime access"
may also be nuked in
Beware publishers bearing infringing
...
Mail drops do in [email protected] after
The Z Fold3 content
—and its deltas-scripts
⎋ Dark themes: Fortnite vs Apple
, Samsung axes its
Now with narration: tap Note or up-swipe in the training
learning-python.com: behind the
Anonymity powered: this website's new
RIP, rmi.net/~lutz: EarthLink pulls the plug after
Some anecdotes, quips, and jokes from my Python
iOS 13 works around Safari's two-tap
(sort
)
This site is now much faster, after
and
Engineers who ignore history... are doomed to
Google brands this site a privacy risk;
Mac OS Sierra hides its
(and High Sierra criminalizes FTP)
Windows 10 turns up the advertising to 11 (and 10 S is worse):
I've finally ended my 20-year training business—
,
Now public in honor of the prior bullet: training
,
⎋ I gave a short biographical
Your US tax dollars at work—
Fairly recent news, weather, and sports.
Python
The new, scarier
page has an early preview of
Python logos (and websites) through the years, at the
An overview and review of
The Python 3.X sandbox saga continues: 3.5
coroutines with "asynch" and "await"
Why
in Python 3.5 are a bad idea
Programs
This site was
and
, using
,
, and
loads PNG month images without requiring a
uses Python 3.5's os.scandir() to compare trees
has automatic backup and rollback for changes
does more error handling to avoid startup closes
New short code example using files and recursion:
New code example using zipfiles and FTP:
The latest release of
— version 1.4, as
A new downloads page (later
) with full source code for mergeall and frigcal
Books
FAQ:
of my books
Updated book support pages:
and
Revised: how to run PP4E book examples on
(and later)
A new Programming Python examples
Etcetera
On software's ethical
A postpourri: Windows
, training
, author
⎋ Of note: Python code shows up in the movie
(and yes, it's
)
⎋ Of note: Google's
library, initially
in Python
⎋ Of note: the
ebook reader is written primarily in
(2.X), using
for its GUI
Even Python 3.5's Windows docs
(see the
)
Seems like old times?...
⎋ And later
—galaxy-class
for the sake of a single-digit market share browser
⎋ I gave an
about questions for Python job seekers
The
of the prior bullet's article, before cuts and changes
A word about
in the conclusion of mergeall's docs
Some notes on
in frigcal's wrap-up
Joke of the day: seen on
preview...
Some of these go back a handful of years, but so do some of us.
Python
A note on the
shipped with Python 3.4
and later
and their impact on book examples
Programs
New decorator/bytes code example
New code examples:
,
(as announced
,
, and
)
LP5E supplement:
Books
Take 1: early draft of LP's
A new
for all the books, with more on
PyRef5E excerpt: Python's
Recent book translations spotted in the wild:
,
,
,
,
,
,
New book:
Python Pocket Reference, 5th Edition
How to run
PP4E book examples on Python 3.3 through 3.4
(PP4E Tk Unicode-limit patch)
⎋
from
)
New book:
⎋
from
: TOC + Chapter 1
PP4E:
— running PIL image examples on Python 3.2+
A web version of LP4E's range-testing
Etcetera
More cause to use % instead of str.format(): it's
New reader queries:
,
,
,
Answers to
recent reader queries and FAQs
⎋ Great moments in cloud storage: an early
Article:
Python's New-Style Inheritance Algorithm
Article:
The new Windows launcher in Python 3.3
Article: context for true beginners —
What's a Programming Language?
Article: thoughts on Python's evolution —
Answer Me These Questions Three...
Blast from the past: material from an
(smileys and all)
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