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PHP, Python, Samba get security tick of approval
Perl, PHP, Python and Samba have been commended for improving security in a report analysing over 250 open-source projects. Read more »
Updated Python language released
The next version of the open source programming language Python was released this week featuring performance gains, bug fixes and new language enhancements. Read more »
Zope launch next-generation application server
The open-source organisation has released the first version of Zope X3, which has been completely rewritten to improve the architecture. Read more »
Google open sources XML-alternative Protocol Buffers
XML, it seems, has run out of steam for Google. Google said Monday that it has created an open source project for a data interchange format called Protocol Buffers. Read more »
Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser
Adobe is preparing to open source development tools that will enable existing desktop and server software to run in Web browsers, according to reports. Read more »
Sun tries again with consumer-flavoured Java
The server and software company comes full circle with Java, releasing a scripting language to ease desktop and device Java development. Read more »
'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools
James Gosling, a vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems, once quipped that the average software developer spends more on cafe lattes than on tools. Read more »
Microsoft looks to extinguish LAMP
The threat of open source web application software has led the software giant to produce smaller, cheaper versions of some of its tools. Read more »
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Lazy list builders: Generators in Python
Sometimes your program is just too motivated, and does all this work you don't need or want it to do -- you want it to be lazier. That's where generators come in. Using a generator in Python lets you choose exactly how much you want done, and when. Read more »
Generating functions rather than lists in Python
There are situations where list comprehensions are useful, but also situations where you're better served by using some other form. In this article we'll take an example of where a function factory is the better choice. Read more »
Faster, smaller, clearer: Python iterator tools
With Python's itertools module you can quickly and simply perform some of the more complicated operations you'll need to do on lists. It will make your code perform better and become easier to read. Read more »
Partial function application in Python
Python is not an inherently functional language, but with the help of the functools library you can write some programs in a functional style. One of the key tools do to writing functional code is partial function application, which is available through the functools module. Read more »
A Quick Start to Python
With the final release of Python 2.5 we thought it was about time Builder AU gave our readers an overview of the popular programming language. Builder AU's Nick Gibson has stepped up to the plate to write this introductory article for beginners. Read more »
A Quickstart to building GUI based applications in Python
Nick Gibson will show you how Python's emphasis on simplicity can get you up and running on your graphical application in no time. Read more »
Pick up some Python with this script walk-through
In Python, loops and flow control statements aren't terminated, which can get a little confusing. Here is a script walk-through from Builder.com to help you with Python. Read more »
One virtual machine to rule them all
The Java platform can be used to interpret more than just the Java language -- it has expanded its coverage to include Ruby, Python with PHP to follow shortly. Read more »
Data driven transformations: list comprehensions
List comprehensions give you a different way to code in Python that allows you to focus on the data you're transforming, rather than the functions you use. Nick Gibson shows how you can use list comprehensions to make your Python code cleaner, clearer and faster. Read more »
The LAMP development toolkit
Need to dust up your Linux, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python, and MySQL (LAMP) software stack skills? Our LAMP development toolkit is just what you need. Read more »
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AppEngine: Google's Python boost
-- I'm sure I am not the only person who will be learning a thing or three about Python due to AppEngine curiosity -- for that, Python should give Google thanks. Read more »
OpenAndroid: a Google geek's delight
-- Between OpenSocial and Android, did anyone manage not to hear about Google this week? Read more »
Will OLPC change Linux?
-- If OLPC is successful then the next generation of programmers will come from an environment that is a vast change from the fringe desktop that we live in today. Read more »
CodeGear Q&A
-- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »
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Share a keyboard and mouse with Synergy
Even in the era of virtualization, many IT pros (including myself) have a small army of computers sitting on, under, and around their desks. Read more »
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Android devs less than gruntled
Yet more discouraging news on the Android front. Having hacked off its developer community by releasing updated SDKs to just a small group of chosen devs, Google has now given the brush-off to a petition that called for more to be given to the wider community. Read more »
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As a developer there will be a time when you ship a bug -- be it a stub that you left in, or a flaming, crashtastic segfault. The next time this happens and your bosses come baying for blood, point them in the direction of VMware, who this week gave the developer world a great example of how to ship a showstopper bug. Read more »
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