Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Feb 17)

[Cameron Laird]

QOTW:  "Python may be one of the simplest and most flexible programming
languages out there, but it is still a programming language. It still has
syntax, datatypes, and the occasional dark corner inhabited by sorcerers
named Tim."  Mark Lutz
    http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/02/05/learn python.html

"I think PyChecker ( http://pychecker.sf.net/ ) should be mentioned in
every beginner tutorial, and should be integrated with every Python IDE.
Before you type anything, type 'import pychecker.checker'."  DH
  

    In principle, comp.lang.python.announce announces all the great
    Python-related software that's available.  Much never appears
    there, though.  Among the jewels of the last fortnight:  Python
    wrappers for the GNU Scientific Library and NOAA cartographic
    toos, a pure Python DHCP server, an XHTML generator, and far too
    much more ...
	http://pygsl.sourceforge.net/
	http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/~jsw/python/gmt/
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/pydhcpd/
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/hhtml/

    Nokia Seris 60 handsets run Python.
	http://www.mobilewhack.com/programming/python/python_on_nokia_screenshots.html

    LOTS of magazines now run Python content, more than are feasible
    to track.  Even Tim Berners-Lee has adopted Python for his assault
    on The Semantic Web.
	http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/doc/cwm

    Pyzine Issue 5 is out.
	http://pyzine.com/Issue005/index.html

    Andrew M. Kuchling is exactly the right person to explain
    "What's New in Python 2.4".
	http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/whatsnew/whatsnew24.html

    Ross Karchner illustrates PyAmazon scripting.
	http://python.scripting.com/2004/02/01#a317

    Python's the development language of two significant tools for
    programming database-backed applications.
        http://www.devchannel.org/devtoolschannel/04/02/02/1922256.shtml


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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

    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.

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce

    Brett Cannon continues the marvelous tradition established by 
    Andrew Kuchling and Michael Hudson 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/

    The Python Business Forum "further[s] the interests of companies
    that base their business on ... Python."
	http://www.python-in-business.org

    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

    Cetus collects Python hyperlinks.
        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

    Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are
	http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
	http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi
	http://python.de/backend.php
    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://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html
     
    The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com.
    editor at pythonjournal.com and editor at pythonjournal.cognizor.com
    welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding
    of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work.

    *Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
        http://www.pyzine.com

    Archive probing tricks of the trade:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100
        http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python.*

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