From:	 Quinn Dunkan <quinn@retch.ugcs.caltech.edu>
To:	 Dr.Dobb's.Python-URL.distribution@starbase.neosoft.com
Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Aug 23)
Date:	 Thu, 23 Aug 2001 18:54:45 -0500 (CDT)

    Language use:
    The perennial unit testing questions arise:  what should be tested?
    how do you set up a testing environment?  and how do you test GUIs?
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=3d937598aa164a8f,14

    Continuing the interest in Python-aware editors last week, Alan
    Green posts a list of python IDEs.  Discussion ensues about why
    some people like IDEs and some people don't:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=424469e8ee7ab91f,14

    "The PLEAC project plans to reimplement all of the programs from the
    Perl Cookbook in a variety of other languages."  Currently it is
    incomplete.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=f045f8be10734300,3

    Announcements:
    "PySpy does run-time visualization and analysis of Python software."
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=8fdcaace862828a3,8

    "PythonCard is a software construction kit (in the spirit of Apple's
    HyperCard) written in Python."
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=786b9d830b315c5d,4

    "SciPy is an open source package that builds on the strengths of
    Python and Numeric providing a wide range of fast scientific and
    numeric functionality."
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=2312c152abad017c,1

    "A work-in-progress design document for the Python-based SCons
    software construction tool is now available at the SCons
    documentation page:"
        http://www.scons.org/doc.html


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Everything 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
    daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily  

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce

    Michael Hudson continues Andrew Kuchling's marvelous tradition
    of summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every
    other week.
        http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/
        http://www.amk.ca/python/dev

    The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collect 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/

    The Python Software Foundation has replaced the Python Consortium
    as an independent nexus of activity
        http://www.python.org/psf/

    Cetus does much of the same
        http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html

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

    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 tricks of the trade:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100
        http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python.*

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