A developer creates a Python library to mimic JavaScript's flexible object syntax, allowing dot notation and dynamic property access.
Explores whether programming languages inherently have performance characteristics by comparing Python and C implementations.
Announcement of new Mayavi releases (3.3.0 & 3.3.1) detailing new features, bug fixes, and contributor acknowledgments.
A personal recap of the author's experiences and key technical talks from days 2-4 of the PyCon 2010 conference.
Using Modipyd's pyautotest with Growl notifications for automated, feedback-driven Python testing during development.
A guide to using Django's template2pdf app to render RML templates directly into PDF files within web applications.
A personal recap of the first two days at PyCon 2010, covering the Language Summit and key Python community discussions.
Compares the committer models and development processes of three Python projects: Unladen Swallow, PyPy, and Django.
Explores the Aikon project, a robotic artist using Python, SciPy, and the Enthought Tool Suite to create sketches, blending art and technology.
Announcing EuroScipy 2010, a European conference on Python for scientific computing, featuring tutorials and keynote speakers in Paris.
A review of 'Dive into Python 3', a book for programmers learning Python, covering its content, style, and availability.
Announcing django-wsgi, a package to bridge Django and the WSGI world, allowing Django views/URLConfs to be exposed as WSGI apps and vice versa.
Explains how to use a Python metaclass to solve recursive class definition issues when modeling a C++ API, similar to Django's approach.
A final review of the 'Python Essential Reference' book, highlighting its in-depth coverage of concurrency and network programming.
Explains how to use the PLY parser generator with a custom, hand-written lexer instead of PLY's built-in lexer.
A 2009 benchmark comparing CPython, Unladen Swallow, and PyPy performance on a Mandelbulb application, analyzing JIT patch results.
A developer details two performance optimizations for Unladen Swallow, a Python implementation, focusing on argument parsing and JIT compilation.
A positive review of the Python Essential Reference book, highlighting its coverage of syntax, libraries, and debugging tools.
Analyzing Django's error messages by replicating common typos from a Rails tutorial comparison to see how helpful they are for debugging.
Explains an Unladen Swallow optimization for CPython, replacing METH_O/NOARGS with METH_FIXED to speed up calls to built-in functions with fixed arguments.
