There are under 2 days left in the book campaign! I think that's pretty exciting. I hope you do too! I've been busy writing the new Part 3 lately. I only have two more chapters to go before it's done. My hope is that Part 3 will be done by the end of the week. […]
Python includes a couple of modules for testing in its standard library: doctest and unittest. We will be looking at doctest in this article. The doctest module will search for pieces of text in your code that resemble interactive Python sessions. It will then execute those sessions to verify that they work exactly as written. […]
Kivy is an open source Python library for rapid development of applications that make use of innovative user interfaces, such as multi-touch apps. The Kivy organization is organizing its second application development contest.! This is a great chance for new and experienced users to show off their skills and compete for prizes. Entries will be […]
Over the weekend, I finished setting up a website for my upcoming book, Python 101. I discovered that www.python101.com is owned by squatters, so I got www.python101.org instead. It will redirect to http://python101.pythonlibrary.org because I think the book should be a part of Python Library while maintaining its independence. There isn't much content on the […]
We only have five more days before the end of the campaign, so I thought it would be nice to share a couple chapters from the book. You can download the introduction along with chapters 1 and 2 here. I have been working on the new section of the book since it is now the […]
The wxPython Google Group was discussing different methods of catching exceptions in wxPython the other day. If you use wxPython a lot, you will soon realize that some exceptions are difficult to catch. The wxPython Wiki explains why. Anyway, the fellows on the list were recommending the use of sys.excepthook. So I took one of […]
