The Python Programming Language
NASA uses Python...
... so does Rackspace, Industrial Light and Magic, AstraZeneca, Honeywell, and many others.
What they are saying...
"Python is fast enough for our site and allows us to produce maintainable features in record times, with a minimum of developers."
--Cuong Do, YouTube.com
Using Python For...
- Web Programming
- CGI, Zope, Django, TurboGears, XML
- Databases
- ODBC, MySQL, Others
- 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 dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. Many Python programmers report substantial productivity gains and feel the language encourages the development of higher quality, more maintainable code.
Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, OS/2, Amiga, Palm Handhelds, and Nokia mobile phones. Python has also been ported to the Java and .NET virtual machines.
Python is distributed under an OSI-approved open source license that makes it free to use, even for commercial products.
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) holds and protects the intellectual property rights behind Python, underwrites the PyCon conference, and funds grants and other projects in the Python community.
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PyCon 2007 Funding Available
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PyCon: Schedule, Early-Bird Registration
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Python 2.3.6 (FINAL)
Python 2.3.6 is now available. This is a security bugfix release of the older Python 2.3.
Python 2.3.6 (release candidate 1)
Python 2.3.6c1 is now available. This is a security bugfix release of the older Python 2.3.
Python 2.4.4 (Final)
Python 2.4.4 is now available. This is a bugfix release of the older Python 2.4.
Open Source Developers' Conference 2006
Registrations are now open for OSDC 2006 (Melbourne, Australia) 5th - 8th December. Topics include Python, Perl, PHP and more.