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Amazon Web Services updates Linux implementation

Posted March 29, 2012 - 7:18 am

Amazon Web Services has upgraded the Linux image that runs in its cloud to include newer versions of Tomcat, MySQL and Python, while at the same time allowing enterprises to stay on older versions, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday.
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Van Rossum: Python is not too slow

Posted March 18, 2012 - 7:09 am

In an interview, Python inventor Guido van Rossum also highlights need for new branch and prospects for the language
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Pillars of Python: Django Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 10:12 am

Django combines excellent backward compatibility, good admin tools, and a focus on developer ease
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Pillars of Python: Pyramid Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 10:10 am

Built on the foundation of repoze.bfg, Pyramid is powerfully flexible but takes time to figure out
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Pillars of Python: Web2py Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 10:08 am

Web2py combines abundant features and powerful tools, backed by excellent documentation
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Pillars of Python: Zope 2 Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 10:03 am

Zope 2 provides everything you need in one package, including the database and development environment
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Pillars of Python: Web.py Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 9:58 am

Web.py is a well-balanced, minimalist framework that's easy to install and easy to learn
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Pillars of Python: CubicWeb Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 9:56 am

CubicWeb tackles rapid Web app development with modular components and object reuse
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Pillars of Python: Six Python Web frameworks compared

Posted August 10, 2011 - 9:38 am

CubicWeb, Django, Pyramid, Web.py, Web2py, and Zope 2 give Python-savvy Web application developers powerful and diverse options
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Christmas goodies: Python and Bluetooth

Posted December 8, 2010 - 10:25 pm

"Head First Python" provides a pretty comprehensive tour through the Python language with a lighthearted approach that includes lots of graphics, lots of asides and annotations to the text, lots of answers to "dumb questions" (questions that might be naively asked), and lots of exercises intended to give your brain a bigger picture of the subject matter.
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Google App Engine violates stateless nature of Web

Posted December 2, 2010 - 5:52 pm

Google's app platform still doesn't compare to 'real' cloud platforms, but expanding datastores, task time limits and push all make it more useful than it was.
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7 programming languages on the rise

Posted October 25, 2010 - 11:13 am

From Ruby to Erlang, once niche programming language are gaining converts in today’s enterprise
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Review: Nine fine Python development tools

Posted September 8, 2010 - 9:43 am

A wide-ranging flock of Python IDEs offer great options for Windows scripting, GUI applications, Web frameworks, multilanguage development, and more
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Using darkjumper to test for remote file inclusion

Posted August 10, 2010 - 10:00 am

File inclusion is a real threat in the wild today. Here's how you can use darkjumper v5.7 to test for both local file inclusion (LFI) and RFI, on every website identified on the target.
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ActiveState bolsters Python with financial and scientific capabilities

Posted June 28, 2010 - 1:47 pm

Open source packages feature libraries and tools, and is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X
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Python language upgrade slithers toward final release

Posted June 14, 2010 - 11:42 am

Python 2.7, the last version of the 2.x line goes to release candidate stage with a finished version scheduled for July 3
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Valuable conferences in computing

Posted June 7, 2010 - 7:56 pm

Three summer-time conferences have Cameron's attention.
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Programming languages for Wall Street

Posted April 23, 2010 - 6:56 pm

What programming languages might be good for regulatory specification? Here are some observations on new roles for computing in financial regulations.
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Will Wall Street require Python?

Posted April 19, 2010 - 12:44 pm

One surprising element of regulatory response to the last years' financial catastrophes is a move to expression of complex contracts in executable programming languages, rather than legal verbiage. Python takes a leading role in an early proposal.
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What an IronPython user should know about Python 3

Posted April 13, 2010 - 8:11 pm

Should you use Python 3.x or 2.x in your next project? Experts say it depends. Briefly, if you rely on an extension to standard Python, you're probably stuck back in 2.x. Otherwise, though, there's no reason not to jump to the latest 3.1 or even 3.2.
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IronPython's niche

Posted April 7, 2010 - 8:09 pm

A lot of programmers work daily with heavy development environments in which touching a sensitive base class initiates an hour of recompilation. The immediate response of a lightweight console for a nimble language like Python remains intoxicating.
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Python for .NET development

Posted April 3, 2010 - 8:20 pm

If you're in the Houston area on April 6, 2010 (6:30 to 8:30), stop by the April meeting of the Houston Dynamic Language Users Group to hear about Python .NET development.
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MIT creates picture-driven programming for the masses

Posted February 22, 2010 - 2:52 pm

Computer users with rudimentary skills will be able to program via screen shots rather than lines of code with a new graphical scripting language called Sikuli that was devised at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Python improves at multi-core and seven other crucial areas

Posted February 9, 2010 - 2:42 pm

Python advocates have generally characterized its performance as "good enough". Recent updates improve on that standard.
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PDF active playground for tool advances

Posted February 3, 2010 - 12:08 pm

PDF is an elephant no one technology is big enough to grasp
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