Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Feb 24)

[Cameron Laird]

QOTW:  "Who's 'Guido'?" -- Ilias Lazaridis

"I know this document.  It has no relevance to me." -- Ilias
Lazaridis, on <URL: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >

"Nobody asked them to do this (AFAIK), it's more that nobody could
_stop_ them from doing it." -- timbot, on the work of Jason Tishler
and Andrew MacIntyre with Cygwin and OS/2 EMX, respectively


    Hot off the virtual press:  Py2.4 Quick Reference:
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/5be203da13eafdd2/

    For a decade now, confident people have declaimed in 
    managers' meetings and conferences that {local,Web}
    applications are {dead,utterly triumphant}, in all
    combinations (and sometimes at the same venues) (and
    sometimes by the same people!) (although not by the
    same people at the same time).  Real Programmers know
    they need judgment and expertise on both sides.  The
    principal implications for Python:  client-side Web
    scripting is one of the few domains where Python is
    *not* nearly ideal (although not for technical reasons);
    but the best "Weblications" still can result from co-
    operation between Python and other languages:
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b0085890efa29780/

    Kartic and Tony Meyer provide nice two-minute tutorials
    on imaplib, and, more generally, network programming:
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/c8f87f28f00a9c93/

    Tkinter has modal dialogues:
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/8fce072f149f13c0/

    Ron Stephens entertainingly advertises pyGoogle:
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/e28557ad49b4619a/

    Peaceful coexistence:
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/3adfa3b1148aaa8e/
	http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/3775e1b575d8fb67/


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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 newsgroup 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

    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
       
    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.

    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

    *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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