On Mar 31, 11:38 am, Cameron Laird <claird...@gmail.com> wrote: > I pine for the fjords. > > And it's time to bring "Python-URL!" to a close. "Python-URL!", which > Jean-Claude Wippler and I appear to have launched in 1998, has reached > the end of its utility. We still have many loyal and enthusiastic > readers--one subscription request arrived within the last day, in > fact--and certainly much writing turns up every week that *deserves* > the spotlight "Python-URL!" has shone in the past. > > However, the Python world has changed a great deal over the last > fourteen years. There are many, MANY other ways for those with an > interest in Python to nourish themselves, and Python itself has grown > and "normalized" so much that it no longer fits particularly well in > the "Python-URL!" format. Enjoy "Mouse vs. Python" > <URL:http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/>, the Python areas of DZone, > Reddit, developerWorks, stackoverflow, and so on. > > For your reference, I append below the most-recent-but-not- > particularly- > current version of "Python-URL!"'s coda of related readings. > > That is all. > > ======================================================================== > 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 > > Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: > http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers > > Planet Python: you want to visit there: > http://planet.python.org > But don't confuse it with Planet SciPy: > http://planet.scipy.org > And don't confuse *that* with SciPyTip, a high-quality daily (!) > tip > for the numerically-inclined: > http://twitter.com/SciPyTip > > Python Insider is the official blog of the Python core development > team: > http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/python-dev-launches-python-insider > -blog.html > > 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/ > Keep up with the PSF at "Python Software Foundation News": > http://pyfound.blogspot.com > > The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python > enthusiasts": > http://pythonpapers.org/ > > Doug Hellman's "Module of the week" is essential reading: > http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/ > > 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 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.c > omp.python.devel&sort=date > > nullege is an interesting search Web application, with the > intelligence > to distinguish between Python code and comments. It provides what > appear to be relevant results, and demands neither Java nor CSS be > enabled: > http://www.nullege.com > > Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python > hyperlinks retains a few gems. > http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html > > 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. > It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence. > http://del.icio.us/tag/python > > At least one of the Python magazines is explicitly multilingual: > http://www.python.org/ar/ > > PythonWare complemented the digest you're reading with the > marvelous daily python url. While it's now ... dormant, it still > has plenty of interesting reading. > http://www.pythonware.com/daily > > Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks: > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite= > dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8 > > Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: > http://search.gmane.org/?query=python+URL+weekly+news+links&group=gma... > .python.general&sort=date > http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=Python-URL!+group%3Acomp.lan... > n&start=0&scoring=d& > http://lwn.net/Search/DoSearch?words=python-url&ctype3=yes&cat_25=yes > > There is *not* an RSS for "Python-URL!"--at least not yet. Arguments > for and against are occasionally entertained. > > Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. > E-mail to <python-...@phaseit.net> should get through. > > To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning > (approximately), ask <cla...@phaseit.net> to subscribe. Mention > "Python-URL!". Write to the same address to unsubscribe. > > -- The Python-URL! Team-- > > Phaseit, Inc. (http://phaseit.net) is pleased to participate in and > sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. Follow "Python-URL!" and other > programming news on <URL:http://twitter.com/Phaseit>. Watch this > space for upcoming news about posting archives.
Thanks a lot Cameron! Sad to see it go. The weekly URL has always made for good reading. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list