2009/6/27 sato.ph...@gmail.com <sato.ph...@gmail.com>: > Thank you for all of the links and advice. > > What do I want to learn Python for? > > Again, pardon me for my lack of relevant information. I am also a > journalist (an out of work one at the moment, like so many others) and > I feel that learning python could be useful for computer assisted > reporting, that is, utilizing databases, creating interactive maps and > the like. > > http://chicago.everyblock.com/crime/
That's a Python site! As a journalist, you might also be interested in <http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/18/mps-expenses-crowdsourcing-app> - The Guardian, a UK national newspaper, quickly wrote and deployed a Python application to allow their readers to cooperate in the massive manual task of analysing MPs' expenses receipts, looking for ill-doing. -- Cheers, Simon B. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
