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

Tue Apr 3 09:34:39 EDT 2012

On 31/03/2012 11:38 AM, Cameron Laird wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> ========================================================================
> 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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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.