Where can I find real-world examples of applications written in python?
Where can I find real-world examples of applications written in Python? ...
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Read colors of image with Python (GAE)
How can I read the colors of an image with python using google app engine? Example: I like to build a function to determine the most striking colors of an image to set a harmonic background color for it. ...
Getting the pattern back from a compiled re?
Hi all. Assume I have created a compiled re: x = re.compile('^\d+$') Is there a way to extract the pattern string (^\d+$) back from the x? ...
How to get a complete list of object's methods and attributes?
dir(re.compile(pattern)) does not return pattern as one of the lists's elements. Namely it returns: ['__copy__', '__deepcopy__', 'findall', 'finditer', 'match', 'scanner', 'search', 'split', 'sub', 'subn'] According to the manual, it is supposed to contain the object's attributes' names, the names of its class's attributes, a...
Python Webframework Confusion
Could someone please explain to me how the current python webframworks fit together? The three I've heard of are CherryPy, TurboGears and Pylons. However I'm confused because TurboGears seems to use CherryPy as the 'Controller' (although isn't CherryPy a framework in in it's own right?), and TurbGears 2 is going to be built on top of Py...
How to convert a file to utf-8 in Python?
I need to convert a bunch of files to utf-8 in Python, and I have trouble with the "converting the file" part. I'd like to do the equivalent of: iconv -t utf-8 $file > converted/$file # this is shell code Thanks! ...
Converting XML to JSON using Python?
I've seen a fair share of ungainly XML->JSON code on the web, and having interacted with Stack's users for a bit, I'm convinced that this crowd can help more than the first few pages of Google results can. So, we're parsing a weather feed, and we need to populate weather widgets on a multitude of web sites. We're looking now into Pytho...
How do you get output parameters from a stored procedure in Python?
I've googled around a bit, but maybe I didn't put the correct magik incantation into the search box. Does anyone know how to get output parameters from a stored procedure in Python? I'm using pymssql to call a stored procedure, and I'm not sure of the correct syntax to get the output parameter back. I don't think I can use any other db...
Preferred Python unit-testing framework
Hello, So far I've been using the built-in unittest module for unit-testing Python code. However, for simple cases it seems like an overkill. Being a derivative of xUnit, it appears a bit heavy for the dynamic nature of Python, where I would expect to write less to achieve the same effects. On the other hand, it is built-in, makes you w...
Configuring python
Hi, I am new to python and struggling to find how to control the amount of memory a python process can take? I am running python on a Cento OS machine with more than 2 GB of main memory size. Python is taking up only 128mb of this and I want to allocate it more. I tried to search all over the internet on this for last half an hour and f...
Is there a function in Python to print all the current properties and values of an object?
So what I'm looking for here is something like PHP's print_r function. This is so I can debug my scripts by seeing what's the state of the object in question. ...
How do I log an exception at warning- or info-level with trace back using the python logging framework?
Using something like this: try: #Something... except BaseException, excep: logger = logging.getLogger("componet") logger.warning("something raised an exception: " + excep) logger.info("something raised an exception: " + excep) I would rather not have it on the error-level cause in my special case it is not an error. At ...
Pylons with Elixir
I would like to use Pylons with Elixir, however, I am not sure what is the best way to get about doing this. There are several blog posts (cleverdevil, beachcoder, adam hoscilo) and even an entire new framework about how to go about doing this; however, I am not certain about the differences between them. Which one is the best to use? Am...
In Django how do I notify a parent when a child is saved in a foreign key relationship?
I have the following two models: class Activity(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=50, help_text='Some help.') entity = models.ForeignKey(CancellationEntity) ... class Cancellation(models.Model): activity = models.ForeignKey(Activity) date = models.DateField(default=datetime.now().date()) descrip...
TFS Webservice Documentation
We use a lot of of python to do much of our deployment and would be handy to connect to our TFS server to get information on iteration paths, tickets etc. I can see the webservice but unable to find any documentation. Just wondering if anyone knew of anything? Thanks, MattD ...
Can you monkey patch methods on core types in python?
Ruby can add methods to the Number class and other core types to get effects like: 1.should_equal(1) But it seems like python cannot do this. Is this true? And if so, why? Does it have something to do with the fact that type can't be modified? Update: Rather than talking about different definitions of monkey patching, I would like t...
XML Parsing - SAX vs. DOM. vs. ElementTree
Python has several ways to parse XML... I understand the very basics of parsing with SAX. It functions as a stream parser, with an event-driven API. I understand the DOM parser also. It reads the XML into memory and coverts it to objects that can be accessed with Python. Generally speaking, it was easy to choose between the 2 depend...
Standalone Python applications in Linux
How can I distribute a standalone Python application in Linux? I think I can take for granted the presence of a recent Python interpreter in any modern distribution. The problem is dealing with those libraries that do not belong to the standard library, i.e. wxPython, scipy, python cryptographic toolkit, reportlab, and so on. Is there ...
What is the best project structure for a Python application?
Imagine that you want to develop a non-trivial end-user desktop (not web) application in Python. What is the best way to structure the project's folder hierarchy? Desirable features are ease of maintenance, IDE-friendliness, suitability for source control branching/merging, and easy generation of install packages. In particular: Wher...
What are best practices for developing consistent libraries?
I am working on developing a pair of libraries to work with a REST API. Because I need to be able to use the API in very different settings I'm currently planning to have a version in PHP (for web applications) and a second version in Python (for desktop applications, and long running processes). Are there any best practices to follow ...