From: Mike Orr <mso@oz.net> Subject: README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (Jan 24) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 99 03:38:54 GMT Instant Python is a 6-page tutorial on Python with lots of examples. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=434716455 http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~mlh/different.html MacPython 1.5.2b1 (beta of Python for the Macintosh). http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=435400839 http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/jack/python/mac Python 1.5.2b1 (beta) for RedHat Linux (precompiled) has recent changes. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=434713457 mxODBC 1.0.0 is an interface to several database systeems. Complies with ODBC 2.0 and (almost) with the Python Database API. Requires mxDateTime. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=436150683 http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxODBC.html http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxDateTime.html An analysis of COAS (Caldera Open Administration System) appears in Linux Journal (February 1999). COAS provides a common front-end for computer configuration files. Discusses why they chose Python over other languages. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=435767268 http://www.coas.org/ http://developer.coas.org/ cplay is a player for mpg123 sound files. Requires mpg123 >= 0.59o and curses. Tested only under Linux. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=434713459 http://lemon.tky.hut.fi/linux/cplay/ PySol 2.02, a new version of the solitaire card game. (requires Tkinter) http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html Compiler Framework classes for scanning, parsing & AST traversal. Based on "Compiling Little Languages in Python", a paper presented at IPC7. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=434713458 Thread on when to use a factory function. That is, a function that decides which of several similar (sub)classes to instantiate and returns a new instance. http://www.dejanews.com/thread/435363098 Tutorials on sockets, GUIs, graphs/paths/nodes, prototyping, and analyzing C code, all with Python examples. http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/python.html Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org 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 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/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- -Mike Orr, mso@jimpick.com == Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird@NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce@python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------