Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Sep 26)

QOTW: "Forget ethical. We can do his homework for him, we can perhaps pass
exams for him, maybe graduate for him, and then with our luck, he'll get a
job in our office and we get to do his work for him." - Mel
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....7c1fa393c23476


How to set up printing/logging so they still work even with Unicode
encoding errors:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....3b219139532a6/

Review of available parsers/lexers:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....d15da2cf4f304/

How is it behind the scenes at the first Spanish-language Pycon?
http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/facundo...r09_report.txt

Developing a custom data warehouse vs. out-of-the-box ETL tool:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....9836c1dba554e/

How to delete items from list given their indices:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....85f9212e53fb6/

Determining the target name in an assignment:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....2da9d8952c376/
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....2ffd8011a0e17/

Best way to distribute Python programs:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....c2c0059f5be8a/

In some corner cases, a module could get imported twice:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....861eb01989942/

Very creative answers to a really trivial homework question:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....30b7ec60df888/

Coroutines and generators:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....60f74d76e3cbc/

Getting "the other" element from a dictionary containing only two keys:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....0ce86e4b97850/

Review of several webapp testing tools:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....7513596ab648c/

J. P. Calderone shares his reccomendations on structuring a Python
project:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....2c45d0d913a31/

Python beginner asks for comments about his coding style:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....19551381cf869/

Basic logging usage explained:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....9d3ac2089bddc/

Checking for possible error conditions in advance isn't a substitute for
correct exception handling:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....8edec3c2ef889/


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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 enthusiasts":
http://pythonpapers.org/
The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python:
http://pythonmagazine.com

Readers have recommended the "Planet" site:
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....nnounce/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/

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=stat...evel&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?...ShowStatus=all
The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
SourceForge reincarnation.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid...70&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

Enjoy the *Python Magazine*.
http://pymag.phparch.com/

*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/search...eryText=python
and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/se...&rankprofile=8

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