Examples of high-quality python code?

[kaens]

On 31 May 2007 06:58:36 -0700, kyosohma at gmail.com <kyosohma at gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 31, 8:38 am, Larry Bates <larry.ba... at websafe.com> wrote:
> > kaens wrote:
> > > Hey everyone, I'm relatively new to python - I actually picked it up
> > > to see how quickly I could start building non-trivial apps with it.
> >
> > > Needless to say, I was quite pleased.
> >
> > > Anyhow, I'm looking to expand my understanding of python, and I feel
> > > that one of the best ways to do that is looking at other peoples code.
> >
> > > Unfortunately, I don't feel like I grok the python mindset quite well
> > > enough to fully distinguish between awesome, average, and not-pythony
> > > code, so I was hoping some of the more experienced python people could
> > > point me to some (preferably FOSS) non-trivial apps written in python
> > > that are examples of great python code.
> >
> > > I realize this may be a bit ambiguous - basically I don't want to go
> > > randomly downloading other people's source and end up assimilating
> > > techniques that aren't . . . well . . . pythonistic.
> >
> > > So, who wants to hook me up?
> >
> > You should consider picking up a copy of Python Cookbook.  Alex and
> > others have reviewed the code it contains and IMHO it is well written.
> >
> > I've also learned quite a lot from:
> >
> > Python on Win32 (book by Mark Hammond/Andy Robinson)
> > Reading source code to standard library
> > Reading ReportLab source (www.reportlab.org)
> > Reading PIL source (www.effbot.org)
> > Reading wxPython source (www.wxpython.org)
> > Monitoring this list on a daily basis
> >
> > -Larry
>
> Also "Python Programming" by Lutz has some great code to learn from as
> it also explains most of it.
>
> Mike
>
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Thanks for the replies everyone - I don't have the spare cash to buy a
book right now, but I've started studying the standard library, and I
do monitor this list on a regular basis.