3rd March 2021

Coding⚑

Python⚑

Code Styling⚑

• Improvement: Don't use try-except to initialize dictionaries.

  Instead of:

  try:
      dictionary['key']
  except KeyError:
      dictionary['key'] = {}
  

  Use:

  dictionary.setdefault('key', {})
  

Python Snippets⚑

• New: Add date management snippets.

  • Get the week number of a datetime: datetime.datetime(2010, 6, 16).isocalendar()[1].

  • Get the Monday of a week number:

  import datetime
  d = "2013-W26"
  r = datetime.datetime.strptime(d + '-1', "%Y-W%W-%w")
  

  • Get the month name from a number:.

  import calendar
  
  >> calendar.month_name[3]
  'March'
  

  * Get ordinal from number

  def int_to_ordinal(number: int) -> str:
      '''Convert an integer into its ordinal representation.
  
      make_ordinal(0)   => '0th'
      make_ordinal(3)   => '3rd'
      make_ordinal(122) => '122nd'
      make_ordinal(213) => '213th'
  
      Args:
          number: Number to convert
  
      Returns:
          ordinal representation of the number
      '''
      suffix = ['th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd', 'th'][min(number % 10, 4)]
      if 11 <= (number % 100) <= 13:
          suffix = 'th'
      return f"{number}{suffix}"
  

Operative Systems⚑

Linux⚑

Vim Plugins⚑

• New: Follow the issue to add elipsis instead of ... in vim-abolish.

mkdocs⚑

• New: Document the Navigation object and the on_nav event.

  Useful if you develop MkDocs plugins, it holds the information to build the navigation of the site.

Arts⚑

Writing⚑

Grammar and Orthography⚑

• New: Explain where to add your pronouns.

  Hi, I’m Lyz (he/him), I'm writing to tell you…

• New: Explain when to capitalize after a question mark.

  If the sentence ends after the question mark you should capitalize, if it doesn't end, you shouldn't have used the question mark, since it ends a sentence.

Writing Style⚑

• New: Analyze interesting books on writing style.

  • The elements of style by William Strunk Jr and E.B White
  • On writing well by William Zinsser
  • Bird by bird by Anne Lamott
  • On writing by Stephen King

• New: Explain how to end a letter.

  Use Sincerely in doubt and Best if you have more confidence. Add a comma after the sign-off and never use Cheers (it's what I've been doing all my life (◞‸◟；) ).