Hey Pythonista,

We're really happy we moved our community from Slack to Circle, people are actively sharing all kind of cool Python + developer related things.

Here are some highlights from the last few weeks:

• Today I finished a complete refactoring of a python microservice here at work,  making the source code decoupled with dataclasses, tables, imperative mapping, repositories, services … Applying all these concepts makes me very happy and all these modifications made the code cleaner and easier to test...

• My family often needed me to merge/combine PDF files for them. When they apply for online services they're often required to upload all documents as a single PDF file...

• Hi! I’m new to pybites and just wanted to say hello :) I’m learning SO much with my mentor and can only imagine how helpful this whole community is. So if you see me asking questions as I continue to grow my Python understanding, I hope you say hi too!

• I’m starting to use Docker and I was reading about different opinions regarding using a virtual environment with a docker container in Python. What are your thoughts? 🤔

• One of the things that I’m working on is teaching an applied IT workshop, I spent some time today exploring sphinx and how I could write documentation quickly, and create it in a way that was accessible and didn’t require a lot of configuration of components...

• Jeff and I just completed a working test for google authentication. ...  For me, it’s a career milestone. The first pytest of Google login constructed from zero.

• Hello everyone, I've been using the PyPDF library for the past few weeks and I have developed several new functions that I believe would be valuable additions to the library. Now, I'm looking to integrate these functions into the existing PyPDF library. What are the steps I should follow to contribute my changes effectively?

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The best thing is that people don't just share, a lot of other people chime in, and valuable relations are formed. 💡 😍 📈

As Pybites (and following Python's exemplary approach), we had the community front and center from the start 7 years ago and we're proud of how far it's come since.

If you're not in our community yet, make sure you join today: https://pybites.circle.so/. 

And when there:

• introduce yourself (so people can interact with you - this simple act has led to many Pybites meetups!)

• share things as you learn and discover them (just post with a tag, quick and rough, no need to be overly perfect)

• ask questions when stuck or curious (people are very willing to help, they are programmers!)

• share your wins (this alone can boost your motivation for years to come)

• network! (there are many professionals working for companies and doing cool things in one place).

Above all, we're proud to say that our community is a welcoming group of nice people that are eager to learn more and help each other out.

Looking forward to seeing you there -> https://pybites.circle.so/

- Bob & Julian