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Thu, 01 May 2003
Python libraries?
Simon Brunning has a
post on Java libraries vs Python libraries.
As Java person coming to Python, here are some ideas (Java doesn't have all these, but Python has to be better than Java in order to make headway):
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- Python (and Java) needs an equivalent to CPAN. This is especially true for open source stuff, since it's hard for people to know what's there. I find out about stuff because I regularly read what gets submitted to Freshmeat, as well as the umpteen blogs in my aggregator. Most people aren't going to do this. PyPI is a good start at this.
- Update the Python Home page to make it clear how to find library code - PyPI, Vaults of Parnassus (I didn't even know what that was), any other good places to go. It wouldn't take much to help people find their way to useful python code
- The Daily Python-URL! and Dr Dobbs Python-URL! are great resources. I've been learning a lot about Python from reading threads there. It would be great if these two could be searched to help find stuff.
- Provide a standard installation point for library documentation, so that a developer installing python on his system has a single place to point his web browser in order to get to his library documentation, regardless of how many libraries are installed.
- Bottom Line: it seems like there is some stuff out there, but it's not that easy to find.
Your suggestion of standard installation point for library documentation is outstanding! Both Java and Python would benefit from this. If the indexes for all your installed documentation could also be merged, that would be even better.
PyPI has a long way to go, but I think in years to come it could be Python's CPAN. But it won't happen overnight - one of Python's characteristics, it seems to me, is organic growth. No hype, no big name support, just a slow accumulation of good, solid stuff.
As a resource, don't underestimate comp.lang.python. Searching here will uncover answers to just about any question you might have.
Posted by Simon Brunning at Fri May 2 01:25:57 2003
PyPI has a long way to go, but I think in years to come it could be Python's CPAN. But it won't happen overnight - one of Python's characteristics, it seems to me, is organic growth. No hype, no big name support, just a slow accumulation of good, solid stuff.
As a resource, don't underestimate comp.lang.python. Searching here will uncover answers to just about any question you might have.
Posted by Simon Brunning at Fri May 2 01:25:57 2003
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