QOTW: "Good God! Is there *anything* that python does not already do? I
hardly feel the need to write programs anymore ... Its really 80% like
of the questions that are asked here get answered along the lines of:
import some_fancy_modu le
solution = some_fancy_modu le.exactly_the_ right_function_ to_solve(proble m)
" - Wildemar Wildenburger
"Whenever you are tempted to create dynamically variables names, 99% of
the time what you really want is a data structure, typically a dict or
a list." - George Sakkis
An example shows how much more convenient it is to use cElementTree
than to write a custom expat parser:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/441995.html
The Time Machine in action again: How to enumerate classes in a module,
in the same order they were defined:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/442009.html
str.lower()/upper() may not work as expected even on familiar
encodings like utf-8:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/442195.html
Steve Holden shows the power of __getattr__, modifying functions
on-the-fly:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/442432.html
Learning by example: Ten small-but-useful programs increase from
one line to ten lines in length and demonstrate key Python concepts:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/442529.html
http://wiki.python.org/moin/SimplePrograms
Python cheerleading:
http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/368040.htm
http://www.devchix.com/2007/05/24/be...to-love-again/
The advantages of using a module as a singleton - let Python do the
hard work:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/442640.html
Debugging extension modules on Windows may be difficult without the proper
(commercial) compiler. This topic shows how to do that using only freely
available tools:
http://groups.google.de/group/comp.l...41a581a0d354ab
Think before using inheritance: a Point is not a list:
http://groups.google.de/group/comp.l...dfa8c65bf8c195
Michelle Simioniato on decorators again: functools makes it easy to
decorate methods:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/442057.html
Tips on how to "sell" yourself as a freelancer:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/442476.html
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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
PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
marvelous daily python url
http://www.pythonware.com/daily
Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new)
World-Wide Web articles related to Python.
http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html
While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL
are utterly different in their technologies and generally in
their results.
The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats".
http://pythonpapers.org/
Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites:
http://planetpython.org
http://planet.python.org
comp.lang.pytho n.announce announces new Python software. Be
sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=d...ython.announce
Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
Updates appear more-than-weekly:
http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html
Steve Bethard continues the marvelous tradition early borne by
Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson, Brett Cannon, Tony Meyer, and Tim
Lesher of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing
list once every other week.
http://www.python.org/dev/summary/
The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
http://www.python.org/pypi/
The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references
to all sorts of Python resources.
http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/
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 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/donate.html
Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches.
http://www.google.com/groups?as_usub...python%20patch
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://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/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 are
http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi
http://python.de/backend.php
For more, see
http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?...ShowStatus=all
The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
SourceForge reincarnation.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid...70&func=browse
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/
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of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work.
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
*Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
http://www.pyzine.com
Archive probing tricks of the trade:
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=d...python&num=100
http://groups.google.com/groups?meta....lang.python.*
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