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11/6/2013 - 6:54 PM

Python-related modules and guides.

Python-related modules and guides.

Packages

  • lxml - Pythonic binding for the C libraries libxml2 and libxslt.
  • boto - Python interface to Amazon Web Services
  • Django - Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
  • Fabric - Library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration task.
  • PyMongo - Tools for working with MongoDB, and is the recommended way to work with MongoDB from Python.
  • Celery - Task queue to distribute work across threads or machines.
  • pytz - pytz brings the Olson tz database into Python. This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using Python 2.4 or higher.

Guides

  • The Python Standard Library - This library reference manual describes the standard library that is distributed with Python. It also describes some of the optional components that are commonly included in Python distributions.
  • The Django Book - A free book about the Django Web framework for the Python programming language.
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python - This opinionated guide exists to provide both novice and expert Python developers a best-practice handbook to the installation, configuration, and usage of Python on a daily basis.
  • The Python Language Reference - This reference manual describes the syntax and “core semantics” of the language. It is terse, but attempts to be exact and complete. The semantics of non-essential built-in object types and of the built-in functions and modules are described in The Python Standard Library.