usage of python

[Rajarshi]

Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of
the introduction I'd like to highlight the usage of Python in
industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python
for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of
backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for
examples with a bit of wow-factor.

Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for
impressive things?

Any pointers would be appreciated

Thanks,
Rajarshi

 

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of
the introduction I'd like to highlight the usage of Python in
industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python
for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of
backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for
examples with a bit of wow-factor.

Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for
impressive things?

Any pointers would be appreciated

Thanks,
Rajarshi

Take a look at http://python.org/

It lists various companies that use Python. There's also Sourceforge,
which you can use to list a lot of projects made with Python.
Spambayes and bittorrent are a couple of the more "famous" ones.

Mike

 

[globalrev]

Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of
the introduction I'd like to highlight the usage of Python in
industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python
for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of
backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for
examples with a bit of wow-factor.

Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for
impressive things?

Any pointers would be appreciated

Thanks,
Rajarshi

nasa, google, industrial light and magic(starwars second trilogy) ,
astra zeneca, reddit.

 

[Terry Reedy]

| Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of
| the introduction I'd like to highlight the usage of Python in
| industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python
| for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of
| backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for
| examples with a bit of wow-factor.
|
| Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for
| impressive things?
|
| Any pointers would be appreciated

Besides the other comments, there was a thread about a month ago that give
more python success stories (perhaps that was the title).

 

[Christian Heimes]

Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of
the introduction I'd like to highlight the usage of Python in
industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python
for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of
backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for
examples with a bit of wow-factor.

Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for
impressive things?

Any pointers would be appreciated

Additionally to the other URLs:

http://highscalability.com/youtube-architecture
http://highscalability.com/google-architecture
http://www.ohloh.net/projects/python

Christian

 

[afrobeard]

If I were you, I'd show them actual code and how easy it is to get
things done. Showing them how to implement a GTalk Bot[http://
code.google.com/p/pygtalkrobot/] or how to build simple arcade games
with PyGame[http://www.pygame.org/news.html] would harbor much more
interest in my opinion because it'll show them their own power. There
may be some people who oppose this approach under the pretext that
students taking introductory programming courses should be taught C
because it incorporates the discipline that is much needed if they
want to become hard core CS researchers.

Anyways something that you can show and they will like is Frets On
Fire : [http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/]. Plus Pixar uses Python
in its rendering pipeline [Linux Mag July 2007].

My 0.02 Republican Credits

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

| Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of
| the introduction I'd like to highlight the usage of Python in
| industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python
| for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of
| backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for
| examples with a bit of wow-factor.

Besides the other comments, there was a thread about a month ago that
give
more python success stories (perhaps that was the title).

Yes, this was the thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1bd91aca0c86c57c/

 

[Ivan Illarionov]

Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of
the introduction I'd like to highlight the usage of Python in
industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python
for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of
backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for
examples with a bit of wow-factor.

Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for
impressive things?

Any pointers would be appreciated

Thanks,
Rajarshi

Hi, Rajarshi,

Besides the above comments, I want to highlight Django and other
Python web frameworks and their ability to build simple dynamic web
sites extremely fast.
http://www.djangoproject.com/

-- Ivan

 

[Rajarshi]

If I were you, I'd show them actual code and how easy it is to get
things done. Showing them how to implement a GTalk Bot[http://
code.google.com/p/pygtalkrobot/] or how to build simple arcade games
with PyGame[http://www.pygame.org/news.html] would harbor much more
interest in my opinion because it'll show them their own power. There
may be some people who oppose this approach under the pretext that
students taking introductory programming courses should be taught C
because it incorporates the discipline that is much needed if they
want to become hard core CS researchers.

Thanks for the pointers. I agree with your comments - the students are
not necessarily going towards CS - there are many from telecom,
business etc. That was one of the big reasons for using Python - the
ability to get stuff done easily and quickly

 

[Rajarshi]

Thanks to the all posters. This will be very useful!

 

[afrobeard]

Thanks to the all posters. This will be very useful!

No Problem . Let me know if you need any code snippets.

P.S. I wouldn't mind working with you to prepare introductory material
and examples for beginners if it becomes public property.

 

[Aahz]

Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for
impressive things?

Any pointers would be appreciated

And one more:

http://www.pythonology.com/

 

[Paddy]

Hi, I teach an introductory programming course in Python. As part of
the introduction I'd like to highlight theusage of Pythonin
industry. The idea is to show that there are big players using Python
for a variety of tasks. Given that the students come from a variety of
backgrounds and are not necessarily 'hackers', I'm trying to look for
examples with a bit of wow-factor.

Is there any list with people/groups/companies using Python for
impressive things?

Any pointers would be appreciated

Thanks,
Rajarshi

Ciranova uses Python and manages to allow its customers to migrate
their Designs from a proprietary format that dominates the market
using Python: http://www.ciranova.com/index.html

- Paddy.