Python: Links, News and Resources (1)

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
http://www.slideshare.net/jezdez/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-love-python-packaging

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
http://blip.tv/pycon-us-videos-2009-2010-2011/pycon-2011-how-dropbox-did-it-and-how-python-helped-4896698

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/