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Frank Willison Memorial Award Contributions can encompass so much more than code. A successful software community requires time, dedication, communication, and education as well as elegant code. With the Frank Willison Memorial Award, we hoped to acknowledge all of those things. —Tim O'Reilly The Frank Willison Memorial Award for Contributions to the Python Community is given annually to a person judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the Python community. The award was ...
A Journey to Python by Alex Martelli, 2006 recipient of the Frank Willison Award After a quarter century of experience in programming (once as a sideline of my main job as a hardware designer, at Texas Instruments and IBM Research, but as my main job for over half that time, at IBM Research and Cad.Lab/think3), I finally stumbled upon Python in 1999. This was thanks to the kind nagging of a friend and colleague whose judgment I respected and to whom I still feel grateful for his insistence (A...
PSF Distinguished Service Awards Contents Introduction 2024 2022 2021 2018 2017 2015 2014 2012 Introduction Building on the ideals of the Foundation's Community Service Award, the Distinguished Service Award is an offer of recognition for sustained exemplary contributions to the Python community. The Foundation's highest award is given for actions which carry significant impact that shapes the Python world, whether through contributions of code, efforts in community action, or otherwise. ...
Diversity Diversity Statement The Python Software Foundation and the global Python community welcome and encourage participation by everyone. Our community is based on mutual respect, tolerance, and encouragement, and we are working to help each other live up to these principles. We want our community to be more diverse: whoever you are, and whatever your background, we welcome you. Diversity Appendix We have created this diversity statement because we believe that a diverse Python communit...
Internet Relay Chat There are several Python-related channels on the libera IRC network. All channels are available by connecting to Internet Relay Chat server Libera.Chat. The #python channel is for all discussion about the Python language, ecosystem, and community. You can get immediate help with programming questions. You will need to first register your nickname with Libera, using the nickname setup instructions (https://libera.chat/guides/registration). Spanish speakers can use the #pyar ...
Python Job Board Please Note: The job board has been relaunched (March 2015) and is now available under the new URL https://www.python.org/jobs/. Please update your bookmarks. Employers / Recruiters: See our HOW-TO for instructions on how to post to the jobs board Unpaid volunteer positions are listed in the Wiki on the VolunteerOpportunities page. Job seekers: We also have an RSS feed which lists the employer, location and a snippet of each posting. Do not send us your resume. We're not set ...
How To Submit to the Python Job Board The Python Job Board is a free resource to help members of the Python community find paid work. It is for real jobs only (that is, only for paid openings that currently exist and are actively being hired for) where the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time writing Python. If this isn't the case, the submission will most likely be rejected. Unpaid volunteer positions will not be posted on the jobs page. If you have some Python-related v...
Mailing Lists Python Mailing Lists and Newsgroups Here's an overview of the mail and news resources for python. For a complete listing of python.org's public mailing lists you can view them on Mailman 3. To request a new list, send e-mail to postmaster @ python.org; please check first to make sure a similar list does not already exist. Mailing lists for users speaking languages other than English are listed in the non-English python resources guide, which includes mailing lists, translate...
The Python Logo Python logo Inline image sizing The Python Logo Projects and companies that use Python are encouraged to incorporate the Python logo on their websites, brochures, packaging, and elsewhere to indicate suitability for use with Python or implementation in Python. Use of the "two snakes" logo element alone (the logo device), without the accompanying wordmark is permitted on the same terms as the combined logo. Combined logo: Logo device only: Currently, the following la...
PyCon Home at python.org PyCon is a conference for the Python community, organized by members of the Python community. PyCon is for Python enthusiasts of all experience levels, from new users to core developers. The original PyCon was formed in North America in 2003, but there are now a number of other conferences being run in the PyCon spirit around the world. Visit the worldwide PyCon web site for more information. For information on PyCon US, please visit the conference website . PyCon gi...
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PyCon Registration <h1>PyCon Registration</h1> <p><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/registration/" target="_blank">Register for PyCon here.</a></p> <p><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/registration/hotel/" target="_blank">Hotel reservation info & links.</a></p> <p>See you at the conference!
Python Special Interest Groups About There are a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for focused collaborative efforts to develop, improve, or maintain specific Python resources. Each SIG has a charter, a coordinator, a mailing list, and a directory on the Python website. SIG membership is informal, defined by subscription to the SIG's mailing list. Anyone can join a SIG, and participate in the development discussions via the SIG's mailing list. Below is the list of currently active ...
Python Special Interest Groups - Coordinator Resource Guide Each PSA SIG </community/sigs> coordinator has at their disposal: A Mailman mailing list A SIG Web directory, situated in http://python.org/community/sigs/ </community/sigs/> These resources are available on python.org, under the name of the SIG. The SIG coordinator has remote control of them, with email and web-mediated administrative authority of the mailing list. Currently, SIG coordinators do not have direct acces...
Python Special Interest Groups
SIG for Supporting Use of the Python/C API SIG for Supporting Use of the Python/C API The Python/C API SIG is a forum for discussions about the discussion and support using the Python/C API in extending or embedding python.
SIG for development of Python/C++ integration SIG for development of Python/C++ integration The Python C++ SIG is a forum for discussions about the integration of Python and C++, with an emphasis on the development of the Boost.Python library. At the point of this writing (Jan 2002), Boost.Python is undergoing a major rewrite to add powerful new features and to take full advantage of the new type system introduced in Python 2.2. Suggestions regarding the direction of the develop...
SIG on Tabular Databases in Python SIG on Tabular Databases in Python This list is intended to work through and resolve issues related to tabular database access from Python. Being somewhat related, this list may also cover persistency issues in Python. The list will cover a number of topics, attempting to produce documentation, modules, and/or sample code.
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