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<h1>Who is using Python<a class="headerlink" href="#who-is-using-python" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p><em>“Sometimes the middle of the herd is a good place to be.”</em></p>
<p>(In response to the question “Why spend time migrating to Python?” at a Users Committee meeting)</p>
<p>That was in 2007 and in the interim Python has become firmly established as the
primary scripting language in astronomy.
The ease of interfacing C / C++ / FORTRAN means many organizations
are using Python user front-ends with a combination of compiled code + Python
on the back-end.</p>
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<li>Radio / Submm (NRAO, ESO, JAOJ, CSIRO): <a class="reference external" href="casa.nrao.edu">CASA</a></li>
<li>IR: <a class="reference external" href="http://herschel.esac.esa.int/HIPE_download.shtml">HIPE</a> (Herschel Interactive Processing Environment)</li>
<li>Optical: <a class="reference external" href="http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyraf/stsci_python">STSci</a> (PyRAF, PyFITS)</li>
<li>Optical: <a class="reference external" href="http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/data/dataSoftware.html">Gemini IRAF</a> package - new development in Python</li>
<li>Optical: <a class="reference external" href="http://www.eso.org/sci/software/sampo/pymidas/">ESO PyMidas</a></li>
<li>X-ray: Chandra <a class="reference external" href="http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/index.html">CIAO</a> and <a class="reference external" href="http://cxc.harvard.edu/sherpa/">Sherpa</a></li>
<li>Gamma-ray: Fermi <a class="reference external" href="http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/analysis/">Science Analysis tools</a></li>
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<h2>Why join the herd?<a class="headerlink" href="#why-join-the-herd" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Resources, resources, resources!</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Discussions and people answering questions<ul>
<li>CfA pythonusers mailing list (over 100 subscribers)</li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://astropython.org">astropython.org</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/astropy">astropy mailing list</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python">stackoverflow</a></li>
<li>Conferences: <a class="reference external" href="http://conference.scipy.org/">SciPy</a> and <a class="reference external" href="http://www.euroscipy.org/">EuroSciPy</a></li>
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<li>Tutorials<ul>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2010/tutorials.html">SciPy Intro and Advanced tutorials</a> <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id2" id="id1">[1]</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.scipy.org/Additional_Documentation/Astronomy_Tutorial">SciPy astronomy tutorial</a> (144 pages!)</li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html">Dive into Python</a></li>
<li>... and many more ...</li>
</ul>
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<li>Lists of resources<ul>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://oneau.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/python-for-astronomy/">Comfort at 1 AU</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.astropython.org/resources">Astropython.org resources</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/rowen/AstroPy.html">Astronomical Python</a></li>
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<li>Books:<ul>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=pd_rhf_s_1?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&keywords=python%20science%20engineering">Amazon “python science engineering”</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Python-Professional-Magnus-Hetland/dp/159059519X">Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Python-Powerful-Object-Oriented-Programming/dp/0596158068/">Learning Python</a></li>
<li>... and hundreds more ...</li>
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id1">[1]</a></td><td>I could not untar the “tgz” (tar.gz) version but the “zip” archive was fine.</td></tr>
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<h2>Other sciences<a class="headerlink" href="#other-sciences" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Bioinformatics (computational molecular biology)</p>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="../_images/biopython.jpg"><img alt="../_images/biopython.jpg" src="../_images/biopython.jpg" style="width: 420.0px; height: 118.2px;" /></a>
<p>As seen at <a class="reference external" href="http://biopython.org">biopython.org</a>.</p>
<p>From the SciPy <a class="reference external" href="http://www.scipy.org/Topical_Software">Topical Software</a> wiki:</p>
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<li>Artificial intelligence & machine learning</li>
<li>Bayesian Statistics</li>
<li>Biology (including Neuroscience)</li>
<li>Dynamical systems</li>
<li>Economics and Econometrics</li>
<li>Electromagnetics</li>
<li>Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>Geosciences</li>
<li>Molecular modeling</li>
<li>Signal processing</li>
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