• EducationalCd

At PyCon 2004, a BoF discussed ways to get grant money for Python development. The initial target of the funding requests will be for the development of a "Fat Python" distribution. This will take the form of a bootable CDROM. The application on the CD will cover a variety of educational topics, in addition to teaching introductory computer programming. We plan to develop a demo version of the CDROM in parallel with writing a grant request for funding.

This project is discussed on [http://starship.python.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-grants the python-grants list].

Possible Contents

Here's a quick (incomplete and biased by my bookmark file) list of example things that might be included in the "Fat Python". Current thinking is to focus educational/scientific applications.

• Core Python distribution
• GUI toolkit bindings

  • PyGtk

  • wxPython

  • PyQt

  • Others?
• Scientific plotting applications
• Numeric Python extensions
• Documentation
  • Python Docs
  • Free Python Books
    • ???

  • Tutorials and FAQ on PyGtk

  • John Miller's Thesis

Other Ideas

• Databases and adapters
  • Gadfly
  • ZODB

  • adapters for MySQL, PostGres??? (do we then have to include the database?)

• Editors & GUI Builders

  • Glade
• Web tools
  • PyXML
  • libxml2
  • other XML packages
  • Quixote
  • Zope
• Applications written in Python

  • GvRobot

  • WorkforceConnections (courseware through a web interface.)

  • Chandler

  • PyGeo

  • PythonCard

  • Shtoom

  • PyGE http://pyge.sourceforge.net/

  • QuantLib (http://quantlib.sourceforge.net/)