Python is a wonderful language, but some parts should really have bright WARNING signs all over them. There are features that just can't be used safely and others are that are useful but people tend to use in the wrong ways.

This is a rough transcript of the talk I gave at my local Python group on November 15, with some of the audience feed back mixed in. Most of this came from hanging around the Python IRC channel, something I highly recommend.

This is the site for the book "Learn Python The Hard Way". The book is a very beginner book for people who want to learn to code. If you can already code then the book will probably drive you insane. It's intended for people who have no coding chops to build up their skills before starting a more detailed book.

Think Stats is an introduction to Probability and Statistics for Python programmers.

If you have basic skills in Python, you can use them to learn concepts in probability and statistics. This new book emphasizes simple techniques you can use to explore real data sets and answer interesting statistical questions.

I released Version 1.0 of this book in August 2010, and used it for my class in the fall (here is the class web page). I revised the book in January 2011; at this point it should be considered a solid draft. Your comments and suggestions are welcome!

This book is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License, which means that you are free to copy, distribute, and modify it, as long as you attribute the work and don't use it for commercial purposes.

Developed four years ago by a fast-moving online-news operation, Django was designed to handle two challenges: the intensive deadlines of a newsroom and the stringent requirements of the experienced Web developers who wrote it. It lets you build high-performing, elegant Web applications quickly.

This document gives coding conventions for the Python code comprising the standard library in the main Python distribution. Please see the companion informational PEP describing style guidelines for the C code in the C implementation of Python[1].

This document was adapted from Guido's original Python Style Guide essay[2], with some additions from Barry's style guide[5]. Where there's conflict, Guido's style rules for the purposes of this PEP. This PEP may still be incomplete (in fact, it may never be finished <wink>).

Dive Into Python is a Python book for experienced programmers. You can buy a printed copy, read it online, or download it in a variety of formats. It is also available in multiple languages.

PyDev is a plugin that enables users to use Eclipse for Python and Jython development -- making Eclipse a first class Python IDE -- It comes with many goodies such as code completion, syntax highlighting, syntax analysis, refactor, debug and many other...

The fundamental package needed for scientific computing with Python is called NumPy. This package contains: * a powerful N-dimensional array object * sophisticated (broadcasting) functions * basic linear algebra functions * basic Fourier transforms * s...

You look around the web today and Ruby and its offspring Rails are the talk of everyone. You see former Java advocates moving over to Ruby. You see former Python developers checking it out. You see people who have never coded checking it out. On top of...

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