Ron Dameron recently published an article comparing Python and PowerShell DBA Scripting. He wrote a code in Python and then translated it to PowerShell. He considered few examples like Listing installed hot fixes (DST patch), Checking free space on drives, Finding a database across multiple servers, Checking the version of SQL Server installed.
java2python claims to be a simple but effective tool to translate Java source code into Python source code. Troy Melhase, the creator of the java2python project has announced the first release.
java2python is licensed under the GNU General Public License 2.0. To translate code, java2python requires python 2.5, ANTLR and PyANTLR.
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iDevGames, one of the most renowned Mac game development company, announced the 3D Game Development Contest. Its a good opportunity for Python game developers to participate and compete with other game developers. Developers skills will be tested for creating 3D unique games in just 30 days!
Python is already being used by professional game developers in a number of popular commercial games, including the award winning Star Trek Bridge Commander , Freedom Force. Still C and C++ are the favorite languages for game development. lets see the advantages of Python, how Python can reduce your development time and improve your technical designs.
For several years, SourceForge has been the standard for open source projects. There wasn’t any competition as fulfilling the needs of a demanding open source community is anything but simple. SourceForge has done exceptionally well for so long, but now there’s an alternative.
According to the survey done by O’Reilly, Javascript and PHP continues to lead in the book sales, while Python and actionscript are in the last position. There is a considerable rise in the book sales for Ruby as they have now passed sales for Perl books as well (they passed book sales for Python in the last year). Book sales statistics shows the dominance of Javascript and PHP, does that indicate the popularity?
Lots of open source Content Management Systems are available today, developers and contributors are working very hard to improve performance, design and accessibility. It