Python News Items

Here is a collection of recent Python announcements. These are updated "automatically" from messages posted to comp.lang.python.announce. Announcements older than about 2 months are removed from this page; they are archived and searchable via Deja.

These announcements are also available via the Python channel at My Netscape.

Recent releases and other news

PyNcurses v0.1 -- New Ncurses binding for Python (09-Mar-2000)

HyperText 1.0.0 -- light-weight HTML document generator (10-Mar-2000)

SQLDict 1.0.0 -- Wraps your favorite SQL database with a dictionary interface (10-Mar-2000)

RobotRules -- Parses robots.txt files.

The Programming Pub -- contains python scripts, links, books, and forum

Pyclimate 0.0 - Climate variability analysis using Numeric Python (28-Mar-00)

Stackless Python 1.1 + Continuations 0.8 - a version of Python 1.5.2 that does not need space on the C stack, and first-class callable continuation objects for Python. (28-Mar-2000)

John Grayson's book Python and Tkinter Programming has hit the shelves. See the Python bookstore. (02-Mar-2000)

IDLE 0.5 - the Integrated DeveLopment Environment for Python in Python. (15-Feb-2000)

GROUP.lounge 0.3b - a python based groupware server with Web and WebDAV interfacesthe DISLIN. (20-Feb-2000)

Stackless Python 1.02 + Continuations 0.6 - a version of Python 1.5.2 that does not need space on the C stack, and first-class callable continuation objects for Python. (31-Jan-2000)

pxDislin 0.3 - a set of object-oriented classes which work with the DISLIN python extension. (03-Feb-2000)

JPython 1.1 final - a 100% Pure Java implementation of the Python language. (26-Jan-2000)

f2py 1.116 - The Fortran to Python Interface Generator. (25-Jan-2000)

web2ldap 0.6.6 - web-based LDAP client; several enhancements. (25-Jan-2000)

Zope 2.1.3 - a free, open source web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites; bug-fix update. (24-Jan-2000)

Stackless Python 1.01 + Continuations 0.6 - a version of Python 1.5.2 that does not need space on the C stack, and first-class callable continuation objects for Python. (24-Jan-2000)

platform.py 0.7.0 - generic platform information APIs. (22-Jan-2000)

PySol 3.20 - new version of Python Solitaire Games (using Tkinter); now supports 151 (!) distinct solitaire card game variants. (18-Jan-2000)

Cryptography modules now available worldwide - re-release of (historical) crypto modules; may now be downloaded world-wide due to relaxed US export control policies; however, please use mxCrypto or M2Crypto for new projects instead. (17-Jan-2000)

Stackless Python 1.0 + Continuations 0.6 - a version of Python 1.5.2 that does not need space on the C stack, and first-class callable continuation objects for Python. (20-Jan-2000)

yahootochannel.py 1.0 (click to download script) - a Python CGI script that turns Yahoo webmail status (how many new messages you have in your Yahoo webmail acocunt) into a Netcenter channel. (16-Jan-2000)

Numerical Python - Numerical facility for Python, now hosted at SourceForge. (16-Jan-2000)

linkdl 0.2 - a linked lists module for Python. (15-Jan-2000)

pylice 0.4.3 - checks your HTML documents for broken links. (14-Jan-2000)

PyRecode (click to download .tar.gz file) - wrapper around the functionality of the GNU Recode character set conversion tool. (13-Jan-2000)

Pyfort 3.0 - Fortran/Python Connection Tool. (11-Jan-2000)

Sketch 0.6.4 - a vector drawing program for Unix written in Python. (11-Jan-2000)

pyFLTK 11-Jan-2000 - Python wrapper for the FLTK lightweight, good looking, easy-to-use C++ cross-platform (UNIX/Win32) GUI library. (11-Jan-99)

Installer: Linux beta 01, Windows beta 3f - distribute Python apps, modules and packages easily; available under Python-style license. (08-Jan-2000)

XMLTreeCntrol 0.1 - a simple graphical XML tree control for wxWindows/wxPython. (08-Jan-2000)

pyFinancials-0.66 - a little collection of financial algorithms. (07-Jan-2000)

Multimethod.py - support for real (i.e. CLOS/Cecil/Dylan-style) multimethods for Python. (07-Jan-2000)

Oedipus v0.05 - a Python package for creating and maintaining hierarchical trees of Web links; supports an XML format compatible with the Open Directory Project (ODP); uses the Metakit database for storage. (06-Jan-2000)

web2ldap.py 0.6.4 - LDAP web client; several enhancements. (06-Jan-2000)

4XSLT 0.8.1 - XML transformation processor based on the W3C specification for the XSLT transform language. (04-Jan-2000)

4DOM 0.9.1 - CORBA-aware implementation of the W3C Document Object Model (DOM), supports Fnorb, ILU and "ORB-less" operation. (04-Jan-2000)

Sybase module 0.4 - a Python interface to the Sybase relational database system, mostly compatible with the Python Database API, v2.0. (04-Jan-2000)

python davserver 0.5 - an extensible WebDAV (RFC 2518) server class for Python; for adding WebDAV functionality to a variety of applications. (01-Jan-2000)

GMatH - a GNOME user interface for Numerical Python. (01-Jan-2000)