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• Facebook’s Hydra aims to simplify Python development

  Open source framework replaces boilerplate code in complex apps with the ability to compose and override configurations

• Kotlin’s a rising star in language popularity index

  Other languages on the move include R, Hack, and Rust, while Python cements its position as the king of there dynamically typed languages

• Google ignites Python library for command lines

  The Python Fire library, which Google has already used in its machine intelligence project, automatically converts code into a CLI

• Pythonnet brings Python to Microsoft .Net

  The package provides tools and scripting supported, but Python does not become a first-class CLR language

• Project promises packaging panacea for Python

  Pipenv combines PipFile, Pip, and Virtualenv into a single toolchain

• LinkedIn's Gradle plug-in brings build automation to Python

  The {py}gradle plugin can put Python and Java on the same page when it comes to software builds

• What’s the buzz: Python gorges on tools and libraries

  The BeeWare project offers tools and libraries offered for mobile and web development

• Python 3 gains a big helping of library support

  Python 3 will overtake Python 2 in library support in a few months, according to Microsoft's statistical analysis

• Python-only no more, IPython becomes Jupyter

  Julia, R, Scala, JavaScript, Matlab, and Bash are among the supported languages for the recomposed IPython

• Heroku, Engine Yard bolster language support on clouds

  <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2011/110607-paas-for-developers.html">Platform-as-a-service</a> cloud vendors Heroku and Engine Yard have been branching out to accommodate more developers by backing more programming languages.

• Objective-C, C#, D language: Winners in programming popularity

  Objective-C, used for developing Apple iOS applications, climbs to No. 6 in the monthly Tiobe Programming Community index for most popular programming languages, after being ranked at number 8 a year ago. Also posting gains, C# rose to No. 4, a jump of two spots a year ago, while PHP dropped from No. 4 at this time last year to No. 5.

• Need open source Django CRM? Cuddle up to Koalix

  CRM is an application with a long history of open source development, with many projects written the PHP language. However, a Swiss developer has released one of the first open source CRM systems developed with the Django Python framework.

• Melbourne hacker releases open source Django apps

  To fill a requirement for flexible content and management and e-commerce, Melbourne-based software engineer Stephen McDonald has released two open source projects built with the Django framework.

• Local students hack up Facebook alternatives

  A group of high school students will today unveil four alternatives to the popular Facebook social networking service as part of a Sydney University summer school projects, in part sponsored by Google.

• Python 3.2 eases concurrent development

  The next version of the widely used Python programming language will offer greater support for writing multithreaded applications, a challenging duty for an increasing number of programmers in this age of multicore processors.