Archives: python
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India PyCon 2009:
PyCon in Bangalore (67 Words)
[August 26, 2009 01:15 PM]
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Quick wallpaper changer:
Silly python. Change wallpaper. (151 Words)
[August 24, 2009 07:31 PM]
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Load testing with Grinder:
Been playing with Grinder. Very nice. (209 Words)
[August 24, 2009 09:00 AM]
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Adding namespace to XML:
Regex on XML to add a namespace (100 Words)
[August 23, 2009 02:04 PM]
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Opera RSS to OPML:
Small Python script to generate OPML from Opera's RSS feed list. (291 Words)
[July 03, 2005 09:18 PM]
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Soup is beautiful:
Came across BeautifulSoup yesterday. Very nice! (103 Words)
[March 23, 2005 12:26 PM]
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Using Leo with reST:
Follow up on the older entry; things have changed with Leo 4.2 final. (269 Words)
[January 22, 2005 10:32 AM]
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Jython is great:
Long overdue note on the ease and elegance of Jython. (141 Words)
[February 24, 2004 12:13 PM]
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Quick UI for DocIndexer:
Simple UI for a great utility that _just works_ using LuPy. (166 Words)
[December 23, 2003 12:47 PM]
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Scrape 'em!:
One of those moments where "scripting" is better than compiled languages:-) (159 Words)
[October 23, 2003 01:02 PM]
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Regex HTML extraction examples:
Couple of examples to parse web pages with news items. (164 Words)
[September 18, 2003 09:08 AM]
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Interactive Python - notes:
Additional notes on what I like about Python's interactive interpreter. (250 Words)
[September 16, 2003 06:21 AM]
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Jython zxJDBC rocks!:
Jython with zxJDBC makes life so much easier for data maintenance scripts. (200 Words)
[September 15, 2003 06:05 PM]
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Updates to feeds:
Feed on feeds get categorization and opml. (179 Words)
[September 14, 2003 11:17 AM]
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Python 2.3:
What's new in Python 2.3? Coverage in Byte.com. (61 Words)
[September 12, 2003 11:37 AM]
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Python is bad:
It is making it difficult to analyze code in other languages. (259 Words)
[September 08, 2003 11:11 AM]
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Java, Python and Russ:
Good writeup by Russ on why he decided to go back to Java. Surprisingly, his reasons made me realise why I decided against Java! (490 Words)
[July 25, 2003 11:51 AM]
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Server side python:
Reposting comment I made on Russ' notebook here. (506 Words)
[July 09, 2003 11:17 AM]
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A little too simplistic definition:
How do you differentiate scripting from programming? (397 Words)
[July 07, 2003 06:13 PM]
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PyTextile unit tests:
I really liked Mark Pilgrim's code for implementing unit tests for his PyTextile plugin. I think I like Textile too. (227 Words)
[June 21, 2003 08:07 PM]
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Python Task Planner:
Deceptively simple. Impressively elegant. Indubitably useful. (330 Words)
[June 20, 2003 07:00 AM]
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IE automation:
This cruel world can make you use IE at times. Short function that uses IE to download a page. (306 Words)
[June 13, 2003 06:38 AM]
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CSV to ASCII Grid:
Silly script to fill a void that kept bothering me for a while. (581 Words)
[June 03, 2003 11:23 PM]
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Using Leo for reST:
Notes on coupling a great outliner with a great document format to make an easy documentation tool. (628 Words)
[June 02, 2003 07:14 PM]
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urllib2 - setting http headers:
Small sample script illustrating using urllib2 to add header information. (214 Words)
[May 27, 2003 12:42 PM]
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Python Boy:
Cambodians flock to see 'python boy' (116 Words)
[May 23, 2003 07:39 AM]
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Templating with Python:
Finally, a templating utility I can use! (130 Words)
[April 27, 2003 05:25 PM]
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MySQL on Mandrake 9.1 with Python:
A fast database is an ideal partner for a fast-to-use programming language. Notes on setting up this combination on a fast-to-use Linux system. (473 Words)
[April 19, 2003 11:34 AM]
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PostgreSQL on Mandrake 9.1 with Python:
Screw Java. Worship Python. Quick notes on setting up Python to access PostgreSQL. (452 Words)
[April 17, 2003 06:54 PM]
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PyWife:
Notes about a non-standard module - life.relationship() (241 Words)
[April 08, 2003 06:56 PM]
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Useless Python: deltadate:
I finally wrote 5 lines to solve a major annoyance. (121 Words)
[February 18, 2003 03:14 PM]
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Pythoning with Eclipse:
Thoughts after using Eclipse for 3 hours to code python. (139 Words)
[February 13, 2003 06:05 PM]
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SQLite and Python:
I wonder why I never tried these out before. Super fast and super easy. (181 Words)
[February 13, 2003 05:57 PM]
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Joy of python: dir, help and pprint:
Three functions that can help you lookup Python's batteries - included ones and others too. (155 Words)
[February 13, 2003 12:56 PM]
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Joy of Python: Classes and Dictionaries:
I must warn you, this is silly! But, it helps me while writing consistent test scripts. (486 Words)
[February 13, 2003 12:48 PM]
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Pygick:
A GUI using PythonCard to make scripts utilizing PythonMagick library
to manipulate batches of images. (325 Words)
[February 08, 2003 11:51 PM]
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reStructuredText intro:
David Mertz writes about reST (109 Words)
[February 06, 2003 01:13 PM]
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PyBlagg is now Spycyroll:
It is now on Sourceforge. Get it. Use it. Make it better. (118 Words)
[February 04, 2003 05:29 PM]
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PyBlagg gets timezones:
Added Timezone support and removed dependency on ls -t. (363 Words)
[February 01, 2003 10:09 PM]
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KOBRA - .Net for Python:
A .Net wrapper, just like the COM wrapper. (80 Words)
[January 30, 2003 05:28 AM]
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Updates to aggregator:
Quick and dirty aggregator gets minor updates. (87 Words)
[January 28, 2003 05:56 AM]
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Lack of timeout hurts:
My scripts bite dust. Laziness is a bad thing. (175 Words)
[January 26, 2003 02:17 PM]
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Confidential Python?:
This time, Python got me stumped. (255 Words)
[January 21, 2003 05:39 PM]
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Prefixing variables with datatypes:
c.l.python discusses the merits and demerits of this naming scheme. (124 Words)
[January 20, 2003 09:32 AM]
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Simple HTML Gallery generator:
Yet another script to make HTML galleries. (150 Words)
[January 05, 2003 06:46 PM]
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Guide to Python Introspection:
Very good introductary article about introspection in Python. (85 Words)
[December 13, 2002 06:54 AM]
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Testing large file support:
Can your Python support files larger than 2GB? (139 Words)
[December 10, 2002 05:57 AM]
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Why Python?:
A nice whitepaper that you can carry around to show to the suites. (137 Words)
[November 14, 2002 06:41 PM]
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Python pickling:
An introductory tutorial to simple data persistence. And my experience with it. (260 Words)
[November 08, 2002 07:27 AM]
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Yaml and Slideshows:
I am beginning to appreciate Yaml. (171 Words)
[October 28, 2002 07:45 AM]
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Python escapes classroom:
An absolutely inspiring article, for its content. (167 Words)
[October 24, 2002 06:36 PM]
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Python for Bioinformatics:
I hate one, I love the other. (146 Words)
[October 18, 2002 05:56 AM]
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BitTorrent:
Python and MIT solves file distribution blues. (102 Words)
[October 05, 2002 08:10 AM]
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Automating testing with Puffin:
Puffin is a great tool for automating web testing. (200 Words)
[October 01, 2002 06:23 AM]
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Kaa:
Give this a try. Could be Radio PythonLand. (180 Words)
[September 26, 2002 05:42 PM]
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News Aggregator - less dirty!:
My Python news aggregator now gets into CVS. (150 Words)
[September 22, 2002 12:43 PM]
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ZPUGDC - YAML and Python 2.3 :
User group meeting notes, YAML and an XSL for LEO outlines. (170 Words)
[September 21, 2002 06:50 PM]
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Quick and dirty news aggregator:
Don't I have anything better to do on a Friday (mid)night? (186 Words)
[September 21, 2002 12:23 AM]
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System Modelling Workbench:
Python modelling tool. (84 Words)
[September 20, 2002 06:29 AM]
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ReportLab -Python PDF:
Cameron Laird writes another great article. (82 Words)
[September 19, 2002 06:43 AM]
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PyBlosxom:
A good blogging tool, reimplemented in a great language. (71 Words)
[September 17, 2002 06:54 PM]
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Joy of Python: Self documenting code:
Very very newbie information on how to document your Python code easily and generate HTML documentation. (168 Words)
[September 09, 2002 07:14 PM]
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CompMail: Send HTML mail:
At times you are required to send HTML mail with embedded images programatically. Here's my effort to do it in Python. (259 Words)
[September 08, 2002 08:54 AM]
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Joy of Python: Blogrolling 1.2:
v1.2 of the blogrolling script introduces storing options in a configuration file. (867 Words)
[August 27, 2002 07:20 AM]
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Joy of Python: Blogrolling:
Simple Python script to get blogrolling rolling. (742 Words)
[August 26, 2002 05:40 PM]
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Teaching Java:
An article explores proper ways to teach Java. Python should be used to teach the art and science of programming. (427 Words)
[August 25, 2002 04:43 PM]
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Python Bibliotheca:
Virtual library for using Python to teach programming. (74 Words)
[August 21, 2002 04:42 PM]
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Perl to Python: 20 stages:
A post in the newsgroup that explains it all. And my work history when it comes to programming languages. (398 Words)
[August 20, 2002 12:00 PM]
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Joy of Python: Setting Goals:
Another heavily commented python script to help you set your goals. (528 Words)
[August 20, 2002 06:00 AM]
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Useless Python: Random Wallpaper:
Find a random image and set it as wallpaper for X-Window System. (317 Words)
[August 03, 2002 10:07 AM]
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Imagemagick for Python:
Perhaps a replacement for PIL (43 Words)
[June 18, 2002 06:17 AM]
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Python license!:
Easy to understand, no need for lawyers, simple license! (24 Words)
[June 12, 2002 05:48 AM]
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Twisted Matrix:
A collection of servers and clients, which can be used either by developers of new applications or directly. (30 Words)
[June 11, 2002 09:40 AM]
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Python & Zope interviews, SOAP...:
Interviews with Guido van Rossum and Paul Everitt. An IBM dW article on Python and SOAP. (120 Words)
[June 06, 2002 05:47 AM]
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Compiler design with Python:
June 2002 Linux Gazette has an article on using Python to design compilers. (27 Words)
[June 02, 2002 10:18 AM]
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Introduction to Python:
Kuro5hin.org: Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Very nice introduction Python for programmers. The discussion following the article is quite informative... (22 Words)
[May 23, 2002 07:17 AM]
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Splitting text at word boundaries:
Here's a small Python function I wrote this morning to split text at word boundaries. If you want to store... (185 Words)
[April 30, 2002 08:41 AM]
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Useless Python - Get the first zip code for a US city:
Here is a script for getting the zip code from USPS website. Thought I'll post it so that I won't... (27 Words)
[April 26, 2002 09:48 AM]
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Python for newbies:
Pretty good tutorial for python. If you find that the official tutorial is a bit busy, this might be of... (42 Words)
[April 23, 2002 06:04 AM]
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Simple HTML parser in Python:
Here's a simple page parser I wrote for studying Python. It extracts the meta data and the page content. I'm... (62 Words)
[April 22, 2002 07:53 AM]
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Jython tips for programmers:
O'Reilly Net article on the subject. Nice. Now that Oracle does almost everything in Java, I think it'll be nice... (39 Words)
[April 12, 2002 05:55 AM]
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Deitel book on Python:
I saw Deitel Associates' book Python: How To Program yesterday. Terrific book. Didn't buy it because the price is way... (93 Words)
[March 31, 2002 11:31 AM]
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Logging for Python:
A very easy to use and configurable logging system. This should cut down multitude of useless print statements!... (19 Words)
[March 18, 2002 08:50 PM]
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Snakespell and XML-RPC:
I'm looking out for a spell checker for IE Editor. Here's what I'm thinking of - Snake Spell python wrapper... (46 Words)
[March 17, 2002 07:06 PM]
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SSL in Python:
A recipe for using SSL in Python. Ah, a life saver. I was using VBScript with XMLHTTP component so far... (43 Words)
[March 06, 2002 11:04 AM]
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Interesting pythonia:
rdiff-backup is a script to mirror to directory trees. PyX is a light-weight line-based XML processor. PyTheater is a media... (33 Words)
[March 03, 2002 08:47 AM]
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py2exe: great utility:
py2exe is a tool to create standalone executables for Windows with Python. Used it today to compile some of my... (47 Words)
[February 27, 2002 07:42 PM]
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Dr. Dobb Python URL:
Latest Python URL is out. I liked using SOAP to get air fares and why Python is better than Visual... (22 Words)
[February 26, 2002 06:53 PM]
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Lambda tricks:
Some tricks for using lambda expressions in Python.... (9 Words)
[February 21, 2002 06:41 AM]
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Sample script: Operator overloading:
A sample script to show operator overloading in Python. I'm finally beginning to use Python as an object oriented language... (160 Words)
[February 20, 2002 06:47 PM]
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Python: Favorite articles and some links:
David Mertz's articles, sample chapter from Python Standard Library and using ODBC to hook up to File Maker Pro. (149 Words)
[February 20, 2002 06:39 AM]
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Python Card:
Python Card is a Hyper card like tool in Python. I need to download this and try it out -... (106 Words)
[February 19, 2002 08:41 AM]
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Python Journal volume 2 is out:
Volume 2 of Python Journal is out. Good article about manipulating HTML using 4DOM. For a change, Paul Everitt of... (31 Words)
[February 17, 2002 05:57 PM]
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Guido gets the FSF award:
Guido van Rossum, benevolent dictator for life of python is this year's recipient for FSF award for advancement of free... (119 Words)
[February 16, 2002 06:19 PM]