The site module handles site-specific configuration, especially the import path. Read more… This post is part of the Python Module of the Week series for Python 3. See PyMOTW.com for more articles from the series.

The shelve module can be used as a simple persistent storage option for Python objects when a relational database is not required. The shelf is accessed by keys, just as with a dictionary. The values are pickled and written to a database created and managed by dbm . Read more… This post is part of the Python Module of the Week series for Python 3. See PyMOTW.com for more articles from the series.

The features of sysconfig have been extracted from distutils to create a stand-alone module. It includes functions for determining the settings used to compile and install the current interpreter. Read more… This post is part of the Python Module of the Week series for Python 3. See PyMOTW.com for more articles from the series.

The xmlrpc.server module contains classes for creating cross-platform, language-independent servers using the XML-RPC protocol. Client libraries exist for many other languages besides Python, making XML-RPC an easy choice for building RPC-style services. Read more… This post is part of the Python Module of the Week series for Python 3. See PyMOTW.com for more articles from the series.

What’s new in 1.16.0? add wrap-no-breaks line break mode

Consistent use of indentation is important in a langauge like Python, where white-space is significant. The tabnanny module provides a scanner to report on “ambiguous” use of indentation. Read more… This post is part of the Python Module of the Week series for Python 3. See PyMOTW.com for more articles from the series.

XML-RPC is a lightweight remote procedure call protocol built on top of HTTP and XML. The xmlrpclib module lets a Python program communicate with an XML-RPC server written in any language. Read more… This post is part of the Python Module of the Week series for Python 3. See PyMOTW.com for more articles from the series.

The fnmatch module is used to compare filenames against glob-style patterns such as used by Unix shells. Read more… This post is part of the Python Module of the Week series for Python 3. See PyMOTW.com for more articles from the series.

What’s new in 0.1.1? Added MANIFEST.in file (contributed by Chandan Kumar) Fix link to stevedore (contributed by Wil Cooley) update author email write announcement

Many programs that interact with the user via the terminal need to ask the user for password values without showing what the user types on the screen. The getpass module provides a portable way to handle such password prompts securely. Read more… This post is part of the Python Module of the Week series for Python 3. See PyMOTW.com for more articles from the series.