Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 3)

[Gabriel Genellina]

QOTW:  "Thus spake the Lord: Thou shalt indent with four spaces. No more, no
less.  Four shall be the number of spaces thou shalt indent, and the number
of thy indenting shall be four. Eight shalt thou not indent, nor either 
indent thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to four. Tabs are right
out." - GHUM
    
    
    Strategies for developing effective sets of unit tests:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/e850a45655099217/
    
    Python became more popular than Perl, acording to TIOBE index:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fb650cf462bf8f16/
    
    A design problem shows that inheritance isn't always the right
    relationship between classes:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/8f8c96c27f2425c2/
    
    Another design question: instance attributes vs. class attributes vs.
    function arguments:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3982be22cc4a0633/
    
    Modules are singletons usually, but beware of duplicate imports under
    different names:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/51dd881f83adeb35/
    
    Using module decorators (whatever that means):
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/215216a1e13ba2c6/
    
    Nested functions: are they fast? make the code confusing? when is OK
    to use them?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9d458fc630554307/
    
    Converting a fixed, static function definition into a more generic one:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/54caf74fd3454b8d/
    
    "Metaprogramming" in Python (Python code generating Python code):
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d924498ae98e05d3/
    
    Security implications of using open() on untrusted strings:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/58acb08aac8b62a9/
    
    \w (in a regular expression) does not match all Unicode characters it
    actually should:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/669bb61bad1b58d5/
    
    What different editors have to offer (emacs vs eclipse vs vim):
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/dee02886eccfaef2/
    
    This was the longest thread this week - annoying? hilarious? paranoid?
    Probably worth reading only if you have plenty of time to waste:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/c403b827231b9a4/
    

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Everything Python-related 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
    Notice especially the master FAQ
        http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

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

    Just beginning with Python?  This page is a great place to start:
	http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

    The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats":
	http://pythonpapers.org/
    The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python:
	http://pythonmagazine.com

    Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites:
	http://planetpython.org
	http://planet.python.org

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics

    Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
    Updates appear more-than-weekly:
        http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html

    The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
        http://www.python.org/pypi/

    The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references
    to all sorts of 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 Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line
    match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're
    subject with a vision of what the language makes practical.
        http://www.pythonology.com/success

    The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python
    Consortium as an independent nexus of activity.  It has official
    responsibility for Python's development and maintenance.
        http://www.python.org/psf/
    Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation.
        http://www.python.org/psf/donations/

    The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated
    report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. 
        http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date

    Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python
    hyperlinks retains a few gems.
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html

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

    The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and
    interesting recipes.
	http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/

    Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation.
    Watch this space for links to them.

    Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available, see:
        http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
    For more, see:
        http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
	http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/

    del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/python

    *Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
        http://www.pyzine.com

    Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles:
        http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryText=python
    and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
        http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8

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