April 10th, 2008 — Python, Tips and Tricks
scienceoss.com has a nice little tutorial today showing how to read in an excel file in Python using the xlrd package. This approach allows you to manipulate excel files on any platform without having to export to a CSV file first. Very handy!
March 19th, 2008 — Python
Noah Gift writes on the O’Reilly OnLamp blog today about his experience at this years PyCon. He covers the talks he went to along with links to presentations. Good info about the conference, especially for those of us who couldn’t make it.
March 17th, 2008 — Interviews, Python
Dr. Dobb’s Code Talk has an audio interview with Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language (and owner of the “PYTHON” license plate). Topics covered include Python 3, multi-core architectures, and a comparison between other languages and Python.
February 25th, 2008 — Python, Releases
The Python team released version 2.5.2 over the weekend. This is a bug-fix release. For a more detailed list of what’s new, check out the release notes.
January 22nd, 2008 — Conferences, Python
Registration for PyCon is now open. The 2008 Python Conference will be held in Chicago during the middle of March. Register now for an early bird discount.
