Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 20)

[Grant Edwards]

Kind of a slow week -- maybe everybody is paying too much attention to
Florida.  Keep watching comp.lan.python.announce, though.

    Steve Holden points out the "dtuple" package for turning
    tuples/lists into objects or dictionaries with named
    attributes. 
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=691663734

    Bernhard Reiter publishes wxPython article (German) in magzine
    "sw-development".
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=694747967

    Andrew Dalke politely explains the convention of a "main"
    function and associated textual formatting
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695235053

    Alex Martelli writes wisely and comprehensively.  This time
    his subject is run-time type calculation
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695348220
    While thinking about list comprehensions, he ventures perilously
    near the land of over-refined arcana, before emerging with a
    lovely example of correct and meaningful usage
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695705631

    jepler epler correctly promotes os.path as a superior
    alternative to RE-slinging
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695477505

    A loooong thread on "Ruby and Python" includes highlights
    which not only sagely contrast those two, but also examine
    several interesting tangents
        http://deja.com/=dnc/viewthread.xp?AN=694317151


========================================================================

Everything 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
      although PythonLabs.com bills itself as "The Python Source",
      which is becoming increasingly true in 2000
          http://www.pythonlabs.com/

      PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
      daily python url
           http://www.pythonware.com/daily  

      comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
      sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly.
          http://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce

      Andrew Kuchling writes marvelous summaries twice a month of
      the action on the python-dev mailing list, where the future
      of Python is truly determined
          http://www.kuchling.com/python/dev/

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

      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

      Cetus does much of the same
          http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html

      Python FAQTS
          http://python.faqts.com/

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

      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


Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here:
  http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html
or
  http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21


Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.
[http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ is hibernating.  Just
e-mail us ideas directly.]

To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning,
ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe.  Mention "Python-URL!".


-- The Python-URL! Team--

Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and
sponsor the "Python-URL!" project.
-- 

Cameron Laird <claird@NeoSoft.com>
Business:  http://www.Phaseit.net
Personal:  http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html