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• PyOhio 2008, Come for the Pythons .. leave with buckeyes. 1 week, 3 days 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 2 weeks, 1 day 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 month, 1 week 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 3 months ago
  
  Chicago open source conference to showcase Python’s emergence as an industry standard dynamic programming language
• LDAP programming with Python 4 months, 4 weeks 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.
• Metaclass Programming in Python 7 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  In part 3 of the Metaclass programming in Python series, Michele and David help programmer eschew cleverness that makes design more complicated, code more fragile, and the learning curves steeper in programming. In Part 1 learn how metaclasses can enhance classes with features like tracing capabilities to push object-oriented programming to the next level, then in Part 2 understand the arcana of inheritance and instance creation to solve and explain metaclass conflicts.
• Python Community Gets Magazine 10 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Python Magazine has officially launched, with a scheduled publication date of October 1. Early subscribers get a discount and a chance to win a MacBook, and Pythonistas who would like some extra cash should consider submitting an article proposal. View the official site, or the announcement by PyMag's Editor in Chief.
• Python in Pardus 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language used for different software development aspects. At least, that it what its homepage says. It is actually utilized by a range of companies from Google to Firaxis Games[1] in distinct areas. Some Linux distributions use it for developing their tools, mostly user interfaces.
• Python Bootcamp with David Beazley May 21-25, 2007 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  BigNerdRanch writes "Big Nerd Ranch announces Python Bootcamp with David Beazley May 21-25, 2007."
• A look at the newest Python Metaprogramming 1 year, 4 months ago
  
  BlueVoodoo writes "Python made metaprogramming possible, but each Python version has added slightly different -- and not quite compatible -- wrinkles to the way you accomplish metaprogramming tricks. Python has recently grown “decorator,” which are the newest -- and by far the most user-friendly way, so far -- to perform most metaprogramming."
• PyCon 2007 1 year, 5 months ago
  
  PYCON 2007 - FIFTH ANNUAL PYTHON COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
  
  ADDISON, TX, November 30, 2006 - PyCon 2007, the fifth annual conference of the Python community, will take place February 23-25 at the Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum hotel.
• Charming Python: Hatch Python eggs with setuptools 1 year, 6 months ago
  
  IdaAshley writes "Setuptools framework, a side project of PEAK, provides easier package management and distribution than distutils. Setuptools lets you package your libraries in a single-file archive called an "egg," similar to Java JAR file, but for Python. Like the Perl CPAN and Ruby Gems tools, the ez_setup tool bootstraps the rest of setuptools. The ez_install tool that comes with it does the same thing in conjunction with "Cheeseshop" (PyPI)."
• Kamaelia 0.5.0 Released! 1 year, 7 months ago
  
  For those who haven't experienced Kamaelia yet, it's an intuitive way to structure applications -- essentially as a network of components which talk to each other. It's an open-source (GPL, LGPL & MPL - take your pick) BBC Research project, originally designed for rapid development of server software. If you've used Unix pipes, Kamaelia is like those, but modernised, written in Python and more efficient...
• Python slithers to 'significant' release 1 year, 7 months ago
  
  The open source community this week hailed the most significant update to Python in five years.
• IronPython 1.0 released today! 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  I’m extremely happy to announce that we have released IronPython 1.0 today!
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