Python-URL! - 2000/05/03

by Fredrik Lundh - DejaNews: [1]

In the news:

• Linux Journal: Python Supplement (great cover!) http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue73/lstoc.html
• Linux Journal: Python Book Reviews http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue73/3851.html
• Slashdot Book Reviews: Python Programming On Win32 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/04/17/1147228
• O'Reilly Network: "Introducing the Python DevCenter" http://www.oreillynet.com/python/ http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/python/2000/04/14/python-intro.html

New and updated software:

• Sean McGrath: RAX: An XML Database API http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/04/26/rax/index.html http://www.digitome.com/rax.html
• Michael Wallace: weblib -- "a library for Python programmers who want to build interactive websites" (see DN615853452)
• Robin Dunn: wxPython 2.1.15 (new version) (see DN616372702)
• John Aycock: SPARK 0.6.1 -- "the Scanning, Parsing, and Rewriting Kit" (new version) (see DN616402299)
• Jeremy Hylton: Pisces 1.0a1 -- "a Python implementation of the SPKI/SDSI Certificate standard" (see DN616561664)
• Andrew Kuchling: Oedipus -- "a tool for maintaining a hierarchical directory of web links" http://oedipus.sourceforge.net/
• Chuck Esterbrook: Webware for Python http://writewithme.com/Webware/
• Mark Hammond: win32all-131 for Python 1.6a2 (see DN613581824)
• Martin Baker: Coroutines for Python http://www.egroups.com/message/python-coro/43
• Duncan Booth: WBMP support for PIL (see DN613087878)

Seen on the newsgroup:

• Michael Reilly: How to convert GIF files to MIME messages (see DN613933625)
• Nick Mathewson: How to generate all strings that match a given regular expression (see DN613435463)
• And finally, Martijn Faassen tells you a story from the really early days of Python: (see DN614140340)