PyMOTW: smtpd - O'Reilly Broadcast
By Doug Hellmann
[October 19, 2008]

The smtpd module includes classes for building simple mail transport protocol servers. It is the server-side of the protocol used by smtplib.

Google App Engine Gets HTTPS! - O'Reilly Broadcast
By Noah Gift
[October 16, 2008]

HTTPS is available on Google App Engine now!

PyMOTW: trace - O'Reilly Broadcast
By Doug Hellmann
[October 13, 2008]

My Account View Cart Search Search Tips Print Listen Share PyMOTW: trace By Doug Hellmann October 13, 2008 | Comments: 0 trace – Follow Python statements as they are executed Purpose: Monitor which statements and functions are executed as a program runs to produce coverage and call-graph information. Python Version: 2.3 and later The trace module helps you understand the way your program runs. You can trace the statements executed, produce coverage reports, and investigate the relationships between functions that call each other. Command Line Interface It is easy use trace directly from the command line. Given the following Python scripts as input: from recurse import recurse def main(): print 'This is the main program.' recurse(2) return if __name__ == '__main__': main() def recurse(level): print 'recurse(%s)' % level if level: recurse(level-1) return def not_called(): print 'This function is never called.' Tracing Execution...

Dynamic Languages in Large Software Systems - O'Reilly Broadcast
By Eric Larson
[September 25, 2008]

Dynamic languages have become a prominent part of the software landscape. While languages like Perl used to be limited to small scripts, there are now a wealth of large systems that have been built entirely on dynamic languages. The web...

Python Multi-Process WSGI Server: Spawning 0.7 - O'Reilly Broadcast
By Eric Larson
[September 23, 2008]

WSGI almost magically helps you avoid Python web scaling problems due to the GIL. Here's how.

Jeremy Allison From Samba Talks About Mentors - O'Reilly Broadcast
By Noah Gift
[September 11, 2008]

In a previous post I mentioned how mentors have played in an important role in my life in both learning to code, and learning about life. One of my mentors, and one of the most underrated, unhyped Python gurus around, Shannon -jj Behrens sent me this blog post by Jeremy Allison, from the Samba team, about how he learned to program.

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