Article which goes into some detail about how to create a useful bug report.
This describes what kind of information is useful and why it is useful.
- `Bug Writing Guidelines <http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Bug_writing_guidelines>`_
+ `Bug Writing Guidelines <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Bug_writing_guidelines>`_
Information about writing a good bug report. Some of this is specific to the
Mozilla project, but describes general good practices.
successfully.
-.. _Python Package Index (PyPI): https://pypi.python.org/
+.. _Python Package Index (PyPI): https://pypi.python.org/pypi
Practical answer:
-`Cython <http://cython.org/>`_ and `Pyrex <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_
+`Cython <http://cython.org/>`_ and `Pyrex <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/>`_
compile a modified version of Python with optional annotations into C
-extensions. `Weave <http://www.scipy.org/Weave>`_ makes it easy to
+extensions. `Weave <http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy-dev/reference/tutorial/weave.html>`_ makes it easy to
intermingle Python and C code in various ways to increase performance.
`Nuitka <http://www.nuitka.net/>`_ is an up-and-coming compiler of Python
into C++ code, aiming to support the full Python language.
Hugunin has demonstrated that in combination with whole-program analysis,
speedups of 1000x are feasible for small demo programs. See the proceedings
from the `1997 Python conference
-<https://www.python.org/workshops/1997-10/proceedings/>`_ for more information.)
+<http://legacy.python.org/workshops/1997-10/proceedings/>`_ for more information.)
How does Python manage memory?
.. XXX make sure these all work
`Cython <http://cython.org>`_ and its relative `Pyrex
-<http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_ are compilers
+<http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/>`_ are compilers
that accept a slightly modified form of Python and generate the corresponding
C code. Cython and Pyrex make it possible to write an extension without having
to learn Python's C API.
<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/>`__, `CXX
<http://cxx.sourceforge.net/>`_ `Boost
<http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/index.html>`_, or `Weave
-<http://www.scipy.org/Weave>`_ are also alternatives for wrapping
-C++ libraries.
+<http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy-dev/reference/tutorial/weave.html>`_ are also
+alternatives for wrapping C++ libraries.
How can I execute arbitrary Python statements from C?
newsgroups and on the Python home page at https://www.python.org/; an RSS feed of
news is available.
-You can also access the development version of Python through Subversion. See
-https://docs.python.org/devguide/faq for details.
+You can also access the development version of Python through Mercurial. See
+https://docs.python.org/devguide/faq.html for details.
How do I submit bug reports and patches for Python?
When he began implementing Python, Guido van Rossum was also reading the
published scripts from `"Monty Python's Flying Circus"
-<http://pythonline.com/>`__, a BBC comedy series from the 1970s. Van Rossum
+<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python>`__, a BBC comedy series from the 1970s. Van Rossum
thought he needed a name that was short, unique, and slightly mysterious, so he
decided to call the language Python.
releases.
The latest stable releases can always be found on the `Python download page
-<https://python.org/download/>`_. There are two recommended production-ready
+<https://www.python.org/download/>`_. There are two recommended production-ready
versions at this point in time, because at the moment there are two branches of
stable releases: 2.x and 3.x. Python 3.x may be less useful than 2.x, since
currently there is more third party software available for Python 2 than for
Have any significant projects been done in Python?
--------------------------------------------------
-See https://python.org/about/success for a list of projects that use Python.
+See https://www.python.org/about/success for a list of projects that use Python.
Consulting the proceedings for `past Python conferences
-<https://python.org/community/workshops/>`_ will reveal contributions from many
+<https://www.python.org/community/workshops/>`_ will reveal contributions from many
different companies and organizations.
High-profile Python projects include `the Mailman mailing list manager
There are bindings available for the Qt toolkit (using either `PyQt
<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/>`_ or `PySide
-<http://www.pyside.org/>`_) and for KDE (`PyKDE <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pykde/intro>`__).
+<http://www.pyside.org/>`_) and for KDE (`PyKDE <https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages/Python>`__).
PyQt is currently more mature than PySide, but you must buy a PyQt license from
`Riverbank Computing <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/license>`_
if you want to write proprietary applications. PySide is free for all applications.
Qt 4.5 upwards is licensed under the LGPL license; also, commercial licenses
-are available from `Nokia <http://qt.nokia.com/>`_.
+are available from `The Qt Company <http://www.qt.io/licensing/>`_.
Gtk+
----
========================================================
By installing the `PyObjc Objective-C bridge
-<http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net>`_, Python programs can use Mac OS X's
+<https://pythonhosted.org/pyobjc/>`_, Python programs can use Mac OS X's
Cocoa libraries.
:ref:`Pythonwin <windows-faq>` by Mark Hammond includes an interface to the
The :mod:`pydoc` module can create HTML from the doc strings in your Python
source code. An alternative for creating API documentation purely from
docstrings is `epydoc <http://epydoc.sf.net/>`_. `Sphinx
-<http://sphinx.pocoo.org>`_ can also include docstring content.
+<http://sphinx-doc.org>`_ can also include docstring content.
How do I get a single keypress at a time?
debugging non-Pythonwin programs. Pythonwin is available as part of the `Python
for Windows Extensions <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/>`__ project and
as a part of the ActivePython distribution (see
-http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/index.html).
+http://www.activestate.com/activepython\ ).
`Boa Constructor <http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/>`_ is an IDE and GUI
builder that uses wxWidgets. It offers visual frame creation and manipulation,
hierarchies, doc string generated html documentation, an advanced debugger,
integrated help, and Zope support.
-`Eric <http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index.html>`_ is an IDE built on PyQt
+`Eric <http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/>`_ is an IDE built on PyQt
and the Scintilla editing component.
Pydb is a version of the standard Python debugger pdb, modified for use with DDD
They include:
* Wing IDE (http://wingware.com/)
-* Komodo IDE (http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo)
+* Komodo IDE (http://komodoide.com/)
* PyCharm (https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/)
PyChecker performs, Pylint offers some additional features such as checking line
length, whether variable names are well-formed according to your coding
standard, whether declared interfaces are fully implemented, and more.
-http://www.logilab.org/card/pylint_manual provides a full list of Pylint's
-features.
+http://docs.pylint.org/ provides a full list of Pylint's features.
How can I create a stand-alone binary from a Python script?
http://www.py2exe.org/
-Another is Christian Tismer's `SQFREEZE <http://starship.python.net/crew/pirx>`_
-which appends the byte code to a specially-prepared Python interpreter that can
-find the byte code in the executable.
-
-Other tools include Fredrik Lundh's `Squeeze
-<http://www.pythonware.com/products/python/squeeze>`_ and Anthony Tuininga's
-`cx_Freeze <http://starship.python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Freeze/index.html>`_.
+Another tool is Anthony Tuininga's `cx_Freeze <http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net/>`_.
Are there coding standards or a style guide for Python programs?
See the Python Cookbook for a long discussion of many ways to do this:
- http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52560
+ http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52560/
If you don't mind reordering the list, sort it and then scan from the end of the
list, deleting duplicates as you go::
.. |Python Development on XP| image:: python-video-icon.png
.. _`Python Development on XP`:
- http://www.showmedo.com/videos/series?name=pythonOzsvaldPyNewbieSeries
+ http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/series?name=pythonOzsvaldPyNewbieSeries
Unless you use some sort of integrated development environment, you will end up
*typing* Windows commands into what is variously referred to as a "DOS window"
.. |Adding Python to DOS Path| image:: python-video-icon.png
.. _`Adding Python to DOS Path`:
- http://showmedo.com/videos/video?name=960000&fromSeriesID=96
+ http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/video?name=960000&fromSeriesID=96
or::
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