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• Volunteer

  ...help building infrastructure for the PSF and PyCon US, helping with fundraising and advocacy, and running important parts of the Python community (mailing lists, website, job board, etc). You can help out by signing up the psf-volunteers mailing list, which puts you in a pool of people that receive requests from the PSF board when there is work to be done that we cannot handle ourselves. Sign up here! Don't worry if you won't always be available. Our goal is to build a pool of volunteers so tha...

• Comparing Option-Parsing Libraries

  ...help and usage text) ie. with all explicit help text removed. For ArgParser and argtools, this is just a big literal string, since these libraries don't do automatic help generation. For Optik, this just means removing the help parameter from each option; even removing this per-option help text, Optik still provides a --help option that reports which options are available But as Mark Twain said: there are lies, damned lies, and statist...

• Sunsetting Python 2

  ...help fix them. If you need help with Python 2 software, then many volunteers will not help you, and over time fewer and fewer volunteers will be able to help you. You will lose chances to use good tools because they will only run on Python 3, and you will slow down people who depend on you and work with you. Some of these problems started on January 1. Other problems will grow over time. I wrote code in Python 2. How should I port it to Python 3? Please read the official "Porting Python 2 C...

• Community Stories

  ...helped me get through that transition, from painstakingly copying individual lines and functions into the interpreter, to thinking in terms of Python's program flow. Years later, my Python and software management skills have been invaluable. I run a small business, where I've been able to hire, train, and mentor contract workers who then go on to get full-time programming jobs. We've helped overhaul the Python Package Index, mentored and recruited contributors to Zulip, helped journalists open-s...

• Help

  Help New to programming and to Python? Check out the Beginner's Guide. New to Python? Read the standard tutorial. Look for a suitable book from a growing list of titles. Looking for code? See the download page for links to the Python interpreter. Explore the development repository. Got a Python problem or question? First check the Python FAQs, with answers to many common, general Python questions. The Python Help category of the discuss.python.org website hosts usage questions an...

• Fiscal Sponsorees

  ...help support ongoing meeting costs by donating! Jazzband Jazzband is a project that secures the long-term maintenance of Python projects that have passed their first life-cycle as single-author projects. Jazzband's intention is to break the cycle of loss of maintenance of established, well-tested, well-documented projects when their original author steps away (bus factor problem) using cooperative coding. You can support Jazzband to help keep Python projects alive. North Bay Python North Bay Pyt...

• 👋 Hey Community Members!

  ...help vote in new Fellow members Nominate someone to receive a Community Service Award Interested in packaging? Check out the discussion on Discourse Help PyPI test out new beta features Follow PyCon on Twitter! Interested in Python in Education? Join the Education Sig mailing list Interested in jobs.python.org? Help us review job postings or help us improve the functionality Know of a Python community workshop or training that could use additional funding? Direct them to our grants page! See som...

• Mailing Lists

  ...help mailing list The python-help mailing list is python.org's help desk. You can ask a group of knowledgeable volunteers questions about all your Python problems. You can send email to python-help by writing to help @ python.org for individual support. Mail sent there lands in the mailbox of a small group of volunteers who may reply to reasonable requests for help, depending on their area of expertise. Using it is much preferred to sending mail directly to Guido or some other individual, bu...

• Python For Beginners

  ...Help? If you want to help to develop Python, take a look at the developer area for further information. Please note that you don't have to be an expert programmer to help. The documentation is just as important as the compiler, and still needs plenty of work!

• Sponsor the PSF

  ...help maintain and support the Python community and Python tools that you and the Python community use daily. This work can only be done with the generous financial support that organizations like yours provide. Whether you want to give back to this vibrant community or perhaps introduce your business or brand to like-minded industry professionals, the Python Software Foundation can help you accomplish those goals. Your contributions matter and they make an impact! The PSF is recognized by the...

• Help Fund Python Development and Maintenance

  Help Fund Python Development and Maintenance Donate to Python Development and Maintenance The Python Software Foundation's goal is to increase the support we provide for Python development and maintenance. Through the donation button above, you can financially contribute to this cause. The PSF will use Python development fundraising to support CPython development and maintenance. Additionally, the funds will be used for mission-related sprints, such as the annual core dev...

• PSF Fundraiser - test page

  ...Help us raise $60,000 USD by December 31st! COVID-19 has changed all aspects of our lives and is reshaping our future. Nonprofits like the PSF are having to rebuild. With PyCon 2020 and 2021 happening virtually, the PSF is faced with potentially losing $1.2 million USD of expected revenue for those two years. This fundraiser is critically important and the money raised will help the PSF support the tools and initiatives that Pythonistas use everyday. This years' fundraiser is focus...

• Python Distutils-SIG: Introduction

  ...helps distributing packages, and think you can help making Distutils better, please join us! What's Available Interested in learning more or trying out the Distutils? These other project web pages are available: the Distutils documentation page: lists requirements/design documents and also links to the Distutils manuals. Distutils-SIG Info Page Distutils-SIG Archives Distutils Wiki

• Job - Software Engineer – Platform & Systems

  Location: San Francisco, CA United States

  Telecommuting: Yes

  CrossTerra is building the infrastructure to power seamless cross-border commerce—fulfillment, localization, payments, and marketplace integrations that work across borders and systems. Our stack spans APIs, Lambdas, multi-tenant frontends, and cloud-native infrastructure. Your job is to help us scale it the right way. We're looking for a senior engineer who can …

• 2021 end-of-the-year fundraiser!

  2021 end-of-the-year fundraiser! There are two ways to donate: JetBrains is supporting the PSF by providing a 30% discount on PyCharm and all proceeds will go to the PSF! You can take advantage of this discount by using promo code SUPPORTPYTHON21, You can donate directly to the PSF! Donate Today! Contributing to the PSF financially helps sustain programs that support the larger Python community. This year the PSF launched two critical initiatives thanks to Google's sponsorship and B...

• Python.org Website Maintenance

  ...help maintain the Python.org website, you can find installation guide at https://pythondotorg.readthedocs.org/.

• Internet Relay Chat

  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 ...

• PSF Sponsorship

  ...help us in this endeavor. Here are some suggestions for our sponsor companies that demonstrate a willingness to help the Python community: Offer to run a Python-related meetup periodically Support a local meetup by providing a free venue, speakers or food and beverage Sponsor PyCon and/or a regional Python conference or event Support the PSF’s mission to help the language and support its communities by using OSS libraries written in Python. Be a good FOSS (free and open source software) citizen...

• Giving Tuesday Fundraiser

  ...Help us raise $10,000 USD on Giving Tuesday, December 3, 2019! Something new this year - Giving Tuesday! For the first time, the PSF is participating in Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is held annually the Tuesday after Thanksgiving - this year on December 3, 2019. The global celebration runs for 24 hours and begins at midnight local time. Please donate today and help us meet our goal of $10,000! Donate Now! Donations support sprints, meetups, community events, Python docu...

• Agenda of 2007 PSF Members' Meeting, 23 February 2007

  ...help) Doug Napoleone (PyCon help & web apps) Sean Reifschneider (pydotorg maintainer, PyCon help) Jeff Rush (PyCon co-chair, Advocacy Coordinator) See the PSF Membership FAQ Election of Sponsor Members A simple majority is required to elect new members. The Board has already approved the following as pending sponsor members: Tabblo (April 10, 2006) cPacket Networks (June 12, 2006) Madison Tyler LLC / EWT (July 10, 2006) Microsoft (August 14, 2006) Canonical (January 8, 2006) Review of ...

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