Another common use is to create automated regression testing frameworks, and other automation tools. I see posting for python developers for this type of thing all the time on stack overflow careers.
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 29/07/2012 17:01, lipska the kat wrote: >> >> Pythoners >> >> Firstly, thanks to those on the tutor list who answered my questions. >> >> I'm trying to understand where Python fits into the set of commonly >> available, commercially used languages of the moment. >> >> My most recent experience is with Java. The last project I was involved >> with included 6775 java source files containing 1,145,785 lines of code. >> How do I know this? because I managed to cobble together a python script >> that walks the source tree and counts the lines of code. It ignores >> block and line comments and whitespace lines so I'm fairly confident >> it's an accurate total. It doesn't include web interface files (mainly >> .jsp and HTML) or configuration files (XML, properties files and what >> have you). In fact it was remarkably easy to do this in python which got >> me thinking about how I could use the language in a commercial >> environment. >> >> I was first attracted to python by it's apparent 'Object Orientedness' I >> soon realised however that by looking at it in terms of the language I >> know best I wasn't comparing like with like. Once I had 'rebooted the >> bioware' I tried to approach python with an open mind and I have to say >> it's growing on me. >> >> The questions I have are ... >> >> How is python used in the real world. >> What sized projects are people involved with >> Are applications generally written entirely in python or is it more >> often used for a subset of functionality. >> >> I hope this is an acceptable question for this group > > > You are hard pushed to find anything here that's unacceptable, that's why I > like reading this list so much. > >> >> Many thanks >> >> Lipska >> > > There's a list of companies who use python on www.python.org top right of > the page. You may have heard of one or two of them. > > -- > Cheers. > > Mark Lawrence. > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list