Newbie: Is Python well supported (looking into future)

[HenryMonster]

Hi, All

I am quite new to Python and to my surprise it seems to be a very nice and powerful programming language (as soon as you learn how to speak it). My question is this: how well is it supported, especially what can be expected in the future. Of course Python fans (I kind'o think I'm getting there) owe a huge round of applause to Guido van Rossum, but going forward is there a Python community, which is going to and capabale to support/maintain/upgrade this tool ?

I am thinking about switching to it with my next low-budget Web project, so I'm concerned about this aspect.

Thank you in advance,

HenryMonster.

 

[EdLeafe]

Python is very alive and very well supported. Since you mention a web project, you would do well to look into Zope:

http://zope.org.

It is a free dynamic web site framework and server, and is 100% python. I use it for my site (leafe.com), and find it to be the easiest and most powerful tool I've used in a long time.

Hope that helps!

-- Ed

 

[mcherm]

Yes, Python is alive and well, and has been adopted and supported by a number of large organizations. (Not that big organizations are more important, but they tend to calm fears that it's "just some hobbiest".) Here are a few links to convince you:

http://www.python-in-business.org/success

http://pythonology.org/success

http://www.python.org/psf/

http://www.python.org/UserGroups.html