Lessons from Python

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From Intermediate Python Practical Techniques for Deeper Skill Development by Steve Holden, O'Reilly Media April 2014

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From personal usage

  • virtualenv
    • virtualenvwrapper
      • mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 X
      • workon to list available virtualenvs
      • workon X to active virtualenv X
    • updating (e.g. from 3.4 to 3.5, assuming 3.5 as make altinstall rather than system default)
      • cd targetenv
      • pip freeze > requirments.txt
      • deactivate targetenv
      • mv ~/.virtualenvs/targetenv{,-backup3.4}
      • mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/local/bin/python3.5 -r requirments.txt
        • pip install might fail if so pip install -r requirments.txt after
        • eventually pip upgrades after
      • ... and testing to make sure it all still works
  • matplotlib
    • plt.close('all') to close all opened plots, practical during iPython tests
  • Python 3
    • print('This is working!')
    • python -m http.server 8000
    • compiled 3.4 from source in order
      • mostly with quite a few issues with 3.2 that comes with Debian stable
    • worked out well with virtualenv while making sure pip is up to date
      • including with numpy, scipy, matplotlib, ipython
  • coverage.py
  • fancier output
  • debugging
    • python -m pdb mycode.py
      • (Pdb) break 68 set breakpoint at the line 68
      • (Pdb) c continue until the next breakpoint
      • allow to test for the different values interactively
  • supybot-plugin-create : Supybot command to generate a plugin template (basic source and license)

Websites

Sysadmin

On going projects

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Past projects

Principle

  1. read our current position on the log file (last successful writing in the wiki)
    1. if no current position, create it and start at 0
  2. read the log file from this position to the end of the file
  3. write the content in the wiki
  4. update the current position in the log file to the current end of file
  5. return an explicit value and quit

See also

References

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Note

My notes on Tools gather what I know or want to know. Consequently they are not and will never be complete references. For this, official manuals and online communities provide much better answers.