Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Feb 3)

[Fredrik Lundh]

The eff-bot finally makes it back from the Python conference, after
an involuntary detour to Oslo.  Here's this weeks' Python-Alert, worth
well over $9.52 per week:

First, a couple of reminders:

    Don't forget Software Carpentry's design competition:
        http://software-carpentry.codesourcery.com/contest-rules.html

    Don't forget the www.python.org design competition:
        http://www.python.org/Redesign.html

    And don't forget the O'Reilly Python Conference: deadline
    extended to at least Feb 15:
        http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/call.html

The eighth Python conference (SPAM8) was a huge success.  Almost everyone
was there, except Tim Peters.  He might be real, though -- at least two
usually reliable sources told me they'd met him in real life.

    Here're interesting links:
        http://www.oreilly.com/frank/index.html (frank willison)
        http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/diary (andrew kuchling)
        http://freeweb.pdq.net/robinf1/spam8pix/ (robin friedrich's photo album)
        http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/ (conference site)
        http://www.reiters.com/ (official conference bookstore)
        http://www.cravindogs.com/about.html (python powered, sort of)

In other news:
    ActiveState (www.activestate.com) joins the Python Consortium,
    and announces great plans for Python.  David Ascher has more
    info on this:
        http://www.egroups.com/group/python-list/77941.html
        http://www.activestate.com/press/releases/python.htm

    Secret Labs AB (www.pythonware.com) joins the Python Consortium,
    and also receives first round of venture funding from the East
    Sweden Foundation of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer.

People keep releasing cool software:
    Christian Tismer's übercool stackless python:
        http://www.tismer.com/research/stackless/

    Barry Warsaw announces JPython 1.1 final:
        http://www.jpython.org/NEWS

    Andreas Jung releases PMW (Poor Man's Zope):
        http://www.suxers.de/pmz.htm

More books arrive:
    Python and Tkinter Programming (by John Grayson)
        http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=575925861
        http://www.manning.com/grayson/

    Python Programming for Win32 (Andy Robinson & Mark Hammond)
        http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32
    (both books mention my name, so they can't be that bad ;-)

    Btw, judging from what people told the eff-bot at SPAM8, at
    least four more books are in the works.  And if you want to
    write your own Python book, Greg Wilson has some great ideas
    for you:
        http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=579589266


    Finally, the Scheme folks reveal the truth about Python and
    Pythoneers, but completely fails to start another flame war.
    Read more in this thread:
        http://www.deja.com/viewthread.xp?AN=580480307


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Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages:

      Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia
          http://www.python.org

      Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
          mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/

      Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity
          http://www.python.org/consortium

      Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction
          http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py

      The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects Python resources
          http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/   

      Python Journal is at work on its second issue
          http://www.pythonjournal.com

      Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive
      what AI can generate
          http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python

      Archive probing trick of the trade:
          http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python


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