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AFNIC.fr uses Python...
... joining users such as Rackspace, Industrial Light and Magic, AstraZeneca, Honeywell, and many others.
What they are saying...
"Like XML, scripting was extremely useful as both a mod tool and an internal development tool. If you don't have any need to expose code and algorithms in a simple and safe way to others, you can argue that providing a scripting language is not worth the effort. However, if you do have that need, as we did, scripting is a no brainer, and it makes complete sense to use a powerful, documented, cross-platform standard such as Python." -- Mustafa Thamer of Firaxis Games, talking about Civilization IV. Quoted on page 18 of the August 2005 Game Developer Magazine.
Using Python For...
- Web Programming
- CGI, Zope, Django, TurboGears, XML
- Databases
- ODBC, MySQL
- GUI Development
- wxPython, tkInter, PyGtk, PyQt
- Scientific and Numeric
- Bioinformatics, Physics
- Education
- pyBiblio, Software Carpentry Course
- Networking
- Sockets, Twisted
- Software Development
- Buildbot, Trac, Roundup, IDEs
- Game Development
- PyGame, PyKyra, 3D Rendering
Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. You can learn to use Python and see almost immediate gains in productivity and lower maintenance costs.
Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and has been ported to the Java and .NET virtual machines.
Python is free to use, even for commercial products, because of its OSI-approved open source license.
The Python Software Foundation holds the intellectual property rights behind Python, underwrites the PyCon conference, and funds other projects in the Python community.
Read more, -or- download Python now
ConFoo.ca 2010 (Montreal): Call for Proposals
ConFoo.ca has posted a call for speakers. ConFoo.ca is a bilingual (English & French) web development conference covering PHP, Python, Ruby, Web standards, security, project management and many other topics. Proposals are due November 13th, 2009. Confoo.ca 2010 will take place in Montreal, Canada, from March 10th to 12th 2010.
Colorado PyUnCon 10/11-12
Python UnConference in Boulder, Colorado, USA October 11-12
SciPy India 2009
The first Scientific Computing with Python conference in India will be held from December 12th to 17th, 2009 at the Technopark in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Registration is free!
Python 2.6.3 final released
The third maintenance release of the 2.6 series is available.
Python 2.6.3rc1 released
A candidate for the third maintenance release of the 2.6 series is available.
Python 3.1.1 released
The first bugfix release of the 3.1 series has been released.
PyCon 2010 Atlanta: Call for Proposals
The Call for Proposals has been posted. Proposals are due by October 1 2009.