Python Magazine

by Jarret Hardie

Python 3 comes with a warning label: language changes may break your code. Having removed the function argument that most Python 2 developers use to control Python's sorting routines, how does this latest version of the language expect an orderly program to thrive and survive?

by Gustavo Narea

Have you ever created a web application? If so, it's very likely that you have at one time or another faced "the security problem"; whether to create and maintain a homegrown security sub-system, or to learn to use framework-specific security mechanisms (which may not be as flexible as you wish). This article explores a highly extensible alternative which you can learn once and use in arbitrary applications, regardless of the web framework used (if any!).

by Catherine Devlin

Have you thought about hosting your own Python convention? Regional conferences can bring huge benefits without a massive budget.

by JC Cruz

When using Apple's Cocoa API from Python, what, exactly, is the relationship between the strings and lists you type and the values that your Apple widgets can actually see?

by Brandon Craig Rhodes

…and there was much rejoicing! The "benevolent dictator" of Python has announced that he is tiring — and, at exactly the right time.

by Mark Mruss

Using the pYthon interface to GTK, you can harness one of the most popular UI frameworks to be the front end of your program.

by Steve Holden

Industry, technology and conferences: thoughts on Python, the economy and computing