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Ask HN: Python Open Source Projects for someone learning it after Java/Scala

12 points by sidcool 9y ago

I am learning Python after 10 years of Java, Scala and JavaScript. I am not learning Python for Data Science, ML or AI, but as a language. And I really want to master the language. What open source projects could I contribute to, to further my Python skills and help Open source as well? The only constraint is that I am new to Python, but not new to Programming.

iampims 9y ago
Try Flask, and writing extensions for your favorite services if they don’t already exist.
- sidcool 9y ago
  Any links to help me get started?
  - alexk307 9y ago
    I second this. The pallet's organization is filled with Python projects. It's very active and you can get code merged and questions answered quickly https://github.com/pallets https://github.com/pallets
ssarodia 9y ago
(self-promotion) I've created an open source C compiler written in Python (https://github.com/ShivamSarodia/ShivyC https://github.com/ShivamSarodia/ShivyC). I've learned a ton building it out so far, and I've found compiler design to be a great exercise in software engineering and learning Python since managing the complexity of a compiler is nontrivial. If you're interested in contributing, a good place to start is by tackling any of the issues marked as "good first issue".
strlen 9y ago
How about PyPy, an implementation of Python itself in Python: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html
donttrack 9y ago
I find that I like to study the language implementation itself. Sometimes when I read the documentation for some method or function I will go look at how it was actually implemented and try to understand how it works. Keeps me in the “context” of the moment also and i sort of have a goal with reading source code instead of just reading random implementations here and there. Once in a while I pick up a nugget or two that I don’t think I would have found otherwise. Seems to work for me...
tedmiston 9y ago
Django and Airflow are two of the biggest active open source Python projects. With Django specifically you've also got a significant plugin ecosystem and tools like Django REST Framework that are like their own mini ecosystems.

12 points by sidcool 9y ago

iampims 9y ago

Try Flask, and writing extensions for your favorite services if they don’t already exist.

sidcool 9y ago
Any links to help me get started?
- alexk307 9y ago
  I second this. The pallet's organization is filled with Python projects. It's very active and you can get code merged and questions answered quickly https://github.com/pallets https://github.com/pallets

ssarodia 9y ago

(self-promotion) I've created an open source C compiler written in Python (https://github.com/ShivamSarodia/ShivyC https://github.com/ShivamSarodia/ShivyC). I've learned a ton building it out so far, and I've found compiler design to be a great exercise in software engineering and learning Python since managing the complexity of a compiler is nontrivial. If you're interested in contributing, a good place to start is by tackling any of the issues marked as "good first issue".

strlen 9y ago

How about PyPy, an implementation of Python itself in Python: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html

donttrack 9y ago

I find that I like to study the language implementation itself. Sometimes when I read the documentation for some method or function I will go look at how it was actually implemented and try to understand how it works. Keeps me in the “context” of the moment also and i sort of have a goal with reading source code instead of just reading random implementations here and there. Once in a while I pick up a nugget or two that I don’t think I would have found otherwise. Seems to work for me...

tedmiston 9y ago

Django and Airflow are two of the biggest active open source Python projects. With Django specifically you've also got a significant plugin ecosystem and tools like Django REST Framework that are like their own mini ecosystems.