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  • Archive 2018: Executive Summary: The Python Software Foundation

    ...build system, called Pyramid, was however found to be slow, complicated, and hard to install. This made it difficult for volunteers to be able to get started with maintaining the site. Some improvements were made, but ultimately Pyramid was replaced with a much simpler and faster build system that is custom-designed for python.org. Despite these initial problems with the build software, this project was a success. The look of the site has been improved and moving to a CSS based design and unifor...

  • Release – Python 3.7.7

    Version: None

    Released: March 10, 2020

    Note: The release you are looking at is a bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.7 was 3.7.17. The Python 3.7 …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.0b5

    Version: None

    Released: May 30, 2018

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.7 Python 3.7 is still in development. This release, 3.7.0b5, is now the final planned beta release preview. Originally, 3.7.0b4 was intended to be the final beta but, due to some unexpected compatibility issues discovered during beta testing of third-party packages, we …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.10rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 22, 2020

    Python 3.5.10rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.10rc1 was released on August 21st, 2020. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.10

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 5, 2020

    Python 3.5.10 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10 is the final release of 3.5. Python 3.5.10 was released on September 5th, 2020. Python 3.5.10 is the final release in the Python 3.5 series. As of this release, the 3.5 branch has been retired, no further changes to 3.5 will …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...build its database interface. Python's introspection model had been significantly enhanced with the release of Python 2.2. We decided to use it to build a generic database interface class based on a DBI 2.0 compliant database connector. In this approach, rather than writing queries or table-specific wrappers by hand, a meta-class abstracts all database queries into a single clean API. We create descendents of this meta-class to make an API for each table. Each table's class contains a few class ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...building various types of meta-classes. For almost every programming task, Python makes it not only possible but quite easy to build meta-code where one might otherwise end up building gobs of manually crafted code. 6) Faster development and deeper prototyping -- Python increases speed of development to the point where prototyping can be integrated into and interleaved with the primary development process. When it takes only half a day to try out a new approach to a problem, rather than the week...

  • Release – Python 3.6.0a1

    Version: None

    Released: May 17, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a1 Python 3.6.0a1 was released on 2016-05-17. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a1 is the first of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a2

    Version: None

    Released: June 13, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a2 Python 3.6.0a2 was released on 2016-06-13. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a2 is the second of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a3

    Version: None

    Released: July 12, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a3 Python 3.6.0a3 was released on 2016-07-12. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a3 is the third of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a4

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 15, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a4 Python 3.6.0a4 was released on 2016-08-15. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a4 is the last of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.7rc1

    Version: None

    Released: March 4, 2020

    Note Python 3.8 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.8.x here. We plan to continue to provide bugfix releases for 3.7.x until mid 2020 and security fixes until mid 2023. Python 3.7.7rc1 is the release candidate preview of the seventh …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.8

    Version: None

    Released: June 27, 2020

    Note: The release you are looking at is a bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.7 was 3.7.17. Please see the …

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  • Job - CNO Python Software Engineer

    Location: Hanover US

    Requirements: I need someone who can demonstrate solid knowledge of Python and XML. The candidate should perform system and subsystem definition, preliminary and detailed design, design implementation, and subsystem and system integration and tests for a system. The role involves researching requirements for products, including CNO deployment environments, performance criteria, …

  • Python Success Stories

    ...build the Ultraseek Server and several back-end tasks at Infoseek, was used in creating the Ultraseek spider, as well as the GUI that provides the end-user search box, results pages, and all administrative functions. Python was chosen for several reasons: Python (like Java) is a modern language with objects, modules, threads, exceptions, and automatic memory management. At the time, both C and C++ were rejected as missing at least some of these features. The solution needed to be multi-threaded...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...build a reliable and portable system in a relative small time lapse. Productivity Python is our "secret weapon". It gives us order-of-magnitude increases in productivity thanks to: Simple syntax and clear coding style: it effortlessly forced us to use a consistent and expressive coding style. Now it's easy to look at a piece of code and understand at a glance how it works (nearly impossible with the first Perl version). Rapid development cycle: Python removed the tedious and long cod...

  • Release – Python 3.7.8rc1

    Version: None

    Released: June 17, 2020

    Note Note: The release you are looking at is a bugfix release preview for the legacy 3.7 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.7 was 3.7.17. Note …

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  • Job - CTO (Python Expert & Technical Leader) – Equity/Stock Options Available

    Location: Rome Italy

    Telecommuting: Yes

    This is a consultant role: you must be able to invoice and work as an independent contractor. You are a hands-on technical leader who understands the importance of infrastructure resilience, data quality, and long-term vision. You don’t just solve problems—you prevent them. We are looking for proficiency in programming, preferably …

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 8-Apr-2002

    ...building efficient, flexible, scalable, and well-integrated systems, which is exactly what we need. Python has met or exceeded every requirement we've had," said Steve Waterbury, Software Group Leader, NASA STEP Testbed. Python significantly increases programmer productivity over languages such as C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic. The language's global user base is estimated in the hundreds of thousands and is growing rapidly. Key features of Python include: Object orientation, mod...

  • Quotes about Python

    ...build and test our in-house communications with hundreds of travel suppliers around the world in a matter of days rather then the months it would have taken using other languages. Since adopting Python 2 years ago, Python has provided us with a measurable productivity gain that allows us to stay competitive in the online travel space," said Michael Engelhart, CTO of EZTrip.com. RealEstateAgent.com "Python in conjunction with PHP has repeatedly allowed us to develop fast and proficie...

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