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If you need to work with XML in Python, there are a couple of libraries you can use. One of the more popular one is the xml.sax library which is included in the default installation of Python.
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The schism between Python 2.x and 3.x and other deficiencies frustrate its enthusiastic developer community
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Surprisingly beefy, browser-based JSFiddle, Icenium, Cloud9, and Codenvy stretch from client-side JavaScript to server-side Java and Web stacks
View ArticlePython-only no more, IPython becomes Jupyter
Julia, R, Scala, JavaScript, Matlab, and Bash are among the supported languages for the recomposed IPython
View ArticlePython 3 gains a big helping of library support
Python 3 will overtake Python 2 in library support in a few months, according to Microsoft's statistical analysis
View ArticleQ&A: Guido van Rossum on Python's next steps
Mobile use, support via WebAssembly, and many imaginative options are in in the works for the popular object-oriented language
View ArticleWhat’s the buzz: Python gorges on tools and libraries
The BeeWare project offers tools and libraries offered for mobile and web development
View ArticleLinkedIn's Gradle plug-in brings build automation to Python
The {py}gradle plugin can put Python and Java on the same page when it comes to software builds
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Developers of emerging programming languages shed light on the urge to create new tools
View ArticlePython 3.6 is packed with goodness
More async support, more type-hinting power, more speed, and more efficient memory usage top a long list of useful additions to Python
View ArticleProject promises packaging panacea for Python
Pipenv combines PipFile, Pip, and Virtualenv into a single toolchain
View ArticlePythonnet brings Python to Microsoft .Net
The package provides tools and scripting supported, but Python does not become a first-class CLR language
View ArticleGoogle ignites Python library for command lines
The Python Fire library, which Google has already used in its machine intelligence project, automatically converts code into a CLI
View ArticlePython vs. R: The battle for data scientist mind share
Here’s how the general-purpose favorite of scientists stacks up against the stat head’s data-honed tool of choice
View ArticleKotlin’s a rising star in language popularity index
Other languages on the move include R, Hack, and Rust, while Python cements its position as the king of there dynamically typed languages
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