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What’s New In Python 3.0
11 months, 2 weeks ago
This article explains the new features in Python 3.0, compared to 2.6. Python 3.0, also known as “Python 3000” or “Py3K”, is the first ever intentionally backwards incompatible Python release. There are more changes than in a typical release, and more that are important for all Python users. Nevertheless, after digesting the changes, you’ll find that Python really hasn’t changed all that much – by and large, we’re mostly fixing well-known annoyances and warts, and removing a lot of old cruft. -
Python 3.0 slithers to GA, time for 2.x users to update?
11 months, 3 weeks ago
From the "Guido must be happy" files: Python 3.0 is now officially out - breaking compatability (in many respects) with currently deployed Python 2.x series. Don't worry it's not all lost for existing Python users, though the official Python release does sound dire. -
Creating a Daemon with Python
1 year ago
If you are an average internet user, then you interact with daemons every day. This article will describe what daemons do, how to create them in Python, and what you can use them for. -
PyCon 2009
1 year ago
PyCon 2009, the seventh annual community conference for the Python programming language, will take place March 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel in Chicago, IL. -
Book Review: Expert Python Programming
1 year ago
Expert Python Programming was not what I was expecting to get from a book about Python. I am not a savvy python programmer yet, and in my quest to become one I picked this book up to read. It certainly is not for beginners, and I mean that. If you are not comfortable you may wish to skip it, if you are daring and have the basics of programming down then you can slip this one into your collection. -
Writing a Package in Python
1 year, 2 months ago
This article by Tarek Ziadé focuses on a repeatable process to write and release Python packages. We will focus on how to install, uninstall, develop, test, register, and upload a package. -
Automation with Python and STAF/STAX
1 year, 2 months ago
The aim of this article is to show how tasks may be automated using Python together with STAF (Software Testing Automation Framework) by means of an example. We will first see a problem and then derive it's solution using classical Python-only as well as Python+STAF. The implementation of the solution will evolve in different stages. This will help us in comparing both the solution in terms of simplicity and efficiency. -
Looking for Python Programmers to Change the World
1 year, 3 months ago
Ten years ago, the then CEO of Ericsson in Sweden wrote an internal article about digital convergence. He stated that within a very short time, all data produced in an analog way such as books, music, photographs, newspapers and so forth would cease to exist. Instead all content would become digital and we would render, view and listen to digital formats. I believe he had a vision for the future, but his timing was off about eight to ten years. -
Django 1.0 alpha released
1 year, 4 months ago
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. This release includes all of the major features due for inclusion in the final Django 1.0, though some lower-priority items are still scheduled to be included before the 1.0 feature freeze, which will occur with the first beta release next month. -
Tutorial: IronPython and IronPython Studio
1 year, 5 months ago
A quick tutorial from TechBookReport on using IronPython (a .NET implementation of the Python language), including using the IronPython Studio IDE. -
PyOhio 2008, Come for the Pythons .. leave with buckeyes.
1 year, 6 months ago
PyOhio, the first annual Python programming mini-conference for Ohio and surrounding areas will take place Saturday, July 26, in Columbus, Ohio. The conference is free of change and will include scheduled presentations, Lighting Talks and unconference-style Open Spaces. -
Using Python to Grab Images From a Web Site
1 year, 6 months ago
Sample code that should serve as a good tutorial on how to use Python to do some basic web interactions. -
Google's App Engine : Powered by Python
1 year, 7 months ago
Python has not been a language that has been front and center all that much Python's position changes today with the official launch of Google's App Engine. -
Google. White Oak Sponsors of Python Community Conference
1 year, 9 months ago
Chicago open source conference to showcase Python’s emergence as an industry standard dynamic programming language -
LDAP programming with Python
1 year, 11 months ago
This is the third article in the article mini-series on Python LDAP applications. In this article we will see some more LDAP operations such as add operation, delete operation etc. Then we will take a look at LDAP URL Library. - More News
Linux.com : Python
Python 3.0 makes a big break
Typically, each new version of the Python programming language has been gentle on users, more or less maintaining backward compatibility with previous versions. But in 2000, when Python creator Guido van Rossum announced that he was embarking on a new version of Python, he did not sugar coat his plan: Version 3.0 would not be backward-compatible. Now that the first release candidate of Python 3.0 is out, with final release planned for later this month, developers must grapple with the issue of whether to maintain older code or modify it to use the new interpreter.
Dress up your Python scripts with EasyGui
In many cases, adding a graphical interface to Python scripts means getting your hands dirty with TKinter or other GUI programming kits. This exercise is usually reserved for users who have already acquired decent Python programming skills, as it requires some serious code wizardry. Thankfully, the EasyGui module allows you to add some GUI goodness to your Python scripts without going through coding rigmarole. Using EasyGui, you can add visual elements with just a few lines of code.
An introduction to CGI scripting with Python
Mention Common Gateway Interface scripting to a Web developer, and their first response is likely to be "I use Perl." While Perl has long dominated the CGI scripting world, there are other, and perhaps better, tools available. In this tutorial we'll take a look at CGI scripting with Python, a fast, versatile, multi-platform language.
Scripting Scribus
Have you ever said, "This program is pretty nice, but I wish it would ..."? For applications that offer the capability, scripting gives users the ability to customize, extend, and tailor a program to meet their needs. Scribus, a free page layout program that runs on Linux (and Mac OS and Windows) uses the Python programming language for user scripting. Python scripting in Scribus can drastically improve your work flow, and it's relatively easy for beginners to not only use scripts, but also write them.
Spreading Python applications
You have just written a fantastic and useful Python application, and you're ready to share it with the world. Distutils, a Python module that provides a standard way of distributing and installing Python apps, can help you simplify the process of installation.
Canonical releases Launchpad component as open source
Canonical has announced the release of Storm, a open source object-relational mapping (ORM) tool for Python that can support simultaneous communication with multiple databases.
PEAK is dead... kinda, sorta
The Python Enterprise Application Kit no longer exists as an integral project, according to a status report posted by its developer earlier this week, but some individual elements are thriving and will continue to receive attention.
