Episode 3: Exploring Python Libraries; Oct 28, 2021.
Hosts: Ty Littlefield and Erick Rosso

Python is constantly proving its worth. In this episode, we bring our top Python libraries to the table and determine just what about them makes Python great. Well-known libraries for leveraging the power of the internet make an appearance in this episode. Libraries such as Request, Scrapy, FastApi, and Flask. Parsing English is made possible through the power of the Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) which introduces ease to tagging and splitting parts of speech. Still more libraries are explored for their robustness, usefulness, and popularity, WXPython, SQLAlchemy, and more.

News articles:

• Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability Krebs on Security


• Trump's Truth Social beta site violates open source license | ZDNet


• NPM Library (ua-parser-js) Hijacked: What You Need to Know | Rapid7 Blog


• Fake npm Roblox API Package Installs Ransomware and has a Spooky Surprise


• Iran gas stations reportedly hit by massive cyberattack

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