Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Aug 10)
QOTW: "If an elegant solution doesn't occur to me right away, then I first compose the most obvious solution I can think of. Finally, I refactor it until elegance is either achieved or imagined." - Neil Cerutti, 2011-07-28 What is the real purpose of __all__? http://old.nabble.com/__all__-td32227593.html __set__ does not appear to work for class attributes: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/72a346299a7eacf5/ Talking of class attributes: how to set up a docstring for them? http://old.nabble.com/Docstrings-and-class-Attributes-td32218039.html Using zip to separate a list of pairs into two lists: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/98008a2c63b002fa/ Detecting object differences in order to propagate the changes over a network: http://old.nabble.com/Object-Diffs-ts32221405.html modules, classes, and functions: all appear to be different ways to execute a block of code; similarities and differences http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/79bc8b7d5267338a/ Replace all references to one object with another, is it possible? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/32b67545254bdf37/ Ensure certain attributes, even if writable and modifiable, maintain certain invariants: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d23a48c858b2cb75/ 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.comp.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=54
Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Aug 10)
QOTW: "If an elegant solution doesn't occur to me right away, then I first compose the most obvious solution I can think of. Finally, I refactor it until elegance is either achieved or imagined." - Neil Cerutti, 2011-07-28 What is the real purpose of __all__? http://old.nabble.com/__all__-td32227593.html __set__ does not appear to work for class attributes: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/72a346299a7eacf5/ Talking of class attributes: how to set up a docstring for them? http://old.nabble.com/Docstrings-and-class-Attributes-td32218039.html Using zip to separate a list of pairs into two lists: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/98008a2c63b002fa/ Detecting object differences in order to propagate the changes over a network: http://old.nabble.com/Object-Diffs-ts32221405.html modules, classes, and functions: all appear to be different ways to execute a block of code; similarities and differences http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/79bc8b7d5267338a/ Replace all references to one object with another, is it possible? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/32b67545254bdf37/ Ensure certain attributes, even if writable and modifiable, maintain certain invariants: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d23a48c858b2cb75/ 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.comp.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=54
