Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jun 25)
QOTW: [R]edundant/useless/misleading/poor code is worse than wrong. - Michele Simionato http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/74adbb471826a245 Unit tests are not a magic wand that discover every problem that a program could possibly have. - Paul Rubin http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/6e683105172b2ca7 Some tricks to automatically enter the debugger when an exception happens: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/3ffc25cbd3d1947/ A recurring topic: using uniform collections of objects: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/f7eebeb1ebe17a4/ Some concerns about eggs, the way they handle dependencies, and restrictive environments: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/50e06542f2452c9e/ Four different answers from four different persons to the same problem: how to modify a variable in an outer scope from inside the inner function http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/9cdb4af5755e4daa/ A conspicuous Pythonista shows his italian temper discussing why redundant statements aren't any good: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/a8c170e10c643f27/ A long thread about function annotations in Python 3.0 and its actual usefulness for argument type checking: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1b2a416d6fbe5b61/ This lng thread started more than two weeks ago: still about macros, programmable syntax, and what is good for Scheme is not necesarily good for Python: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/e587471d08dbfcbb/ 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 Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new) World-Wide Web articles related to Python. http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL are utterly different in their technologies and generally in their results. The Python Papers aims to publish the efforts of Python enthusiats. http://pythonpapers.org/ Readers have recommended the Planet sites: http://planetpython.org http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djqas_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce Python411 indexes podcasts ... to help people learn Python ... Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html Steve Bethard continues the marvelous tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson, Brett Cannon, Tony Meyer, and Tim Lesher of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week. http://www.python.org/dev/summary/ The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references to all sorts of Python resources. http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ 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/donate.html Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches. http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly%20python%20patch 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://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python Many Python conferences around the world are in
Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jun 25)
QOTW: [R]edundant/useless/misleading/poor code is worse than wrong. - Michele Simionato http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/74adbb471826a245 Unit tests are not a magic wand that discover every problem that a program could possibly have. - Paul Rubin http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/6e683105172b2ca7 Some tricks to automatically enter the debugger when an exception happens: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/3ffc25cbd3d1947/ A recurring topic: using uniform collections of objects: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/f7eebeb1ebe17a4/ Some concerns about eggs, the way they handle dependencies, and restrictive environments: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/50e06542f2452c9e/ Four different answers from four different persons to the same problem: how to modify a variable in an outer scope from inside the inner function http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/9cdb4af5755e4daa/ A conspicuous Pythonista shows his italian temper discussing why redundant statements aren't any good: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/a8c170e10c643f27/ A long thread about function annotations in Python 3.0 and its actual usefulness for argument type checking: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1b2a416d6fbe5b61/ This lng thread started more than two weeks ago: still about macros, programmable syntax, and what is good for Scheme is not necesarily good for Python: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/e587471d08dbfcbb/ 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 Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new) World-Wide Web articles related to Python. http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL are utterly different in their technologies and generally in their results. The Python Papers aims to publish the efforts of Python enthusiats. http://pythonpapers.org/ Readers have recommended the Planet sites: http://planetpython.org http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djqas_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce Python411 indexes podcasts ... to help people learn Python ... Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html Steve Bethard continues the marvelous tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson, Brett Cannon, Tony Meyer, and Tim Lesher of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week. http://www.python.org/dev/summary/ The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references to all sorts of Python resources. http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ 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/donate.html Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches. http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly%20python%20patch 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://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python Many Python conferences around the world are in
