"Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skills in this language."

— Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google, Inc.

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Welcome to the official website for the Python language. The following items are accessible from the top of each page on this site:

• Home - this page: orientation, news, links
• Help - if you're new here, or simply lost
• Search - Python search engines
• Developers - links and info for people who want to contribute to the Python project
• Download - yes, Python runs on your favorite platform
• Community - resources by community members
• Documentation - copious, online and downloadable
• SIGs - Special Interest Group mailing lists and archives

Top documentation links

• What is Python? - short summary describing Python
• Python for Beginners - start here if you're new to programming
• Tutorial - learn Python in an afternoon!
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions Wizard (see also the static FAQ page)
• Topic Guides - link collections for specific areas of interest
• Non-English documentation and other non-English resources for Python

Other items of interest

• Python Wiki - maintained by users
• The history of www.python.org at Alexa's WayBackMachine
• Events - Python events around the world, including where Python is being taught
• Jobs - Python programming job announcements
• Python User Groups - local groups
• The Daily Python-URL! - daily updates to Python news summaries, by Fredrik Lundh
• Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly summaries of the Python newsgroups picked by rotating editors, supervised by Cameron Laird
• Python Books - links to all the Python related books currently in publication

Python is OSI Certified Open Source.