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Today is my last day at the PSF. It's been an honor and a pleasure serving the Python community for over a decade. It's a very bittersweet feeling for me. Al...

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to welcome Loren Crary as our new Director of Resource Development! Financial sustainability is critical t...

Summary: The PSF launched its end-of-the-year fundraiser. There are two ways to donate: 1. donate directly to the PSF or 2. purchase a discounted PyCharm lic...

Summary: After announcing earlier this summer that Ewa Jodlowska is leaving after ten years of service, the PSF has begun its search for the organization's n...

The PSF is pleased to announced its third batch of PSF Fellows for 2021! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q3! The following people continue to do amazi...

The PSF is pleased to announced its second batch of PSF Fellows for 2021! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q2! The following people continue to do amaz...

The PSF and the Python Steering Council are pleased to announce that the inaugural Developer-in-Residence role will be held by core developer Łukasz Langa. C...

Microsoft helps millions of Python developers achieve more by enabling Python support across products and services like Windows, Visual Studio Code, GitHub, ...

The Scientific Python Working Group considers funding proposals that advance the scientific use of Python. In the past these have most often been workshops a...

The PSF is pleased to announced its first batch of PSF Fellows in 2021! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q1! The following people continue to do amazin...

The Python Software Foundation is happy to announce the creation of the Developer-in-Residence role. The Developer-in-Residence will work full-time for one y...

It's that time of year! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q4! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community: Batuhan Taska...

We are excited to share the results of the fourth official Python Developers Survey conducted by the Python Software Foundation with the help of JetBrains. M...

Our top sponsors—companies who step forward to make the biggest investment in Python and its community—not only use Python for their own internal development...

On January 27, 2021 the Python Software Foundation awarded the Distinguished Service Award to Jesse Noller: RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation awa...

It's October 17th, 2018. I've arrived at Natal, a beautiful coastal city in Brazil's northeast region. Known for its beaches and hotness, it's surprising how...

This year I attended my second PyConZA, which is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the annual gathering of the South African Python community that us...

The popularity of the Python language has increased exponentially in recent years. Notably, Stack Overflow highlighted Python as the fastest growing major pr...

Dr. Russell Keith-Magee known name in the Python community having developed with Python since the late 1990s starting with Python version 1.5. Russell starte...

On the heels of attending a successful PyCon in Namibia in 2015, a small group of Python enthusiasts in Harare, Zimbabwe vowed to organize the first-ever PyC...

There are two elements which make Open Source function: 1. Technology 2. An active community. The primary need for a successful community is a go...

Note: This is the third post on my trip in April to Havana, Cuba to attend the International Open Software Convention, CubaConf. The second day of CubaConf, ...

This is the second in a series of posts on my trip in April to Havana, Cuba to attend CubaConf, an International Conference on Free Software. Day one of Cuba...

I recently had the amazing opportunity to travel to Havana, Cuba to attend several free software events. My partner, David Mertz, was invited to talk at a me...

Yesterday’s post described an important development project currently being undertaken by the PSF called Warehouse. This will redevelop and improve the Pytho...

Warehouse is the new codebase being developed to power the Python Packaging Index (PyPI). Python developers and users already know that PyPI is the official ...

Last month I posted about the wonderful work of Terri Oda, who was recognized with a Community Service Award. Today’s post is about another 2015 Fourth Quart...

Today I’d like to report on some of the progress that has been made as a result of last years' controversy over an April 1st joke post about a (fictional) Py...

At the latest PSF Board of Directors' meeting, it was decided that a 4th quarter Community Service Award will go to Terri Oda for her work as the Python Coor...

As we all know, one of the PSF’s main purposes is to educate and advocate for the use of Python. What makes us so successful in this area is the enthusiasm w...

Last month PyCon Japan took place from October 9 - 12th at the Tokyo International Exchange Center Plaza Heisei. The PSF has recently received a report from ...

At the October 28th meeting of the Board of Directors of the PSF, the following resolution was passed: > > [](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R2...

Once again, the PSF is proud to underwrite and produce the largest gathering of the international Python community at PyCon 2016! The 2016 conference will be...

One of the greatest joys of being part of the PSF is to hear the success stories our members. Back in July, the PSF sponsored a small Django Girls workshop i...

Twisted, as many of you know, is an asynchronous, or event driven networking framework written in Python (https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki). Twisted has b...

As you may recall, there have been a couple of previous posts to this blog about the BBC’s micro:bit project (also see PSF newsblog). The micro:bit is a small...

It is always a pleasure to report on the success of PSF funded projects. Recently we’ve heard from Ngangsi Richard about the Python Cameroon initiative. As y...

Greetings Readers, I apologize for the hiatus I’ve taken recently from writing this blog -- other commitments temporarily got in the way. But during this tim...

Ask any Pythonista to name the best features of Python and they are sure to include its amazing community. For the past 15 years the PSF has recognized this ...

The PSF is always thrilled to be able to help introduce young people to the world of programming. As such, Young Coders' Workshops (also see O'Reilly) are es...

Yesterday's blog post about the BBC Micro:bit requires a brief correction. I said that it can be run off of another device or from its own battery power. How...

July 7, 2015 BBC Microbit Last March, I wrote about a terrific educational project taking place in the UK, with which the PSF is proud to be involved (see PS...

The PSF is happy to report that the third annual PyCon Singapore took place June 17 to 19, 2015. This event, organized by the Python User Group Singapore, is...

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award Armin Stross-Radschinski and Jan Ulrich Hasecke the 1st Qtr 2015 PSF Community Service Award for their wo...

As many of you know, the use of Python in education has grown tremendously in the past several years (see PSF Newsblog). The Python community celebrates this...

Last month, in addition to the election for the Board of Directors, a separate election was held asking PSF members to approve three new sponsors. Here is Ia...

Background: As those of you who have been following recent events in the PSF know, there were some difficulties and disagreements surrounding the election fo...

Board Election Results The PSF annual Board members' election was just completed, with voting closed at end of day (AOE) on May 31, 2015. Thanks to all who t...

Today's post, like the previous one, features a development project that the PSF has been delighted to fund once again this year. On April 28, 2015, the PSF ...

In looking back over the PSF newsblog posts, it appears that most of the PSF funded projects I’ve written about were conferences, workshops, and education/ou...

For those of you who haven't followed the recent discussion on the PSF members list, there has been an important development regarding the election of member...

Today’s post is a follow-up to a previous post about a PSF funded project by Hyperion Development in South Africa. The PSF has recently heard from Riaz Moola...

For the first time ever, the PSF has joined forces with another open source organization, NumFOCUS, to create a collaborative working group to make decisions...

As you may recall, I previously posted about a wonderful project in South America that has been funded in part by the PSF. That first blog post described the...

On the psf-members mailing list today, current Director David Mertz expressed some sentiments about increasing diversity in the governance of the foundation ...

Unfortunately, the Python Wiki has experienced some spamming and vandalism lately. This may mean that editing the Wiki, including the Directors nomination pa...

The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth o...

Last week at PyCon, I had the pleasure of talking with Katie Cunningham at a dinner party hosted by O'Reilly. Katie is well-known in the Python community. Th...

Mark your calendars: SciPy 2015 is coming in July (July 6-12, 2015) to the fabulous city of Austin, TX. This will be the 14th annual SciPy devoted to scienti...

A couple of posts ago, I wrote about the PSF’s funding of the upcoming Plone Conference in Bucharest as an example of how the PSF supports Python development...

The PSF is looking to fill a position as an Event Coordinator/Administrator. Note that this is a remote position and that it does not require software develo...

The PSF has been happy to acknowledge and help sponsor the use of Python in creating terrific Web Development Frameworks. This blog has previously featured s...

> Hi everyone, > The below post is an April Fools joke. It was written by PSF Blogger and Basic Member Mary Ann Sushinsky, with Director and Outreach & Educa...

As most of you already know, last year the PSF changed the bylaws regarding membership in order to become more inclusive, diverse, and participatory. Several...

Earlier this month, the PSF opened an election on two issues: the first was a straightforward vote on the adoption of new Sponsor Members; the second was more...

A couple of years ago, I discovered the edX MIT course 6.00x Intro to Computer Science and Programming Using Python. At the time, I was eager to learn Python...

Personal opinion: I think it’s always a good idea to periodically revisit one’s purpose and basic goals; speaking from experience, getting lost is inefficien...

For those of you not familiar with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, this UK based educational charity provides fun projects and opportunities for bringing coding...

Several recent blog posts have focused on Python-related and PSF-funded activities in Africa and the Middle East. But the Python community is truly global, a...

I previously posted about a wonderful education program utilizing Raspberry Pis (AstroPi). Here’s another one: Since last May, Unicef has been using Raspberr...

This morning, PSF Director David Mertz announced on the PSF Members' mailing list the opening of a vote. For those of you who have already self-certified as ...

This morning, PSF Fellow Nicholas Tollervey of the UK posted the following to the PSF Members List: "Today the BBC announced the MicroBit (part designed by \...

Today’s blog is about another African educational project that the PSF has recently funded. Hyperion Development, a South African based company, has been pro...

The second PSF sponsored African conference I want to tell you about is Python Namibia (only a mere 3500 kilometers or 2175 miles south of Cameroon). The con...

The PSF was delighted to hear recently from the organizers of two Python conferences held in Africa that we had helped sponsor. The first of them, Pycon Came...

I am very sad to report that John Pinner has passed away. The Python Community has lost a great friend. John received a PSF Community Service Award in 2010 f...

Last week the PSF Board passed the following resolution: “RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award the 4th Quarter 2014 Community Service Awards t...

"Membership has its privileges!" Since the new PSF bylaws were adopted in 2013, there have been several new membership categories that allow for voting right...

Personal Note: In 2013, I attended my first PyCon in Santa Clara, CA. At the time, I was a complete novice at programming, but interested both because my par...

The esteemed, international scientific journal Nature has just published an article that names Python as THE programming language to use for scientists and r...

One function the PSF is happy to do is to send a PSF Director to PyCons in various parts of the world to give a talk and to provide information about and enc...

Earlier this week, I posted about a workshop the PSF sponsored given by Geek Girls Carrots. Since then, I've been in touch with organizer, Zuzanna Podwińska,...

For many people, myself included, it's hard to see the way that my individual dreams and desires may be part of a bigger movement, and may, in fact, contribu...

Sometime back in 2011, the PSF realized that Python, although at the time a mature and widely-used language, was still unknown to many decision-makers outside...

Today's post wraps up our brief review of 2014, with a summary of both technical and community developments. On the technical side, the Python language grew ...

Happy New Year from the PSF! 2014 was an eventful year for the Python community, and so we thought a brief rundown of highlights from last year should put us...

The Python Software Foundation has presented a Community Service Award for the first quarter of 2011 to Van Lindberg for his leadership work on PyCon 2010 an...

The Python Software Foundation has presented a Community Service Award for the first quarter of 2011 to Benjamin Peterson for his work as Release Manager and...

The Python Software Foundation approved a US$750 grant for the PyCon PL conference in Poland. This is the fourth edition of the Polish version of PyCon. It a...

The PSF Board of Directors has awarded a $1500 USD grant to sponsor PyCon DE 2011. Date and Location PyCon DE 2011 will be held from October 4th to 9th in Le...

The Python Software Foundation is once again sponsoring an international conference. This time is the Kiwi's PyCon 2011 to be held on August 27th and 28th at...

The PSF has given a grant of US$1220 to the PyLadies for use at their women’s Python events. In addition, the Python Sprints project has announced a separate...

R. David Murray recently completed work funded by the PSF to update Python's email package to work with Python 3.2. The result of the project is a fully func...

Videos from this year's edition of PyCon are being uploaded and some are already available on Python's Miro Community page and on Blip TV. All presentations ...

A new PSF project aims to create professional quality promotional material about Python. The first goal is to create a brochure to showcase the many ways Pyt...

The Python Software Foundation has presented a Community Service Award for the fourth quarter of 2010 to Doug Hellmann in recognition of his contributions to...

The Python Software Foundation has presented a Community Service Award for the fourth quarter of 2010 to Andrew Kuchling in recognition of his work promoting...

Their motto is "Learning should be fun", and with Python and PyGame, it sure is. The Summer pyGames project, organized by Elizabeth Barndollar of BAE Systems...

\--> The Python Software Foundation has awarded a USD $1250 grant to help fund sprints at the 2010 SciPy India Conference, being held in Hyderabad between De...

The Python Software Foundation has presented the Community Service Award for the third quarter of 2010 to Michael Foord in recognition of his incredible work...

During July the members of the Python Software Foundation elected four new nominated members and one sponsor member to the foundation. New Nominated Members ...

Stephan Deibel writes ... For the past four years, I've served as Chairman of the Board of the Python Software Foundation. This year, I stepped down and Stev...

The latest issue of The Python Papers (volume 2 issue 4) contains an article about the Python Software Foundation, starting on page 9. The article overviews ...

Please consider including the Python Software Foundation (PSF) in your year-end charitable giving. Your donation will help us protect the open source status ...

The group of volunteers that handles python.org email needs help. This involves responding to post master email messages, moderating and managing some Mailma...

The uninitiated tend to view the Python Software Foundation (PSF) as some sort of shadowy legal entity that mysteriously rules the Python community. In fact,...

The PSF was one of the sponsors of PyCon UK, which took place September 8th and 9th in Birmingham. $2,500 were donated. About 190 attended the conference. Th...

The PSF donated $5000 to EuroPython 2007, which was held July 9th-11th in Vilnius, Lithuania. About 220-230 people attended the conference.

ADDISON, TX, November 30, 2006 - PyCon 2007, the fifth annual conference of the Python community, will take place February 23-25 at the Dallas/Addison Marrio...

In a previous post we pointed out that the Infrastructure committee had come to a recommendation for a new issue tracker for Python development. As part of t...

The PSF has signed a contract with Jeff Rush of Tau Productions, Inc to fund his proposal to act as Python Advocacy Coordinator for six months. In this posit...

Back in June, the Python Software Foundation's Infrastructure Committee asked for help in the search for a new issue tracker to replace SourceForge. We asked...

Currently Python's bug/patch tracker is hosted on SourceForge. While it has served its purpose over the years, the decision has been made that it is time to ...