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My first links about this programming language:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29

Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language^[11] whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability.^[12] Python claims to combine “remarkable power with very clear syntax”,^[13] and its standard library is large and comprehensive.

Python supports multiple programming paradigms, primarily but not limited to object-oriented,imperative and, to a lesser extent, functional programming styles. It features a fully dynamic typesystem and automatic memory management, similar to that of Scheme, Ruby, Perl, and Tcl. Like other dynamic languages, Python is often used as a scripting language, but is also used in a wide range of non-scripting contexts. Using third-party tools, Python code can be packaged into standalone executable programs. Python interpreters are available for many operating systems.

The reference implementation of Python (CPython) is free and open source software and has a community-based development model, as do all or nearly all of its alternative implementations. CPython is managed by the non-profit Python Software Foundation.

The History of Python

http://python-history.blogspot.com/

A series of articles on the history of the Python programming language and its community.

Python Tools for Visual Studio

http://pytools.codeplex.com/

Contrasting Performance : Languages, styles and VMs – Java, Scala, Python, Erlang, Clojure, Ruby, Groovy

http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2011/08/cperformance-comparison-languages-styles-and-vms-java-scala-python-erlang-clojure-ruby-groovy-javascript/

WSGI and the Pluggable Pipe Dream

http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2011/7/27/the-pluggable-pipedream/

WSGI Is Dead: Long Live WSGI Lite! (dirtSimple.org)

http://dirtsimple.org/2011/07/wsgi-is-dead-long-live-wsgi-lite.html

Pump: A dead simple Pythonic abstraction of HTTP

http://adeel.github.com/pump/

The OpenSkills Sett: Who looks at Smalltalk?

http://openskills.blogspot.com/2011/07/who-looks-at-smalltalk.html

Technical Discovery: Speeding up Python Again

http://technicaldiscovery.blogspot.com/2011/07/speeding-up-python-again.html?spref=tw

Node.js, Ruby, and Python in Windows Azure

http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Cloud-Cover-Episode-48-Nodejs-Ruby-and-Python-in-Windows-Azure

InfoQ: Ville Tuulos on Big Data and Map/Reduce in Erlang and Python with Disco

http://www.infoq.com/interviews/tuulos-erlang-mapreduce

Simple UI (based on Ace) to edit code files in Windows Azure blob storage

https://github.com/smarx/blobedit

Python client wrapper for Windows Azure storage

https://github.com/sriramk/winazurestorage

OAuth Python

http://oauth.googlecode.com/svn/code/python/

See? We Don’t Need a Database … Yet | xProgramming.com

http://xprogramming.com/articles/see-we-dont-need-a-database-yet/

But We Need a Database … Don’t We? | xProgramming.com

http://xprogramming.com/articles/but-we-need-a-database-dont-we/

Python IDE & Django IDE for Web developers : JetBrains PyCharm

http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/

A skip list container class in Python – IRR’s thoughts

http://irr.posterous.com/a-skip-list-container-class-in-python

Advice From An Old Programmer — Learn Python The Hard Way, 2nd Edition

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/advice.html

Code & Beyond: PyPy 1.4: ¡más rápido, más furioso!

http://www.codeandbeyond.org/2010/11/pypy-14-mas-rapido-mas-furioso.html

Using Python and PHP together

http://webania.net/using-python-php-together/

How I learned to stop worrying & love Python Packaging

How I learned to stop worrying & love Python Packaging from Jannis Leidel

PythonACT-R

http://sites.google.com/site/pythonactr/

Python ACT-R is an re-implementation of ACT-R, which is written in LISP

http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/

ACT-R is a cognitive architecture: a theory for simulating and understanding human cognition.

Python from Scratch: Getting Started | Nettuts+

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/python-from-scratch-getting-started/

Python for Lisp Programmers

http://www.norvig.com/python-lisp.html

Learn Python The Hard Way: Learn Python The Hard Way

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/index

PLaSM

http://plasm.net/

functional language for computing with geometry

Clojure & Python, Side by Side | Justin Kramer

http://jkkramer.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/clojure-python-side-by-side/

High Scalability – 6 Lessons from Dropbox – One Million Files Saved Every 15 minutes

http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/3/14/6-lessons-from-dropbox-one-million-files-saved-every-15-minu.html

99.9 % of their code is in Python. Used on the server backend; desktop client, website controller logic, API backend, and analytics.

PyCon 2011: How Dropbox Did It and How Python Helped

String Calculator – Python » Software Craftsmanship – Katas

http://katas.softwarecraftsmanship.org/?p=128

Healthy Skepticism for the Impossible: Performance of CPython, Pypy, Java, and Go

http://bobhancock.blogspot.com/2011/02/performance-of-cpython-pypy-java-and-go.html

Cloud business analytics: Write your own dashboard

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-cloudbizanalytics/

Neopythonic: A new App Engine datastore API

http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-app-engine-datastore-api.html

Time To Diversify

http://david.ing.name/2010/12/01/time-to-diversify/

The macro reasons for moving on to other platforms is in a constant quest to become a well-rounded ‘full stack’ developer. To be able to see the good and bad in different languages and platforms and use that experience to improve

Learning Python

http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2010/12/learning-python.html

Developer Year in Review: Programming Languages – O’Reilly Radar

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/12/developer-2010-languages.html

Writing clean, testable, high quality code in Python

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-cleancode/

Scrapy | An open source web scraping framework for Python

http://scrapy.org/

Code & Beyond: Video: Windmill trae una alternativa al testing web

http://www.codeandbeyond.org/2010/12/video-windmill-trae-una-alternativa-al.html

Google: Exploring Computational Thinking

http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/lessons.html

Informática: la batalla de los lenguajes

http://www.infotechnology.com/notas/249451-informatica-la-batalla-los-lenguajes-

Jim Hugunin – Farewell to Microsoft

http://hugunin.net/microsoft_farewell.html

Large Scale Natural Language Processing

http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/talkdata/PyCon2010/098/large-scale-nlp-pycon-2010.pdf

(How to Write a ((Better) Lisp) Interpreter (in Python))

http://norvig.com/lispy2.html

Data Control Made Easy With FluidDB | O’Reilly GMT

http://www.oreillygmt.eu/open-sourcefree-software/data-control-made-easy-with-fluiddb/

Bioinformatics Programming Using Python – O’Reilly Media

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596154509/

My links

http://www.delicious.com/ajlopez/python

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Angel “Java” Lopez

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