Python is easy! (Hitting a URL)
Amazing how complete the language of Python is. Here is a little snippet that is available all over the place on how to hit a URL and get the text back. Give it a try. import urllib sock = urllib.urlopen(“http://microsoft.com”) htmlSource = sock.read() sock.close() print htmlSource
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PyCon 2005 Impressions
It’s been a week since PyCon 2005 has started. I must admit that I’m having some difficulty in assembling my thoughts. It was difficult entering into this conference cold. There are really two aspects to PyCon that I would like to talk about. One is the technical state of Python and the development effort. The [...]
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PyCon – Drinking from the fire hose
I’m leaving for PyCon tomorrow and I’m a little nervous. I always get nervous about leaving my safe little home in my safe little town, especially when I haven’t been out much. I’ll be okay. I’ll be okay. I’ll be okay. I had planned on getting hot and heavy into Python but I had a [...]
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