Python Programming Language

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"Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skills in this language." said Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google, Inc.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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The PyCon 2006 schedule has now been posted.
IronPython 1.0beta1 for .NET and Mono is now available.
Registration for PyCon 2006 is now open. Early-bird registration runs until January 15th.
Python 2.4.2 (final) is now available.
New page: Python audio recordings, including talks from PyCon 2005.
PyCon 2006 will be February 24-26 2006, in Dallas, Texas.
The Python Package Index (PyPI) has moved to a new dedicated server, cheeseshop.python.org. Cheese Shop/PyPI allows you to search for and download Python packages.

Welcome to the official website for the Python language.

Documentation links

What is Python? - short summary describing Python.
Beginner's Guide to Python - start here if you're new to programming
Tutorial - learn Python in an afternoon!
Introductions to Python - start here to learn all about Python.
Current documentation - previous releases also available
FAQs - Frequently Asked Question lists
Topic Guides - link collections for specific areas of interest
Non-English documentation and other non-English resources for Python

Other items of interest

Python Wiki - maintained by users
Events - Python events around the world, including where Python is being taught
Jobs - Python programming job announcements
Python User Groups - local groups
The Daily Python-URL - daily Python news summaries
Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly summaries of the Python newsgroups picked by rotating editors, supervised by Cameron Laird
Python Books - links to all the Python related books currently in publication

Documentation links

Other items of interest

Python is OSI Certified Open Source: