Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Mar 31)

[Cameron Laird]

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.


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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

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> for and against are occasionally entertained.
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> 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.
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> -- The Python-URL! Team--
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> programming news on <URL:http://twitter.com/Phaseit>.  Watch this
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Thanks a lot Cameron! Sad to see it go.
The weekly URL has always made for good reading.

[Emile van Sebille]

On 3/31/2012 8:38 AM Cameron Laird said...

> And it's time to bring "Python-URL!" to a close.

Three cheers for your efforts over the years keeping this going.

Many heartfelt thanks,

Emile

[pyt...@bdurham.com]

Thanks for all your hard work - I learned a lot by visiting the links
you guys gathered over the years.

Best regards,
Malcolm

[Ben Finney]

Cameron Laird <clai...@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

Emile van Sebille <em...@fenx.com> writes:

> On 3/31/2012 8:38 AM Cameron Laird said...

> > And it's time to bring "Python-URL!" to a close.
>

> Three cheers for your efforts over the years keeping this going.

And so say all of us! Thanks very much, Cameron and Jean-Claude.

--
\ “Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may |
`\ hear from others twice as much as we speak.” —Epictetus, |
_o__) _Fragments_ |
Ben Finney

[Colin J. Williams]

Cameron,

Many thanks for your efforts over the years. It has been good to have
the focused review of what's going on from time to time..

I've added https://twitter.com/#!/SciPyTip to my bookmarks.

I've also been impressed with http://www.walkingrandomly.com/

Good Luck and Best wishes,

Colin W.