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Brian #1: Set Theory and Python


“Let’s talk about sets, baby …” is what I have in my head while reading this.
Great overview of set theory and how to use the set data type in Python.
Covered:

Creating sets
Checking for containment (in, not in)
union : set of things in either set or in both
intersection: set of things in 2 sets
difference: set of things in one set but not the other
symmetric difference: set of things in either set but not in both



Michael #2: Trio: async programming for humans and snake people


The Trio project’s goal is to produce a production-quality, permissively licensed, async/await-native I/O library for Python. Like all async libraries, its main purpose is to help you write programs that do multiple things at the same time with parallelized I/O.
Compared to other libraries, Trio attempts to distinguish itself with an obsessive focus on usability and correctness.
Concurrency is complicated; we try to make it easy to get things right.
Trio was built from the ground up to take advantage of the latest Python features
Inspiration from many sources, in particular Dave Beazley’s Curio
Resulting design is radically simpler than older competitors like asyncio and Twisted, yet just as capable.
We do encourage you do use it, but you should read and subscribe to issue #1 to get warning and a chance to give feedback about any compatibility-breaking changes.
Excellent scalability: trio can run 10,000+ tasks simultaneously without breaking a sweat, so long as their total CPU demands don’t exceed what a single core can provide.
Supports Python 3.5+ and PyPy
Uses


trio.run(async_method, 3)
trio.sleep(1.5) # Sleep, non-blocking

async with trio.open_nursery() as nursery:
print("parent: spawning child...")
nursery.start_soon(child_func1)
print("parent: spawning child...")
nursery.start_soon(child_func2)
print("parent: waiting for children to finish...")
# -- we exit the nursery block here --
print("parent: child_func1 and child_func2 done!")



trio provides a rich set of tools for inspecting and debugging your programs.
Consider trio-asyncio for compatibility


Brian #3: black: The uncompromising Python code formatter


An amusing take on code formatting. From the readme:


“Black is the uncompromising Python code formatter. By using it, you agree to cease control over minutiae of hand-formatting. In return, Black gives you speed, determinism, and freedom from pycodestyle nagging about formatting. You will save time and mental energy for more important matters.”
“Blackened code looks the same regardless of the project you're reading. Formatting becomes transparent after a while and you can focus on the content instead.”
“Black makes code review faster by producing the smallest diffs possible.”

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Michael #4: gain: Web crawling framework based on asyncio


Web crawling framework for everyone. Written with asyncio, uvloop and aiohttp.
Simple and mostly automated

Define class mapped to CSS selectors and data to save
Concurrently level
Start URL
Page templates to match URLs
Run



Brian #5: Generic Function in Python with Singledispatch


“Imagine, you can write different implementations of a function of the same name in the same scope, depending on the types of arguments. Wouldn’t it be great? Of course, it would be. There is a term for this. It is called “Generic Function”. Python recently added support for generic function in Python 3.4 (PEP 443). They did this to the functools module by adding @singledispatch decorator.”
For people less