Release 0.19.0 of CodeInvestigator.
CodeInvestigator 0.19.0 was released on November 20. Bug fixes: An issue with 'from module import *'. Functionality change: Removal of most of the items on the Entry Points screen: Indirect calls are now logged against the originating line. These calls were clogging up the Entry Points screen before. If a call of your code is made, and that call can't be clicked in the code, then that call is logged against the line that it originated from. The line shows a triangle, and when that is clicked all these indirect calls are shown in a list. The __iter__, __repr__ and __getattr__ calls for example, show up in these lists. Another example are callbacks. The call can't be clicked in the code but the line that calls them indirectly is 'gtk.main()'. All the callbacks are logged against that line and can be clicked there. The entry screen now only shows imports and threads. You need Python 2.6 and Firefox for CodeInvestigator. CodeInvestigator is a tracing tool for Python programs. Running a program through CodeInvestigator creates a recording. Program flow, function calls, variable values and conditions are all stored for every line the program executes. The recording is then viewed with an interface consisting of the code. The code can be clicked: A clicked variable displays its value, a clicked loop displays its iterations. You read code, and have at your disposal all the run time details of that code. A computerized desk check tool and another way to learn about your program. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=183942 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
Book: Programming Python 3 (Second Edition) now available
Hi, I'm delighted to announce that a new edition of my Python 3 book is now available in the U.S. "Programming in Python 3 (Second Edition): A Complete Introduction to the Python Language" ISBN 0321680561 http://www.qtrac.eu/py3book.html The book has been fully revised and updated and now covers both Python 3.0 and 3.1, and with the language moratorium (PEP 3003), this second edition should be useful for many years to come. And in addition to the thorough updating, the book has been extended with new chapters on debugging, testing, and profiling, and on parsing (including coverage of the PyParsing and PLY modules), as well as a new section on coroutines in the advanced chapter. The book is aimed at a wide audience, but assumes some programming experience (not necessarily Python, not necessarily object-oriented). It teaches solid procedural style programming, then builds on that to teach solid object-oriented programming, and then goes on to more advanced topics (e.g., including a nice way to create validated attributes by combining class decorators with descriptors). But even newcomers to Python 3 should be able to write useful (although small and basic) programs after reading chapter 1, and then go on to create larger and more sophisticated programs as they work through the chapters. All the examples are available for download from the book's web site. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
AVC 0.8.0 released
Announcing AVC 0.8.0 Webpage: http://avc.inrim.it/ What is AVC? - AVC is a multiplatform, fully automatic, live connection among graphical interface widgets and application variables for the python language. AVC supports in a uniform way the most popular widget toolkits: GTK+, Qt3, Qt4, Tk, wxWidgets, Swing. New features - * Added support for java Swing widget toolkit, widgets: button, check box, combo box, label, progress bar, radio box, slider, spinner table, text area, text field, toggle button, tree. * Changed real widget mapping: substituted eval of widget string names with dictionary of abstract widget classes keyed by real widget classes. * Added check for executed avc_init in avc_connect. * Added dual install capability to setup to cope with both python and jython. Features --- * Fully transparent widget-variable connections * Automatic connection by matching widgets and variables names * Multiple matching namespaces * Dynamic connections * No design pattern, no application redesign, no widget toolkit dependent code, separation between application logic and GUI. * Multiple widget toolkits support: GTK+, Qt3, Qt4, Tk, wxWidgets, Swing. * Full compatibility and support for Glade, Qt Designer, Visual Tcl and wxGlade interface design tools. * Normal widgets: button, check button, combo box, entry, label, progress bar, radio button, slider, spin button, status bar, text view/edit, toggle button. * Advanced widgets: list view, tree view. * Normal variable types: boolean, integer, float, string, list, tuple. * Advanced variable types: 2D table (list of lists), hierarchical tree (dictionary with path of values inside tree as keys). * Multiple widgets to one variable connection * Dual update timing of variable value views: immediate or periodic. * Testing printout logging activity with selectable verbosity * Python package written in pure python * Free software ( GNU GPL license ) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
