CodeInvestigator version 0.9.0 was released on April 14.

This release fixes a bug:
I've renamed the package 'cgi' to 'cgi_ci'. The naming was
causing problems under Windows.

A usability change was made:
Line numbers are displayed next to the code. This is optional.
It can be switched off in 'Settings'.

CodeInvestigator is a tracing tool for Python programs.

Running a program through CodeInvestigator creates a recording.
Program flow, function calls, variable values and conditions are all
stored for every line the program executes.
The recording is then viewed with an interface consisting of the
code. The code can be clicked: A clicked variable displays its value,
a clicked loop displays its iterations.
You read code, and have at your disposal all the run time details of
that code. A computerized desk check tool and another way to learn
about your program.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=183942

Hi all,

PyCon FR is coming up ! We published yesterday the final program, and
I must say that this second annual meeting of Pythoneers in Paris,
looks very good.

http://fr.pycon.org/programme

Extracts:

* Why you should learn Python
* GraphViz with GvGen
* Gene search
* CouchDB
* PyPy
* Quality Assurance
* Scapy
* Zope 3
* zc.buildout
* Django
* WSGI
* etc…

The community of pyparsing users gets more and more creative! This
wiki page (http://pyparsing.wikispaces.com/WhosUsingPyparsing) links
to 12 new applications making use of pyparsing:

asDox - Actionscript class extractor
svg2imagemap - SVG -> HTML image map converter
Quameon - Quantum Monte Carlo algorithms implemented in Python
Pybtex - BibTeX parser
Tunnelhack - text adventure
madlib - fiction generator web service
poetrygen - poetry generator
PyMLNs - Markov Logic Networks
dsniff - network monitor
Bauble - biodiversity database
Firebird PowerTool
Numbler - spreadsheet web service

Check them out!

-- Paul

pyOpenSSL is a wrapper around a subset of the OpenSSL API, including support
for X509 certificates, public and private keys, and and SSL connections.

pyOpenSSL 0.7 fixes a number of memory leaks and memory corruption issues. It
also exposes several new OpenSSL APIs to Python:

* SSL_get_shutdown and SSL_set_shutdown exposed as
OpenSSL.SSL.Connection.get_shutdown and
OpenSSL.SSL.Connection.set_shutdown
* SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN and SSL_RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN exposed
as OpenSSL.SSL.SENT_SHUTDOWN and OpenSSL.SSL.RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN
* X509_verify_cert_error_string exposed as
OpenSSL.crypto.X509_verify_cert_error_string
* X509.get_serial_number and X509.set_serial_number now accept
long integers
* Expose notBefore and notAfter on X509 certificates for
inspection and mutation
* Expose low-level X509Name state with X509Name.get_components
* Expose hashing and DER access on X509Names

pyOpenSSL home page: http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net/
pyOpenSSL downloads: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=31249

Greetings,

I'm pleased to announce that the registration for the first-annual
EuroSciPy Conference is now open.

http://scipy.org/EuroSciPy2008

Please take advantage of the early-bird rate and register soon. We'd
love to have an early idea of attendance so that we can scale the
venue appropriately (the available room is flexible in this regard).

The EuroSciPy Conference will be held July 26-27, 2008 in Leipzig,
Germany.

About EuroSciPy
---------------
EuroSciPy is designed to complement the popular SciPy Conferences
which have been held for the last 7 years at Caltech (the 2008 SciPy
Conference in the U.S. will be held the week of August 19-24).
Similarly, the EuroSciPy Conference provides a unique opportunity to
learn and affect what is happening in the realm of scientific
computing with Python. Attendees will have the opportunity to review
the available tools and how they apply to specific problems.

Chicago Python User Group
=========================

Come join us for our best meeting ever!

When
----

Tuesday, April 15th, ~7pm **NOTE: TUESDAY MEETING** NO Meeting on
Thursday

Topics
------

* Web2py (Massimo Di Pierro)
* Google AppEngine Introduction / Open Discussion (Ian Bicking)
* Random Frame Hacks - lightning talks

Location
--------

DePaul CTI 243 S Wabash Ave. Big Lab on the Lobby.

About ChiPy
-----------

We'll be having our regular Toronto Area Python User's Group (PyGTA)
this upcoming Tuesday (April 15th) at 19:00 at Linux Caffe, on the
corner of Grace and Harbord. At the moment it seems the topic will be a
quick introduction to using the Selenium Web Testing framework for
testing your Web sites.

Have fun all,
Mike

http://www.pygta.org/

I'm happy to announce that ActivePython 2.5.2.2 and 2.4.5.14 are now
available for download from:
http://www.activestate.com/products/activepython/

These are patch releases that update ActivePython to core Python 2.5.2
and 2.4.5.

What is ActivePython?
---------------------

ActivePython is ActiveState's binary distribution of Python. Builds for
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, HP-UX and AIX are made freely available.

ActivePython includes the Python core and the many core extensions:
zlib and bzip2 for data compression, the Berkeley DB (bsddb) and
SQLite (sqlite3, ActivePython 2.5 only) database libraries, OpenSSL
bindings for HTTPS support, the Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter,
ElementTree for XML processing (ActivePython 2.5 only), ctypes (on
supported platforms, ActivePython 2.5 only) for low-level library
access, and others. The Windows distribution ships with PyWin32 -- a
suite of Windows tools developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings
to the Win32 API and Windows COM. See this page for full details:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/whatsincluded.html

This is a reminder that the deadline for the EuroSciPy conference
is approaching fast. It’s April 30, 2008.

Also registration is open. Take advantage of the early bird rate
and register soon.

The Conference:
---------------

The EuroSciPy 2008 Conference is to be held in Leipzig, Germany
on July 26-27, 2008.

http://www.scipy.org/EuroSciPy2008

We are very excited to create a venue for the European community of
users of the Python programming language in science. This conference
will bring the presentations and collaboration that we've enjoyed at
Caltech each year closer to home for many users of SciPy, NumPy and
Python generally--with a similar focus and schedule.

Hi All,

Pydev and Pydev Extensions 1.3.15 have been released

Details on Pydev Extensions: http://www.fabioz.com/pydev
Details on Pydev: http://pydev.sf.net
Details on its development: http://pydev.blogspot.com

Release Highlights in Pydev Extensions:
-----------------------------------------------------------------

* Globals Browser: Was not correctly showing definition on a case with
multiple projects when one did not have the python nature configured.
* Code Analysis: False positive: Classes defined within a class
context are correctly found when later accessed in the parent context.
* Interactive console integration
o Context insensitive completions with auto-import in console
o Ctrl+Alt+Enter: can be used to:
+ Create console if no console exists
+ Send selected text to console
+ Make execfile for current file if there's no selected text

Release Highlights in Pydev:
----------------------------------------------

* Files without extension: If a file that does not have an extension
is found in the root of the pythonpath, code-completion and
breakpoints work with it.
* Extract method: comma not removed when found...