Am I Seeing Python Everywhere? @ OPEN SOURCE MAGAZINE

Am I Seeing Python Everywhere?

I've been a long-time Python fan. It's a language that's so easy to program with that I end up turning to it for a great many things and I find myself wishing for a Python interface in pretty much any application that moves or plays with data in anyway. I also give Python-based products a good hard look when comparing alternatives. We've adopted the Python-based Plone as the content management system for our Website (I know - Drupal has major momentum but Plone is a very solid product also) and it's been a very good experience for the sector we serve.

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Just Krys, from Grandma's house commented on the 27 May 2007

Trackback Added: Python on the radar more and more; It seems like more and more Python is popping up everywhere. Jeff Rush , on the Python Advocacy mailing list , pointed to and article by Paul Nowak about how he is finding Python used more and more and in more varied domains. From the article:

Martijn Pieters commented on the 8 May 2007

The reason you are seeing Python all over Ubuntu, is that it is a stated goal of Ubuntu itself to use Python as much as possible. Ubuntu's founder, billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, made his fortune using Python as the basis of his internet security company Thawte. He feels that Python gave him the competitive edge he needed, and this is his way of saying thank you to Python. If you install Kubuntu (the KDE equivalent of Ubuntu), you'll find just as much Python.

This is not to say that the Gnome community is not embracing Python as well; the next iteration of the Gnome website is slated to run on Plone.

Other places to look for Python:

- Maya, the professional 3D modeling and animation tool used by all the big studios, recently added Python as a scripting language (next to their own proprietary language).

- Nokia has added support for Python to their S60 platform. I have seen a demonstration of a hack-on-the-train application that grabs Bluetooth GPRS coordinates whenever making a picture with the built-in camera and connecting these pictures with a graph of distances and relative positions on the screen. This application was written by a Python enthusiast who had bought a Nokia phone for the purpose.

- Loads of commercial games use Python, including such luminaries as EVE online and Civilization IV.

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