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Yahoo! Launches Python Developer Center

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the snakes-on-a-page dept.

SimonW writes "Yahoo! has launched a Python Developer Center as part of their Developer Network. The new site explains how to access Yahoo!'s many web service APIs using Python, and includes tutorials on using Python with REST, JSON, XML and RSS. The site joins Yahoo!'s existing developer centers for PHP and JavaScript."

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  1. Javascript by kevin_conaway · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Python developer, I think this is great. I'm glad that Python is gaining more acceptance.

    If the quality is on par with their Javascript library, we're in for a real treat

  2. Re:How refreshing! by LnxAddct · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because Google's Summer of Code, or code.google.com or, more importantly, code.google.com/hosting weren't enough? The hundred patches that Google gave back to Wine after getting Wine to work with Picasa, or the many other libraries and APIs that Google provides. What Yahoo is doing is great, but you're not giving Google nearly enough credit.
    Regards,
    Steve

  3. Re:Value of their feeds? by 0racle · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I expect them to be available to me in the future
    Why? It's their service, they could stop it or move it to a pay service at any time. Guess what, anyone providing a free service could do that even (gasp) Google. They could make GMail a pay service tomorrow if they felt like it.

    Your expectations seem to be ever so slightly unrealistic.
    --
    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
  4. Whitespace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know everybody gets hung up on the whitespace thing when they look at Python. But you know what? Once you start actually coding in it for any significant amount of time, it's not a big deal. When you first start, I know you expect it to be really annoying, but that simply doesn't turn out to be the case. The supposed problem evaporates.

    Every time you hear anybody moan about Python's significant whitespace, ask them how long they've spent actually writing Python. You'll see the same thing as I do - that virtually everybody complaining has never given Python a chance, and that virtually everybody who has given Python a chance has realised that the significant whitespace isn't a big deal.

  5. You're not helping things. by Virak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you want people to switch to Scheme, explain why they should and how it would benefit them, don't just say "lol ur language is teh sux, use mine". That's exactly the kind of stupid shit that gives Lisp users a reputation as a bunch of arrogant assholes.

    And yes, Scheme is a great language, and I love it, but it's not the best thing for every situation. If you truly think one language is the best choice for everything, then you're a total idiot.

    Also, no even slightly popular browser supports client side scripting with Scheme, and most web hosts don't offer server-side scripting with it either.

  6. Re:Is Python created by a religious person? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What does religion have to do with programming languages? As a _true_ atheist you should care about this particular point.
    I'm an atheist too, and the point is to keep our minds open and willing to accept and change our thoughts.
    You cannot ignore other people just because of their religion, that is not what an atheist stands for, we are against those lines of thinking.

    Would you not take your medication if you found it it was invented by a religious person?