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
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.)
Internally, Python source code is always translated into a bytecode
representation, and this bytecode is then executed by the Python virtual
.. XXX check which of these projects are still alive
There are also several programs which make it easier to intermingle Python and C
-code in various ways to increase performance. See, for example, `Psyco
+code in various ways to increase performance. See, for example, `Cython <http://cython.org/>`_ , `Psyco
<http://psyco.sourceforge.net/>`_, `Pyrex
<http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_, `PyInline
<http://pyinline.sourceforge.net/>`_, `Py2Cmod
-<http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2cmod/>`_, and `Weave
-<http://www.scipy.org/Weave>`_.
+<http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2cmod/>`_, and
+`Weave <http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy-dev/reference/tutorial/weave.html>`_.
How does Python manage memory?
very little effort, as long as you're running on a machine with an
x86-compatible processor.
-`Pyrex <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_ is a compiler
-that accepts a slightly modified form of Python and generates the corresponding
+`Cython <http://cython.org>`_ and its relative `Pyrex
+<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. Pyrex makes 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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