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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. Whython by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's pretty cool of Yahoo to provide so much to the dev community. It's definitely improved my feelings about the company.

    I wonder why they've made this foray into the Python world? I know they decided to focus on PHP a few years back. Did they find some tasks were easier to accomplish in Python? Or are they simply trying to reach out to another developer community?

  2. Value of their feeds? by halosfan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    While browsing through this, I noticed the following in ther Weather RSS feed page:

    The feeds are provided free of charge for use by individuals and non-profit organizations for personal, non-commercial uses.

    and then

    Yahoo! also reserves the right to require you to cease distributing these feeds at any time for any reason.

    So, while it's cool and all, is there any value to using their weather RSS feed (and I assume it's similar with other services), beyond my ability to play with them? I mean, even I'm not making any money off it, presumably, if I put the effort in accessing those feeds, I expect them to be available to me in the future? Or do they provide a paid-for version for this?

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  3. Re:How refreshing! by y5 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What Yahoo is doing is great, but you're not giving Google nearly enough credit.

    You might be right. But I've had the chance to use the Web API's for Yahoo, Google, and MSN. Yahoo's Web Search API has been much easier to use than Google's or MSN's. I know there are many other API's to use than just web search, but I've been impressed with what I've seen from Yahoo, more so than from the others.

    Direction is everything, and you have to admit Yahoo has been moving in the right direction lately. Here's to hoping they don't lose focus of what's giving them such good publicity! =)

  4. Re:Is Python created by a religious person? by swartze · · Score: 3, Interesting
    As an atheist, I'd like to stick to a language created by an atheist
    Wow, That's quite a religious conviction you've got there.
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