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U. of St Andrews uses Python...
... joining users such as Rackspace, Industrial Light and Magic, AstraZeneca, Honeywell, and many others.
What they are saying...
"Python is everywhere at ILM. It's used to extend the capabilities of our applications, as well as providing the glue between them. Every CG image we create has involved Python somewhere in the process," said Philip Peterson, Principal Engineer, Research & Development, Industrial Light & Magic.
Using Python For...
- Web Programming
- CGI, Zope, Django, TurboGears, XML
- Databases
- ODBC, MySQL
- GUI Development
- wxPython, tkInter, PyGtk, PyQt
- Scientific and Numeric
- Bioinformatics, Physics
- Education
- pyBiblio, Software Carpentry Course
- Networking
- Sockets, Twisted
- Software Development
- Buildbot, Trac, Roundup, IDEs
- Game Development
- PyGame, PyKyra, 3D Rendering
Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. You can learn to use Python and see almost immediate gains in productivity and lower maintenance costs.
Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and has been ported to the Java and .NET virtual machines.
Python is free to use, even for commercial products, because of its OSI-approved open source license.
New to Python or choosing between Python 2 and Python 3? Read Python 2 or Python 3.
The Python Software Foundation holds the intellectual property rights behind Python, underwrites the PyCon conference, and funds other projects in the Python community.
Read more, -or- download Python now
Frank Willison Award goes to Christian Tismer
Christian Tismer has been selected as the recipient for the 2010 Frank Willison Memorial Award for contributions to the Python community. Congratulations!
Python track at German Zope conference
The German Zope Conference takes place September 15-17 in Dresden. We are still looking for talk proposals for the Python track.
Python 2.7 released
The first production version of Python 2.7 has been released.
PSF supports PyCon India
The PSF is sponsoring PyCon India 2010, to be held in Bangalore on Sep 25/26, 2010. The PSF is contributing an amount of $1000 towards the conference and wishes PyCon India all success.
Python 2.7 release candidate 2 released
The second release candidate of Python 2.7 has been released for testing.
PyCon India 2010 Call for Proposals
Submit your proposal by July 31 for PyCon India (Bangalore, Sept 25-26)
Python 2.7 release candidate 1 released
The first release candidate of Python 2.7 has been released for testing.
