Useless Python!

Useless Python 2.0 is Under Development: Last edited on ... Sept 09, 2004
Sept 09, 2004 Update: A little frittering work on Useless Python 2.0: At this point, all new work is on the material located at Useless Python 2.0. A new page has just been added soliciting volunteers for specific tasks. June 12, 2004 Update: Just a note to mention that the site is beginning to see more behind-the-scenes effort. If you are an orkut user, join the discussion at the Useless Python Orkut Community. LiveJournal users can join the Useless Python LiveJournal Community.
To help in making the site more organized, we now ask that new submissions have certain information in a comment at the beginning of the file. Please take a look at the proposed submission format. It shouldn't prove too unwieldy, as shown in this example of a fully-formatted submission. In order to make it easier to find what you are looking for more easily, we are classifying the source code submissions into categories. Please take a look at the list of proposed categories and if you have suggestions about the categories, please let us know.

Useless Python 2.0 is Under Development:

Last edited on ... Sept 09, 2004

Sept 09, 2004 Update:
A little frittering work on Useless Python 2.0: At this point, all new work is on the material located at Useless Python 2.0. A new page has just been added soliciting volunteers for specific tasks.

June 12, 2004 Update:
Just a note to mention that the site is beginning to see more behind-the-scenes effort. If you are an orkut user, join the discussion at the Useless Python Orkut Community. LiveJournal users can join the Useless Python LiveJournal Community.

To help in making the site more organized, we now ask that new submissions have certain information in a comment at the beginning of the file. Please take a look at the proposed submission format. It shouldn't prove too unwieldy, as shown in this example of a fully-formatted submission.

In order to make it easier to find what you are looking for more easily, we are classifying the source code submissions into categories. Please take a look at the list of proposed categories and if you have suggestions about the categories, please let us know.

And now on with the propaganda....

Bored by all those repositories of source code that you just can't wrap your brain around? Looking for scripts that run but lack any clear reason why? Hoping that some simple examples will help you understand Python a little better? If you are looking for or would like to share...

...then, Welcome to Useless Python, a collection of source code, ideas, and other pointless tidbits submitted for your edification and diversion. Please note that we make no express or implied warranties on the code presented here. Stuff could be wrong, and if you can find any blunders, we would really appreciate your letting us know.

Want to prove you're better than we are by posting code even more useless than ours, or equally useless, but implemented differently? By all means, do! And if you want to submit the next great distributed computing project or a script that proves the Pythagorean theorem, DON'T PANIC, because you won't be rejected for not being *useless enough* or anything.

You are invited to play with the source code you find here. See if you can make these scripts do different things, do the same things better, or explore the same ideas in different ways. Then email us what you've done so we can share it with future visitors. And if you have some source code you can contribute, please do (with our thanks).

One of the best ways to learn any programming language is to find some source code that does something and play with it to make it do something else. The source code here may be used for this purpose, as well as a source for interesting examples of how to do different things. If you wonder how to do something, check to see if we have it here. If we don't have it, and you figure it out, please send it our way.

If you have been looking for some source code you can wrap your brain around, you have come to the right place. The programs here demonstrate simple concepts and how to apply them in a really interesting variety of ways. If you ever thought you had to have an advanced degree to understand computer programming, spend a little time with Useless Python and see that it can be different, simpler, and more fun!