Python Resources

General Python links

Dive Into Python: online book
Python for beginners (PDF)
Python documentation
Text Processing in Python -- online book
Informit.com: A variety of Python articles
The Python Cookbook: online book
Activestate: hosts a variety of Python training etc.
Activestate's ASPN package
Python Enhancement Proposals
A comprehensive list of general Python resources
Stack Overflow: A great forum for programming Q&A with experts, but has a large python following.
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python, comp.lang.python.announce

Python for scientific computation

A simple python for science guide (PDF)
Python Scripting for computational science by Hans Petter Langtangen
Fernando Perez: Python for science
Scientific Computing with Python (2006 or earlier)
SciPy site
Numpy tutorial
Numpy for Matlab users
Topical software for use with Scipy
Scipy tutorial
Scipy cookbook
Scipy at Reddit: Articles and code involving scientific computing with scipy
Cornell Computational Methods course in Python (other code examples)
Mailing lists for numpy, scipy, matplotlib
Python plotting resources

Important technical documents and links to resources

Guido van Rossum's Python Style Guide: We should try to adhere to this!
Guide to introspection: The most fundamental skill to acquire when developing and using Python code
About Python objects: There are some non-intuitive aspects to objects for programmers familiar with other OOP languages
Common Python pitfalls: invaluable introductory programming reference
Common Python "gotchas": invaluable introductory programming reference
How not to write python code: A good set of notes about style and python design patterns
Python warts (partially outdated, but look further down the article for relevant material)
SWIG interfacing software

Other technical stuff