Image processing with Python
by Eugen Wintersberger
Using the popular Python Imaging Library to process hundreds of images at once, including the addition of labels and borders.
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Python Magazine
Vol 3, Issue 6
July 2009
Articles
Lepton: Create Spectacular Real-time Visual Effects in Python
by Casey Duncan
How can you combine the performance that a particle simulation needs with the convenience of controlling it from Python? The Lepton system is an example of moving performance-critical code into C while retaining the kind of sleek object oriented interface that good Python practice encourages.
Python and Random Numbers
by JC Cruz
Use Python to explore the properties of pseudo-random number generation, both by implementing some generators then measuring their performance.
Using the OCLC WorldCat APIs
by Mark A. Matienzo
Mashups combine information from several web services into a single web user experience—but what do they look like in practice? This article illustrates the gritty details of connecting an industry leading online catalog with Google maps, and how Python makes it easy.
Import This: We are still learning how to write Python
by Brandon Craig Rhodes
Even after twenty years, is the Python Community still just beginning to learn how to really write Python code?
Welcome to Python: Pickling and Unpickling
by Mark Mruss
The built-in Python pickling module turns objects into portable strings and back again, and even lets you customize the storage of your own class instances.
Random Hits: Python Makes Things So Easy
by Steve Holden
The chairman of the Python Software Foundation tries his hand at a quick script to access a cryptographically protected web API, and succeeds with flying colors.
