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• Home - this page: orientation, announcements, news
• Help - if you're new here, or simply lost
• Search - various Python search engines
• News - recent Python announcements
• Community - the Python Software Activity (PSA)
• Download - Python runs on your favorite platform
• SIGs - Special Interest Groups' mailing lists and archives
• Documentation - copious, online and downloadable

• Executive summary - if you're wondering, "what on earth is Python?"
• Introductions to Python -- Start Here to learn all about Python.
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions (see also the FAQ wizard)
• Topic Guides - link collections for specific areas of interest
• Non-English documentation and other non-English resources for Python
• Python and the Year 2000 (Y2K policy)

• Events - Python events around the world, including where Python is being taught
• Jobs - Python programming job announcements.
• Python Bugs List
• Python-URL! daily updates to Python news summaries. There is also an archive available.
• The Python Bookstore - Links to all the Python related books currently in publication.

Special Announcements

Updated documentation for Python 1.5.2 has been made available; download your copy today! (22-Mar-2000)

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

Proceedings of the 8th International Python Conference are now on-line. (15-Feb-2000)

Version 0.5 of IDLE, the Integrated DeveLopment Environment for Python in Python is released. (15-Feb-2000)

Several new companies have joined the Python Consortium: ASTi, BeOpen.com, Secret Labs, and ActiveState. (27-Jan-2000)

The May 2000 issue of Linux Journal will have a special Python Supplement. Sign up for your free copy. (19-Jan-2000)

Participate in the Software Carpentry Design Competition. A total of $100,000 in prize money is available. (16-Jan-2000)

JPython 1.1 final released - The final release of JPython 1.1 is now available. See www.jpython.org for more details. (26-Jan-2000)

Daryl Harms and Kenneth McDonald's book The Quick Python Book has hit the shelves. See the Python bookstore. (02-Nov-1999)

David Beazley's book Python Essential Reference has also hit the shelves. See the Python bookstore. (26-Oct-1999)