QOTW: "GHUM: There are no big applications written in Python.
GHUM: Big applications are written in JAVA or COBOL or C# or other legacy
programming systems.
GHUM: If you programm in Python, your applications become quite small. Only
frameworks in Python are big.
JMC: So the fact that there are no big applications written in Python IS the
success story." - Harald Armin Massa and D'Arcy J.M. Cain
http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/.../msg03005.html
Assign a value and test for it in a single statement:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/492988.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/492425.html
D'Arcy J.M. Cain et al. combat the heterodoxy of David which questions
the usefulness of unit tests and test-driven development in general:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/493057.html
Comparing identity vs. comparing equality: what's the difference?
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/492117.html
Relationship between logic and interface: the MVC pattern:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/492816.html
It isn't easy to alter how functions compare themselves (to avoid
duplicates, for example):
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/493182.html
Organizing a project (directory layout):
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/492010.html
Poll: How do you use Python in non-GUI work?
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/491989.html
PHP compared to Python:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/492561.html
Is this language suitable for Operations Research?
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/491867.html
Oldest thread still alive (from May 7): lambda expressions, now
talking about decorators:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/490027.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.
Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers
The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats":
http://pythonpapers.org/
The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python:
http://pythonmagazine.com
Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites:
http://planetpython.org
http://planet.python.org
comp.lang.python.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
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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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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