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Your Million Dollar Python Project at the Toronto Python User's Group on Tuesday
by Mike C. Fletcher Nov. 12, 2008

Nov. 12, 2008

We'll be having our regular Toronto Python User's Group (PyGTA) at our regular location, Linux Caffe, at our regular time, 7pm on the Third Tuesday of the month. This month's topic is: If you had up to 1 million dollars to spend on a Python project, what would you spend it on? What features would you like to see? What changes do you feel need to be made? Would you spend the money on advertising, optimization, libraries, frameworks, concurrency, alternative implementations, or infrastructure? What keeps you from using Python everywhere, and what could you do to fix that? Would you spend the money on making a killer commercial project? Would you hire programmers, put out code bounties, or just donate money to projects? Linux Caffe is located at the corner of Grace and Harbord, one block South of Christie station, details on the web-site at http://www.pygta.org. Have fun, Mike -- ________________________________________________ Mike C. Fletcher Designer, VR Plumber, Coder http://www.vrplumber.com http://blog.vrplumber.com

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Wing IDE 3.1.5 released
by Wingware Nov. 11, 2008

Nov. 11, 2008

Hi, Wingware has released version 3.1.5 of Wing IDE, a bugfix release for all three product levels of Wing IDE. *Release Highlights* This release includes the following: * Avoid auto-starting batch searches when a new project is opened * Several vi mode fixes * Added debug 'watch' item to editor context menu * Recognize type of 'x' in 'from x import y' * Allow debugger to start even if replacing sys.stdin fails * Store list of test files in shared project file (*.wpr) * About 16 other bug fixes: see the change log for details: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.1.5/CHANGELOG.txt *Downloads* Wing IDE Professional and Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. A free trial license can be obtained directly from the product when launched. Wing IDE Pro 3.1.5 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide/3.1 Wing IDE Personal 3.1.5 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-personal/3.1 Wing IDE 101 3.1.5 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-101/3.1 *About Wing IDE* Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. Wing IDE is available in three product levels: Wing IDE Professional is the full-featured Python IDE, Wing IDE Personal offers a reduced feature set at a low price, and Wing IDE 101 is a free simplified version designed for teaching entry level programming courses with Python. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Wing IDE 3.1 supports Python versions 2.0.x through 2.5.x. *New Features in Wing 3.1* This release adds the following features not found in Wing 3.0.x: * Support for zip archives * Support for pkg_resources name spaces and eggs * Support for doctest and nose style unit tests (*) * Scan for sys.path changes such as those used in buildout * How-To and support for Google App Engine * Inline context appropriate templates/snippets integrated with autocompleter (*) * Word list driven auto-completion in non-Python files (**) * Quick navigation to files and symbols by typing a fragment (**) * Improved support for Stackless Python * Preference to strip trailing white space on save * Display gi_running and gi_frame for generators * Improved code analysis for Python 2.5 * Other minor features and bug fixes not found in Wing 3.0.x (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. (**)'d items are available in Wing IDE Personal or Professional only. Please see the change log for a detailed list of changes: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.1.5/CHANGELOG.txt *Purchasing and Upgrading* Wing 3.1 is a free upgrade for all Wing IDE 3.0 and 3.1 users. Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. Upgrade a 2.x license: https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase a 3.x license: https://wingware.com/store/purchase -- The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com

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[ANN] sqlkit 0.8.3
by sandro Nov. 11, 2008

Nov. 11, 2008

ANNOUNCE: sqlkit 0.8.3 November, 10 2008 I'm happy to announce release 0.8.3 of sqlkit package for python - the first public release. http://sqlkit.argolinux.org/ The package ----------- SQLkit PyGtk package provides Mask and Table widgets to edit database data. It's meant as a base for database desktop applications. The application --------------- It also provides 'sqledit' a PyGTK application based on sqlkit that can be used from command line to browse and edit data. The package has 2 very rich demo suites for sql widgets (the main one in sqlkit/demo/sql/demo.py) and for layout creation Main features of sqlkit: ------------------------ * editor of databases in 2 modes: table & mask * based on sqlalchemy: can cope with many different databases * very powerfull filtering capabilities: - each field can be used to filter records - filter may span relationship - date filtering possible also on relative basis (good for saved queries) * completion on all text field and foreign keys * very easy way to draw a layout for mask views * completely effortless editing of relationships * very easy way to set defaults * possibility to display totals of numeric fields * any possible sql constraint can be attached to a Mask or a Table. It can be expressed a s a normal sqlalchemy query or with django-like syntax * sqledit: python script to edit db Sqlkit is based on: ------------------- * python (>= 2.4) * PyGtk * Sqlalchemy (>= 0.5) * glade * dateutils Dowload & more: --------------- * http://docs.argolinux.org/sqlkit/sqlkit/download.html * hg clone http://hg.argolinux.org/py/sqlkit * google group: http://groups.google.it/group/sqlkit/ * License: GNU GPL

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Final "Introduction to Python" of 2008
by Steve Holden Nov. 11, 2008

Nov. 11, 2008

As the year draws to a close, Holden Web is pleased to remind readers that its final public "Introduction to Python" class of this year will be held from 9-11 December at our education center close to Washington, DC. There are several hotels conveniently located within walking distance, and we provide breakfast snacks on lunch each day. You can purchase places on-line at http://holdenweb.com/py/training/ by credit card or using PayPal. Thanks to all students who have already attended this class. We look forward to meeting you again as our range of course offerings increases. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/

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Python training in cheminformatics
by Andrew Dalke Nov. 10, 2008

Nov. 10, 2008

I will be teaching several training courses in Python programming, designed for cheminformatics researchers who want to be more effective at the software side of their work. These courses will be in San Francisco in December, in Leipzig in March and in Boston in April. The next course is in San Francisco on December 4-5, 2008 and space is still available. Topics I will cover include: - an overview of the Python language - the IPython interactive shell - plotting with matplotlib - OpenEye's OEChem - parsing CSV, SMILES and SD files with Python and OEChem - substructure matching with SMARTS, using OEChem - calling other programs - working with a SQL database I am planning a course for Leipzig on 2-4 March 2009. This three-day course will cover a few additional topics, like working with Excel, and include more time for hands-on and self-directed work. Please contact me if you are interested and I'll notify you on the details when they are finalized. I have started planning a course for Boston in April, 2009 and am working on finding a location and time. Please contact me if you are interested in this class or have a suggestion for a location. All courses are limited to 8 people. Registration includes all teaching materials, coffee breaks, and lunch. For full details including course topics and prerequisite experience, see http://dalkescientific.com/training/ .

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Factory 1.1: Object Oriented Currying
by Pete Nov. 10, 2008

Nov. 10, 2008

What's New ============= Version 1.1 adds missing unittests and doctests. There are no other changes in this release. Overview ======== Factory is an object-oriented approach to partial function application, also known as currying. The Factory module is a more powerful implementation of this pattern. Some improvements include: - safer, as invalid arguments are detected immediately, instead of at call time - intelligent support for classes, instance methods & all other callables - bound arguments can be inspected and modified as attributes - several convenient methods for (re)binding arguments - no "Russian dolls" of nested lambdas Using Factories can: - simplify writing callbacks - reduce bugs in concurrent applications - provide easy lazy evaluation Links ===== More info at: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Factory/ Source at: http://code.google.com/p/python-factory/

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[ANN] Release 0.71.3 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink Nov. 10, 2008

Nov. 10, 2008

Hi, We're happy to announce release 0.71.3 of Task Coach. This release fixes a few bugs. Bugs fixed: * Spell checking in editor didn't work under MacOS. * Dropping a mail with several recipients from Outlook would result in a "No subject" subject. * A ghost window would appear on the secondary display under MacOSX if it's placed on the right. * The note total would include deleted notes. * Don't hang when exiting the application. * Don't show all effort in the effort tab of a task editor, but only effort for the task being edited. * Fix for a backwards incompatible change in python 2.6. * Update task details at midnight, even when Task Coach is not active at precisely midnight. * Allow for empty task subjects. * Make the drop down button for picking dates look disabled when it is disabled. What is Task Coach? Task Coach is a simple task manager that allows for hierarchical tasks, i.e. tasks in tasks. Task Coach is open source (GPL) and is developed using Python and wxPython. You can download Task Coach from: http://www.taskcoach.org In addition to the source distribution, packaged distributions are available for Windows XP/Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux (Debian and RPM format). Note that Task Coach is alpha software, meaning that it is wise to back up your task file regularly, and especially when upgrading to a new release. Cheers, Task Coach developers

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xlutils 1.0.0 released!
by Chris Withers Nov. 10, 2008

Nov. 10, 2008

Hi All, I'm pleased to announce the first release of xlutils. This is a small collection of utilities that make use of both xlrd and xlwt to process Microsoft Excel files. The current utilities included are: xlutils.margins Tools for finding how much of an Excel file contains useful data. xlutils.filter A mini framework for splitting and filtering Excel files into new Excel files. To find out more, please read here: http://www.simplistix.co.uk/software/python/xlutils In case you're not aware, xlrd and xlwt are two excellent pure-python libraries for reading and writing Excel files. They run on any platform and, likely, any implementation of Python without the need for horrific things like binding to Excel via COM and so needing a Windows machine. If you use any of xlrd, xlwt or xlutils, the following google group will be of use: http://groups.google.com.au/group/python-excel Hope some of this is of interest, I'd love to hear from anyone who ends up using it! cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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MailingLogger 3.2.2 Released!
by Chris Withers Nov. 10, 2008

Nov. 10, 2008

I'm pleased to announce a new release of Mailinglogger that finally correctly supports easy_install and so works fine with zc.buildout-based projects. In fact, MailingLogger has *become* a zc.buildout-based project for its development... Anyway, Mailinglogger provides two handlers for the standard python logging framework that enable log entries to be emailed either as the entries are logged or as a summary at the end of the running process. The handlers have the following features: - customisable and dynamic subject lines for emails sent - emails sent with an X-Mailer header for easy filtering - flood protection to ensure the number of emails sent is not excessive - support for SMTP servers that require authentication - fully documented and tested In addition, extra support is provided for configuring the handlers when using ZConfig, Zope 2 or Zope 3. Installation is as easy as: easy_install mailinglogger For more information, please see: http://www.simplistix.co.uk/software/python/mailinglogger or http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mailinglogger cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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[ANN] Leipzig Python User Group - Meeting, November 11, 2008, 08:00pm
by Mike Müller Nov. 10, 2008

Nov. 10, 2008

=== Leipzig Python User Group === We will meet on Tuesday, November 11 at 8:00 pm at the training center of Python Academy in Leipzig, Germany ( http://www.python-academy.com/center/find.html ). Food and soft drinks are provided. Please send a short confirmation mail to info(a)python-academy.de, so we can prepare appropriately. Everybody who uses Python, plans to do so or is interested in learning more about the language is encouraged to participate. While the meeting language will be mainly German, we will provide English translation if needed. Current information about the meetings are at http://www.python-academy.com/user-group . Mike == Leipzig Python User Group === Wir treffen uns am Dienstag, 11.11.2008 um 20:00 Uhr im Schulungszentrum der Python Academy in Leipzig ( http://www.python-academy.de/Schulungszentrum/anfahrt.html ). Für das leibliche Wohl wird gesorgt. Eine Anmeldung unter info(a)python-academy.de wäre nett, damit wir genug Essen besorgen können. Willkommen ist jeder, der Interesse an Python hat, die Sprache bereits nutzt oder nutzen möchte. Aktuelle Informationen zu den Treffen sind unter http://www.python-academy.de/User-Group zu finden. Viele Grüße Mike

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