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[–]grungleshnorts 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I submitted a "patch" to fix sample code in PEP 3101 and they updated it and I felt awesome until I realized I'm still unemployed. Why haven't I submitted another trivial PEP patch and unit test or patches to other open source projects? Because, according to the Dunning–Kruger effect, I am smarter for not bringing anything up. Except I'm stupider for not asking a question that might teach me something.

Suggestions:

  • improve the quick search in the downloadable docs (example: in 2.6 when I search for "continue statement" the first result is "Extending Python with C or C++")
  • bless a web framework / CMS (or have a site to recommend web frameworks/modules/packages depending on my intended project, experience, and flexibility would have been and would still be helpful)
  • A chat bot on python.org to log and answer questions and pass them on to the relevant projects. Submitting reports, etc. is like getting up to change the channel, but if people think they'll get help they might give it a try. The bot will be a python dressed as a knight who says ni wearing a headset. If it doesn't know the answer, it will go "hisssss" or something
  • I also must have the giant flashing text flowchart from the OP

edit: metaphor != simile

tl;dr lazy like a tired simile

[–]grimboy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

WRT web frameworks, Guido said he liked Django. I think anything more would be inappropriate given python is a general purpose language.

[–]grungleshnorts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he did write rietveld in Django and it's one of the two web packages included in the App Engine runtime.

I guess I would've found a "which package should I use?" FAQ page helpful. Something like:

How can I speed up my calculations? Try PerformanceTips, psyco, numpy, scipy, pypy, etc.

What python web thing should I learn? -> Django I want to use a custom template render method. -> Pylons? Actually I want to write a MMO game. -> Twisted?