Apr 01 2009
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PyCon linkdump
If you’re not into Python, skip this.
Here’s a huge pile of things I ran into or was reminded of at PyCon this year. All are things I plan to go back and check out at some point.
- Jitter (/jay-it-er/) is a presentation library built on and with jQuery.
http://aminus.net/wiki/Jitter
- Dowser: a CherryPy app that displays sparklines of Python object counts, and allows you to trace their referents. This helps you track memory usage and leaks in any Python program, but especially CherryPy sites
http://aminus.net/wiki/Dowser
- Okapi: an in-browser API browser.
http://aminus.net/wiki/Okapi
- Introduction to Python Profiling
http://us.pycon.org/2009/conference/schedule/event/15/
- PlayerPiano - running Python doctests in a fake interactive shell.
http://code.google.com/p/playerpiano/
- The Status is Not Quo - We are a group of developers, primarily using the Python programming language, who are interested in making the world a better place through software.
http://www.thestatusisnotquo.com/
- sqlpython -a command line for sql queries, etc.
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/sqlpython/
- web2py - fast, secure and portable database-driven web-based applications.
http://www.web2py.com/
- Pinax - a collection of integrated, but reusable apps for the Django Web Framework.
http://pinaxproject.com/
- webtest - functional test of webapps via WSGI instead of starting a server
http://pythonpaste.org/webtest/
- argparse - like optparse plus handling positional arguments and supporting sub-commands
http://code.google.com/p/argparse/
- cluemapper - multi-project trac server with integrated user experience
http://projects.serverzen.com/pm/p/cluemapper
- blist - a list replacement with better perf on very large lists
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/blist/
- ipaddr-py - new IP address library from google, will be in python3.1
http://code.google.com/p/ipaddr-py/
- Some examples of calling windows APIs with ctypes
https://svn.jaraco.com/jaraco/python/jaraco.windows/
- A code reloading library for Python - with safety checks. created be EVE guys
http://code.google.com/p/livecoding/
- David Beazley’s tutorial on coroutines, as a doc
http://www.dabeaz.com/coroutines/
- Understanding and overcoming the gender gap in computer science education.
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=8515&ttype=2
- PyFlakes a Lint-like tool for Python, like PyChecker
http://www.divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodPyflakes
- PyChecker is a tool for finding bugs in python source code
http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/
- Pylint is a python tool that checks if a module satisfies a coding standard.
http://www.logilab.org/857
- Open-source projects under the “LAZR” umbrella maintained by Canonical. Check out the REST ones.
https://launchpad.net/lazr
- A record-then-assert mocking library
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/dingus
- SQLAlchemy’s preferred way to access MS SQL Server
http://code.google.com/p/pyodbc/
- pythoscope - Your way out of The Lack of Testing Death Spiral
http://pythoscope.org/
- Live compilation of RST on the web
http://cometdemo.lshift.net:8080/
