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Python: A popular, object-oriented scripting language used for writing system utilities and Internet scripts. It is also used as a glue language for integrating components in C and C++. ...; Full Python Definition >>

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TSW phpCoder (exe): TSW phpCoder 2008 is a fully featured PHP IDE, with all the features you will ever need for creating beautiful and dynamic websites. It comes with debugging, full IntelliSense, syntax check, Code Tidy, built-in FTP/SFTP/FTPS and MySQL client. With phpDoc support it allows you to document your code better, and...; Tags: built-In, Python, PHP, TSW, TSW phpCoder 2008, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Web Site Development, CSS, Development Tools, C#, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Internet; Software downloads 2008-05-09
Ranorex (4): Ranorex allows quick and easy implementation of GUI Graphical User Interface automation scripts based on the common programming languages C#, C++, VB.NET, and Python. That way, theres no need to learn another language just for automation purposes. Applications and Web sites can be automated easily with Ranorex. The Ranorex Recorder,...; Tags: Python, GUI, C++, Ranorex, C#, Programming Languages, C/C++, Development Tools, .Net, Scripting Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Software downloads 2008-04-17
Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?: Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?Well, the competition is great, and this will also force MS to releasesomething as fast as possible. This is HUGE.RE: Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?Garret, it sounds good at 50,ooo feet, but these two are much more Apples to Apples than you'd...; Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, App Engine, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., Python, SDK; Discussion threads 2008-04-08
python's future looks bright: Python's future looks brightCrickey! this puts Microsoft on the ropes!Sun have ALWAYS advocated multi-language support with Java, while Microsoft wanted to ram C# down eveyones thoats.Now that they've got some big names on the payroll, surely we can expect a me-too copy-cat knee-jerk response from MS, like hiring maybe the...; Tags: Programming languages, Scripting languages, Development tools, .NET, Middleware, Python, future look, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., Java; Discussion threads 2008-03-04
python's future looks bright: It always warms my heart to see good programmers get the recognition they deserve. This week, Sun announced they were hiring Ted Leung (long-time Python developer), and Frank Wierzbicki lead implementer of the Jython project. They'll be working full-time on Jython and in particular paying attention to developer tools. ...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Python, Jython, Wierzbicki, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-03-04

Sage - not a piece of cake, but powerful and open: Developed at the University of Washington, with contributions from mathematicians worldwide, Sage is a relatively new open-source tool designed to supplant proprietary mathematical analysis programs like Maple, Matlab, and Mathematica. All of these programs are mainstays of most mathematicians' toolkits, but have recently come under scrutiny because of the...; Tags: Software, Notebook, Theory, Python, Sage, Tools & Techniques, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-12-09
Using python With TurboGears: Python has enjoyed great success over the years as a scripting language, with its succinct syntax and minimalist focus. Legions of "Python-istas" have carved out numerous uses for the language, ranging from graphical interfaces all the way to robotics, but until recently, database-backed Web applications were one glaring void that...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Python, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-11-01
Activepython (5): ActivePython is the industry-standard Python distribution, available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. Developers worldwide rely on ActivePython's completeness and ease-of-use, while corporate users protect their infrastructure and stay competitive with quality-assured ActivePython business solutions. ActivePython is 100% compatible with the reference distribution of Python. Version...; Tags: Python, ActiveState Tool Corp., ActivePython, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Apple Mac OS, Linux, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Software; Software downloads 2007-09-19
Photos: Happy developers in da house: Some 150 people gather in a Los Gatos, Calif., mansion for SuperHappyDevHouse, a 12-hour marathon of coding, hacking and socializing.Participants of the 19th SuperHappy DevHouse hackathon session descended on Tom Harrison''s family home last weekend in Los Gatos, Calif. Harrison far left opened his house up to some 150 tech...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, SECURITY, photograph, Amit Patel, SuperHappyDevHouse, Los Gatos, Facebook, San Jose State University, hacking, chief technical officer, Ohio State University, University of Washington, online v; Image galleries 2007-08-16
IronMonkey to let users write Ruby and python on Tamarin: During Brenden Eich's keynote today at Ajax Experience West Ajaxian had the scoop, he announced that Mozilla will be creating a projects which I think are hugely significant for the rich internet application world at large and Flash developers in particular. That project is Iron Monkey, which in Brenden's words...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Ajax, AIR, Adobe, Flash; Blog posts 2007-07-26
S60 Summit: Widgets extend the functionality of S60: S60 Summit: Widgets extend the functionality of S60By: web design companyNokia released the source code for its Python for S60 mobile phone platform a few weeks ago in hopes of open source software developers creating new applications for it, as well as pushing forward those already available on the...; Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, C/C++, S60, Python, Nokia Corp., mobile; Discussion threads 2007-04-25
Microsoft to roll out dynamic-language layer for .Net: Microsoft is readying a new software layer designed to allow dynamic languages to integrate more easily and tightly with its .Net Framework, according to sources. Microsoft is aiming to unveil the new technology -- which it may christen as the "Dynamic Language Runtime" DLR -- at its Mix...; Tags: .Net Framework, Development tools, Visual Studio Orcas; Blog posts 2007-04-24
Activepython (Mac OS) (5): ActivePython is the complete, ready-to-install Python distribution for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. It includes Python core, zlib and bzip2 for data compression, SQLite (2.5-only) and Berkeley DB bindings bsddb, Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, ctypes (2.5-only, on some platforms) for low-level library access, PyWin32 (Windows-only):...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Python, ActiveState Tool Corp., ActivePython, Microsoft Windows, Scripting Languages, Apple Mac OS, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Development Tools, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development; Software downloads 2007-03-28
Bringing those dollars home: Bringing those dollars homeOff-shoring antique COBOL programs...... doesn't work because the programs tend to be idiosyncratic in many ways. Just explaining the accumulated oddities constitutes on-the-job traing. Particularly with the further oddities of the way systems connect.An anecdote: a programmer named internal variables after his favorite high...; Tags: Programming languages, Scripting languages, Development tools, Databases, LAMP Stack, Paul, dollars home, Python, Perl, PHP; Discussion threads 2007-02-15
Activepython (Mac OS x86) (4): ActivePython is the complete, quality-assured and ready-to-install Python distribution. It includes Python core, core extensions ZLIB and BZIP2 for data compression, bsddb database library, Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, Suite of Windows tools developed by Mark Hammond, including the PythonWin IDE, bindings to the Win32 API, and Windows COM ,complete...; Tags: Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Python, Intel X86, ActiveState Tool Corp., ActivePython, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Microsoft Windows, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-01-29
Visustin (zip): Visualize your source code with flow charts and UML activity diagrams. Visustin charts your code automatically. Print the charts or export to Visio, Word or PowerPoint. Visustin flowcharts Ada, ASP, assembly language, BASIC, C/C++, C#, Clipper, COBOL, Fortran, Java, JSP, JavaScript, LotusScript, Pascal/Delphi, Perl, PHP, PL/SQL, PowerScript, PureBasic, Python, QuickBASIC,...; Tags: LotusScript, Python, Microsoft PowerPoint, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, UML, Development Tools, Microsoft Office, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2007-01-25
Don't wait till a system crash: Address the "horseshoe nails" of data crunching now: Every day, programmers have to recycle legacy data, translate from one vendor's proprietary format into another's, check that configuration files are internally consistent, and search through web logs to see how many people have downloaded the latest release of their product. This kind of data crunching is not exactly glamorous,...; Tags: Python, Programmer, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Scripting Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Book chapters 2006-11-29
Thirty men, one well: Thirty men, one wellOops - guess I wasn't clearOne language - not a tower of babble. Pick something (e.g. Perl) all teams use it to express the spec, then code from there.I don't buy it...Sorry Murph, this one is a little far-fetched.Aside from the fact that no business-type would ever...; Tags: Team management, Development tools, Scripting languages, Tools & Techniques, Programming languages, team, software, programmer, Python; Discussion threads 2006-09-20
Microsoft ties a bow around and ships python language support for .NET (Ironpython): Microsoft ties a bow around and ships Python language support for .NET IronPythonScore one for Dynamic Scripting LanguagesWell, hats off to MS for IronPython.Of course, it's nothing new though.Dynamic scripting is 'a given' for internet web programmers who use Perl, Ruby, PHP, Python.In the long run, one has to wonder...; Tags: Scripting languages, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Development tools, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, IronPython, Python, Microsoft Visual Studio; Discussion threads 2006-09-07
Microsoft ties a bow around and ships python language support for .NET (Ironpython): Earlier last month, Ars Technica had a pretty good catch-me-up on the efforts of Sun and Microsoft to introduce "external" dynamic language support to their respective runtime environments Java and .NET (see .NET and Java to get better dynamic language support). By external, I mean languages that don't come...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, IronPython; Blog posts 2006-09-06