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{{Short description|Programming language for smartphones}}

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{{Infobox programming language

| name = Python for S60

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| paradigm = [[Multi-paradigm programming language|Multi-paradigm]]: [[Object-oriented programming|Object-oriented]], [[Imperative programming|Imperative]], [[Functional programming|Functional]]

| year = {{Start date and age|2006}}

| designer = [[Guido van Rossum]]

| developer = [[Python Software Foundation]]

| latest_release_version = 2.0.0

| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2010|02|11}}

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'''Python for S60''', also called '''PyS60'''—a term reminiscent of the [[Unix]] naming convention—is a port of the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language developed by [[Nokia]] for its [[S60 (software platform)|S60 software platform]], originally based on Python 2.2.2 from 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://press.nokia.com/PR/200601/1032017_5.html |title=Nokia - Nokia to Release Python for S60 Source Code to Open-Source Software Developer Community |access-date=17 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518052247/http://press.nokia.com/PR/200601/1032017_5.html |archive-date=18 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Python for S60 is Nokia's port of the [http://python.org/ Python]

The final version, PyS60-2.0.0, was released on 11 February 2010. It came with multiple improvements, the most notable of which was an update to a new core based on Python 2.5.4.<ref name="google1">{{cite web|url=http://code.google.com/p/ensymble/downloads/detail?name=ensymble-0.29.tar.gz |title=Download:Ensymble v0.29 - Now a distutils package |date=2010-05-17 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>

language to the [http://s60.com/ S60] smartphone platform. In

addition to the standard features of the Python language, PyS60

provides access to many of the phone's uniquely smartphone-y functions, such as camera,

contacts, calendar, audio recording and playing, TCP/IP and Bluetooth

communications and simple telephony.

==Release history==

It's

[[File:PythonS60.jpg|thumb|Python Shell on [[Nokia 6120 Classic]] ]]

[http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/pythonforseries60/index.html open source], under Apache 2 and Python licenses. You can download the source for the latest release from

First released in 2005, PyS60 featured a relatively small set of modules and functions. Version 1.2, the last closed-source release and the second version of PyS60, brought many improvements and was made available on 21 October 2005 on the Nokia Forums.

[http://sourceforge.net/projects/pys60/ SourceForge].

After becoming [[open-source]], PyS60 had the advantage of a strong and dedicated community that actively contributed to improving it. The milestone release was version 1.3.11.

To do : Add more details regarding PyS60

The final version that supported the [[S60 (software platform)#S60 editions|S60 2nd Edition]] platform, 1.4.5, was released on 3 December 2008. On 24 December 2008, a developer version, 1.9.0, was released. It featured several improvements, the most notable of which was a new core based on Python 2.5.1.

The final version, 2.0.0, was released on 11 February 2010. Which core is based on Python 2.5.4.<ref name="google1" />

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[List of Python software]]

* [[List of integrated development environments for Python]]

* [[Open Programming Language]] for older Symbian devices

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Wikibooks|Python Programming}}

{{Wikiversity|Python}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080810154656/http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/pythonfors60/ Nokia Research Center - Python for S60]

* [https://garage.maemo.org/projects/pys60/ Maemo Garage - Python for S60] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718043620/https://garage.maemo.org/projects/pys60/ |date=18 July 2011 }}

* [[SourceForge:projects/pys60/|SourceForge.net - Python for S60]]

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