Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jan 30)

Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:55:40 -0600 (CST)
From: Moshe Zadka moshez@zadka.site.co.il
To: Dr.Dobb's.Python-URL.distribution@starbase.neosoft.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jan 30)

Moments too late for last week's Python-URL!, Guido announces Python 2.1a1
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=719153679
available at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5470

Tim Peters explains why "if key in dict:" is a good idea for Python 2.1
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=721332761
why function attributes are good
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=720829036
why windows beep sounds the same no matter what the frequency is
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=720041274

Alex Martelli explains how to use Python for web serving
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=719248281
implements a Pythonic boolean xor
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=720595249

Fredrik Lundh gives an example of sophisticated search-and-replace
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=719079807

Bryan Mongeau announces an implementation of AES for Python
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=720935577

Tim O'Malley announces a timeoutsocket that works with Python 2
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=719743512

Sean Reifschneider announces SRPMS for Python 2.1a1
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=720611564

Mark Pilgrim plugs his free Python teaching book
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=721660836

Albert Hopkins announces a list of Python IDE
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=719447661
Dr. David Mertz enhances the list a bit
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=719573413

Barry Warsaw announces mimelib
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=720274419

Carel Fellinger implements Observer pattern
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=719506967

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://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce

Andrew Kuchling writes marvelous summaries twice a month of the action on the python-dev mailing list, where the future of Python is truly determined
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/

Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity
http://www.python.org/consortium

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 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

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