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| == Magazines that Accept Technical Articles == | Discussions on advocating the use of Python take place on the following mailing lists: * [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy|General Advocacy (everyone welcome)]] * [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/usergroup-advocacy|Committee to Support Usergroups]] * [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers|Gathering of Current/Future Usergroup Leaders]] -------- |
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| * [http://linuxjournal.com Linux Journal] [http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/author/index Author Guidelines] * [http://www.ddj.com Dr. Dobbs Journal] [http://www.ddj.com/authors.htm Author Guidelines] * [http://byte.com Byte Magazine] (no guidelines found; may not accept non-staff material) |
Greetings! I'm the PythonAdvocacyCoordinator. You can reach me via email at <<MailTo(advocate AT python DOT org)>>. I'm always glad to hear ideas or corrections. |
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| == Magazine Articles About Python I Would Like to See == | ---- == Current Focus == |
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| * Python and Relational Databases | * [[/UsergroupSupport|to support and encourage the formation of usergroups]] * [[/5MinuteVideos|to create a series of 5-minute videos introducing uses of Python]] * to write whitepapers as a follow-on to the 5-minute videos * [[/ProgrammingForNewprogrammers|exploration of getting non-programmers to start with Python]] |
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| Talk about the DB-API that Python has standardized on, and how easy it is to write conventional SQL. Then move into one of the ORMs for Python, perhaps SQLObject or SQLAlchemy. Discuss how data types are automatically converted, and how cross-platform the solution is. Highlight the different database engines supported, both open source and commercial. | ---- == How You Can Get Involved! == ---- |
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| * Python and Object Databases | Want to help with some writing? Check out our list of whitepaper/flyer AdvocacyWritingTasks or magazine ArticleIdeas. |
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| Talk about how dynamic languages make a good match for object databases, with seamless serialization. Provide an overview of how an object database works, but focus on the end-developer and not the underlying mechanisms. Cover how the databases retain transaction support, and to what degree they provide support for the principles of ACID. Discuss the popular ZODB, Durus and APE frameworks, their tradeoffs (e.g. read-mostly usage, transaction rates) and the fact that they can be used standalone without the baggage of Zope or Quixote. Cover their lack of granular security and user identities at the database API level. | ---- == Suggestions from the Community == ---- |
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| * Handling Email with Python | * Identify a shirt store in Europe, to provide a more local source of Python wearables than Cafe Press. * Help complete the remaining 15% of Python-equivalent recipes (and review the existing 85% for being current with Python 2.5) of the [[http://pleac.sourceforge.net|Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook]], a side-by-side comparison of algorithms in different programming languages based on the Perl Cookbook. * Do something about python.com! Python is a great teaching language, but one of the first things a curious student is likely to do in search of more info is go to their browser and surf to www.python.com. Yikes! It is unlikely that we can get them to give up their domain name, but maybe they could be convinced to at least put up a front page with "You are about to enter an adult site, are you 18, etc..." And if we were really lucky, their front page could contain "If you are looking for info on the Python programming language, go to www.python.org" How can we "encourage" them to do the right thing? |
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| * Image Processing, Array Numerics and Python | ---- == Advocacy Resources == |
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| array module, numpy/numeric/scipy framework | === Python Advocacy Kits === <<Anchor(AdvocacyKits)>> [[#AdvocacyKits|(permalink)]] |
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| * Functional Programming in Python | * [[/CollegeStudentKit|College Student's Python Advocacy Kit]] (being developed) * [[/ItDepartmentKit|IT Department Python Advocacy Kit]] (being developed) * [[/UniversityEducatorKit|University Educator's Python Advocacy Kit]] (being developed) * [[/K12EducatorKit|K-12 Educator's Python Advocacy Kit]] (being developed) * [[/HomeSchoolEducatorKit|Home Schooling Educator's Python Advocacy Kit]] (being developed) * [[/PythonForScientists|Python for Scientists Advocacy Kit]] (should be developed) * [[/UsergroupSupport|Python Usergroups Advocacy Kit]] |
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| Provide an overview with examples of the functional programming features of Python. Cover the lambda, map and reduce functions but move on to the newer all(), any() and generator/coroutine support in Python 2.5. Discuss the broad support Python iterators | === Reusable/Retargetable Teaching Materials === <<Anchor(TeachingMaterials)>> [[#TeachingMaterials|(permalink)]] |
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| itertools functools | * [[/SlidePresentations|Excellent Slide Presentations]] - we're looking for the best out of many * [[/ClassHandouts|Class Handouts]] |
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| * Mixing Network Protocols in Python | === Other Resources === |
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| * | * [[/WearablesGadgets|Promotional Items like shirts, posters, etc.]] * [[http://advocacy.python.org/@@/collaterals/|Document Library]] * WellKnownPythonPrograms - you may already be using Python! * LanguageComparisons - Python Compared to Other Languages * [[http://pythonology.org/|Pythonology: A Site for Python Advocacy]] (success stories, how-tos, press list, and more) * [[http://www.python.org/doc/Summary.html|Executive Summary]] ("What is Python?") * [[http://docs.python.org/dev/howto/advocacy.html|Python Advocacy HOWTO]] * MarketingPython * [[http://www.cafepy.com/article/53/|Python Marketing]] Yet another article collecting quotes and facts pointing to explosive growth of Python in the enterprise. * PythonAdvocacyInScientificComputation * And if you think that Python programs run slowly, please read PythonSpeed where some of the issues related to speed are discussed. * Python23Release (preparation of PR and marketing message for Python 2.x Release) * [[attachment:PythonAdvocacyGlossy-1-A4.odg]] * [[attachment:PythonAdvocacyGlossy-1-A4.ps]] * [[attachment:PythonAdvocacyGlossy-1-A4.pdf]] |
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| interpreter prompt, inspect module, the power of tracebacks, pprint module | * [[attachment:BusinessCards-PythonAdvocacy-1-LTR.odt]] * [[attachment:BusinessCards-PythonAdvocacy-1-LTR.ps]] * [[attachment:BusinessCards-PythonAdvocacy-1-LTR.pdf]] |
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| packaging; imports, zipimports, distutils, eggs and cheeseshop | === postive reports about Python === * [[http://www.clapper.org/bmc/blog/id/75]] Brian M. Clapper explains his feelings "Why is Python more fun than Java?" |
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| * | Please send me <<MailTo(advocate AT python DOT org)>> any files that might be useful for giving out at user groups or business meetings. |
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| unittest module, doctest module, test module | Existing material appears (also) at [[evangelism support materials]] and PromotingPythonBof. Note [[http://psf.pollenation.net/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/160]]. |
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| * unicode, codecs, unicodedata and stringprep modules, a bit about the locale and gettext modules. |
== General Notes == |
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| * | Advocacy is the process of letting people know what Python is good at, and drawing them into using the language. The most effective forms of advocacy lure users to the language by impressing them with results, rather than brow beating or lecturing them on language design. |
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| writing shell utilities with Python | Published articles that answer the question "how do I solve X with Python?" are a good way to get people interested. |
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| getopt/optparse modules, curses module, shutil module, commands module | One goal for writing articles might be to develop a library of How-Tos for Python. Much information exists, but it has not been collected for convenient access from python.org (or another central location), and there are certainly gaps in covering key strengths of Python. |
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| * Processing Compressed Archives with Python | A collection of [[http://python.org/about/success|Python Success Stories]] already exists. These are also useful, usually by helping engineers convince their bosses that Python is worthy of attention. But success stories tend to be lean on "how-to" style information, so they do not offer a convenient path to get new users working with Python. |
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| gzip, zlib, bz2, zipfile, tarfile, zipimport | Since the goal for advocacy is to highlight Python's strengths, [[http://wingware.com/python|this Key Strengths list]] may be useful. |
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| * Debugging and Profiling Your Python Code | == Print and Online Magazines that Accept Technical Articles == |
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| Talk about the power of the Python debugger, along with the profiler module and the (new for Python 2.5) cProfiler module. Contrast both the short-term ability to break on flexible conditions with the ability to profile code over the long-term. Discuss code coverage functionality and end with mentions of some of the IDE environments for Python that make some of this even easier. | We would like to focus on those magazines outside the Python community, in order to reach those who don't know about us. Also there are many magazines that accept press releases that do not accept articles. We need those that welcome articles. |
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| * Writing a Web Client with Python | * [[http://linuxjournal.com|Linux Journal]] [[http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/author/index|Author Guidelines]] * [[http://www.ddj.com|Dr. Dobbs Journal]] [[http://www.ddj.com/authors.htm|Author Guidelines]] * [[http://byte.com|Byte Magazine]] (no guidelines found; may not accept non-staff material) * [[http://www.mactech.com|MacTech Magazine]] [[http://www.mactech.com/editorial/writersguide.html|Author Guidelines]] * [[http://www.onlamp.com/python/|O'Reilly Python Dev Center]] -- Inside Python community in a sense but O'Reilly gets a lot of exposure. * [[http://www.infoworld.com/|Infoworld]] * [[http://www.artima.com/|Artima Developer]] * [[http://www.intelligententerprise.com/|Intelligent Enterprise]] |
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| Walk the reader thru the creation of a program to fetch content from a website, starting with simple HTML text, adding basic/digest authentication, cookie support and SSL certificate checking. Also discuss having this program talk thru a web proxy ala SOCKS. This article would cover a lot of the API in the urllib2 module. | == Electronic Magazines that Accept Technical Articles == |
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| * [[http://arstechnica.com|Ars Technica]] [[http://arstechnica.com/site/styleguide.ars|Author Guidelines]] | |
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| For active discussion on advocating for Python, please join the mailing list at [http://wingware.com/mailman/listinfo/marketing-python] WellKnownPythonPrograms - you may already be using Python! |
Getting Involved in Discussions |
Discussions on advocating the use of Python take place on the following mailing lists:
Greetings! I'm the PythonAdvocacyCoordinator. You can reach me via email at <advocate AT python DOT org>. I'm always glad to hear ideas or corrections.
Current Focus
to create a series of 5-minute videos introducing uses of Python
- to write whitepapers as a follow-on to the 5-minute videos
How You Can Get Involved!
Want to help with some writing? Check out our list of whitepaper/flyer AdvocacyWritingTasks or magazine ArticleIdeas.
Suggestions from the Community
- Identify a shirt store in Europe, to provide a more local source of Python wearables than Cafe Press.
Help complete the remaining 15% of Python-equivalent recipes (and review the existing 85% for being current with Python 2.5) of the Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook, a side-by-side comparison of algorithms in different programming languages based on the Perl Cookbook.
- Do something about python.com! Python is a great teaching language, but one of the first things a curious student is likely to do in search of more info is go to their browser and surf to www.python.com. Yikes! It is unlikely that we can get them to give up their domain name, but maybe they could be convinced to at least put up a front page with "You are about to enter an adult site, are you 18, etc..." And if we were really lucky, their front page could contain "If you are looking for info on the Python programming language, go to www.python.org" How can we "encourage" them to do the right thing?
Advocacy Resources
Python Advocacy Kits
College Student's Python Advocacy Kit (being developed)
IT Department Python Advocacy Kit (being developed)
University Educator's Python Advocacy Kit (being developed)
K-12 Educator's Python Advocacy Kit (being developed)
Home Schooling Educator's Python Advocacy Kit (being developed)
Python for Scientists Advocacy Kit (should be developed)
Reusable/Retargetable Teaching Materials
Excellent Slide Presentations - we're looking for the best out of many
Other Resources
WellKnownPythonPrograms - you may already be using Python!
LanguageComparisons - Python Compared to Other Languages
Pythonology: A Site for Python Advocacy (success stories, how-tos, press list, and more)
Executive Summary ("What is Python?")
Python Marketing Yet another article collecting quotes and facts pointing to explosive growth of Python in the enterprise.
And if you think that Python programs run slowly, please read PythonSpeed where some of the issues related to speed are discussed.
Python23Release (preparation of PR and marketing message for Python 2.x Release)
postive reports about Python
http://www.clapper.org/bmc/blog/id/75 Brian M. Clapper explains his feelings "Why is Python more fun than Java?"
Please send me <advocate AT python DOT org> any files that might be useful for giving out at user groups or business meetings.
Existing material appears (also) at evangelism support materials and PromotingPythonBof. Note http://psf.pollenation.net/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/160.
General Notes
Advocacy is the process of letting people know what Python is good at, and drawing them into using the language. The most effective forms of advocacy lure users to the language by impressing them with results, rather than brow beating or lecturing them on language design.
Published articles that answer the question "how do I solve X with Python?" are a good way to get people interested.
One goal for writing articles might be to develop a library of How-Tos for Python. Much information exists, but it has not been collected for convenient access from python.org (or another central location), and there are certainly gaps in covering key strengths of Python.
A collection of Python Success Stories already exists. These are also useful, usually by helping engineers convince their bosses that Python is worthy of attention. But success stories tend to be lean on "how-to" style information, so they do not offer a convenient path to get new users working with Python.
Since the goal for advocacy is to highlight Python's strengths, this Key Strengths list may be useful.
Print and Online Magazines that Accept Technical Articles
We would like to focus on those magazines outside the Python community, in order to reach those who don't know about us. Also there are many magazines that accept press releases that do not accept articles. We need those that welcome articles.
Byte Magazine (no guidelines found; may not accept non-staff material)
O'Reilly Python Dev Center -- Inside Python community in a sense but O'Reilly gets a lot of exposure.