QOTW: "Forget ethical. We can do his homework for him, we can perhaps pass exams for him, maybe graduate for him, and then with our luck, he'll get a job in our office and we get to do his work for him." - Mel http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8f7c1fa393c23476 How to set up printing/logging so they still work even with Unicode encoding errors: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/8e93b219139532a6/ Review of available parsers/lexers: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d45d15da2cf4f304/
How is it behind the scenes at the first Spanish-language Pycon? http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/facundo/pyconar09_report.txt Developing a custom data warehouse vs. out-of-the-box ETL tool: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d679836c1dba554e/ How to delete items from list given their indices: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/de185f9212e53fb6/ Determining the target name in an assignment: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fe92da9d8952c376/ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/c312ffd8011a0e17/ Best way to distribute Python programs: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/229c2c0059f5be8a/ In some corner cases, a module could get imported twice: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/ca861eb01989942/ Very creative answers to a really trivial homework question: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/c8630b7ec60df888/ Coroutines and generators: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/62160f74d76e3cbc/ Getting "the other" element from a dictionary containing only two keys: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/4fa0ce86e4b97850/ Review of several webapp testing tools: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/58b7513596ab648c/ J. 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Calderone shares his reccomendations on structuring a Python project: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2122c45d0d913a31/ Python beginner asks for comments about his coding style: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b6e19551381cf869/ Basic logging usage explained: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/6359d3ac2089bddc/ Checking for possible error conditions in advance isn't a substitute for correct exception handling: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fd78edec3c2ef889/ ======================================================================== 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 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 enthusiasts": http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com Readers have recommended the "Planet" site: http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics 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/ 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/donations/ The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date 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://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/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, see: http://www.python.org/channews.rdf For more, see: http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a SourceForge reincarnation. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/ del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary. 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