November 13, 2020 by
Mike Guido van Rossum announced yesterday that he is coming out of retirement to join Microsoft's Developer Division: Reddit's community's have mixed reactions to the news. Personally, I hope it will be a positive thing. While I had hoped that Guido would get Python into Android development when he was Google and that didn't happen, I […]
This week we welcome Mary Chester-Kadwell (@marycktech) as our PyDev of the Week! Mary is a software engineer at Cambridge University Library. You can see some of what she's up to over on Github. I think you'll find her journey into Python really interesting. So without further ado, let's find out more about Mary! Can […]
The business world uses Microsoft Office. Their spreadsheet software solution, Microsoft Excel, is especially popular. Excel is used to store tabular data, create reports, graph trends, and much more. Before diving into working with Excel with Python, let's clarify some special terminology: Spreadsheet or Workbook - The file itself (.xls or .xlsx). Worksheet or Sheet […]
This week we welcome Kevin Thomas (@mytechnotalent) as our PyDev of the Week. Kevin is the author of Python for Kids, which is "a comprehensive and FREE Online Python Development course FOR KIDS utilizing an official BBC micro:bit Development Board". Let's spend some time getting to know Kevin better! Can you tell us a little […]
This week we welcome William Horton (@hortonhearsafoo) as our PyDev of the Week! William is a Senior Software Engineer at Compass and has spoken at several local Python conferences. He is a contributor to PyTorch and fastai. Let's spend some time getting to know William better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, […]
This week we welcome Sunita Dwivedi as our PyDev of the Week! Sunita works for the DISH Network. She is active with PyDEN, the Denver, CO Python users group as well as PyColorado. Let's take some time to learn more about Sunita! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc): I live […]
