QOTW: [You'll have to see it for yourself: !Viva 2.7.1!]
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8d79c5ee3913f82d
"De-briefing" is characteristically something we do too little;
there's a LOT of value in systematic examination of what we've
experienced. Unladen Swallow presents a particular instance:
while the software appears to be at the end of its life, how it
reached that has much to teach us. Those with an interest in
PyPy, LLVM, ... will also want to read Reid Kleckner's important
retrospective:
http://qinsb.blogspot.com/2011/03/unladen-swallow-retrospective.html
SciPy's important; Sage is important; put 'em together, along with
IPython progress, a "gorgeous" venue, numpy involvement, and so on,
and good story results:
http://blog.fperez.org/2011/03/ipython-and-scientific-python-go-to.html
Should you care about Twisted 11.0?
http://labs.twistedmatrix.com/2011/04/twisted-1100-released.html
Matthew Wilkes and David Glick's zodb.ws is even better--more
broadly
useful and instructive--than I first realized:
http://bit.ly/eqEijV
Arrange brain transfer: "Raymond Hettinger and @dabeaz join forces
to
create what might be the most ultimate introductory Python course":
http://bit.ly/ct292a
Python on iPad? Of course!
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/6910f30b1cd3f2c9
COW is important to understand clearly:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1df510595483b12f
True expertise with a control structure comes out when exceptions
arise:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/81711eebf8e860da
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Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away
in
these pages:
Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
center of Pythonia
http://www.python.org
Notice especially the master FAQ
http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html
Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers
Planet Python: you want to visit there:
http://planet.python.org
But don't confuse it with Planet SciPy:
http://planet.scipy.org
And don't confuse *that* with SciPyTip, a high-quality daily (!)
tip
for the numerically-inclined:
http://twitter.com/SciPyTip
Python Insider is the official blog of the Python core development
team:
http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/python-dev-launches-python-insider-blog.html
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python
Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official
responsibility for Python's development and maintenance.
http://www.python.org/psf/
Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation.
http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
Keep up with the PSF at "Python Software Foundation News":
http://pyfound.blogspot.com
The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python
enthusiasts":
http://pythonpapers.org/
Doug Hellman's "Module of the week" is essential reading:
http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/
comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be
sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics
Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
Updates appear more-than-weekly:
http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html
The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
http://www.python.org/pypi/
Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
mailing lists
http://www.python.org/sigs/
Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line
match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're
subject with a vision of what the language makes practical.
http://www.pythonology.com/success
The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated
report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions.
http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date
nullege is an interesting search Web application, with the
intelligence
to distinguish between Python code and comments. It provides what
appear to be relevant results, and demands neither Java nor CSS be
enabled:
http://www.nullege.com
Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python
hyperlinks retains a few gems.
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html
Python FAQTS
http://python.faqts.com/
The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and
interesting recipes:
http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/
Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation.
Watch this space for links to them.
Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available, see:
http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
For more, see:
http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
SourceForge reincarnation.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/
del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference
commentary.
It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence.
http://del.icio.us/tag/python
At least one of the Python magazines is explicitly multilingual:
http://www.python.org/ar/
Enjoy the *Python Magazine*.
http://pymag.phparch.com/
*Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
http://www.pyzine.com
PythonWare complemented the digest you're reading with the
marvelous daily python url. While it's now ... dormant, it still
has plenty of interesting reading.
http://www.pythonware.com/daily
Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8
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