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| developer = [[Python Software Foundation]]

| latest_release_version = 2.0.0

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

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The '''Python for S60''' also called '''PyS60''' ([[Unix]] name), is [[Nokia]]’s port of the general [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language to its [[S60 (software platform)|S60 software platform]], originally based on Python 2.2.2 from 2002.<ref>[http://press.nokia.com/PR/200601/1032017_5.html Nokia - Nokia to Release Python for S60 Source Code to Open-Source Software Developer Community] {{wayback|df=yes|http://web.archive.org/web/20070518052247/http://press.nokia.com/PR/200601/1032017_5.html}}</ref>

The latest final version, PyS60-2.0.0, released on February 11, February 2010 updates the python core to version 2.5.4.<ref name="google1">[http://code.google.com/p/ensymble/downloads/detail?name=ensymble-0.29.tar.gz Download:Ensymble v0.29 -- Now a distutils package]</ref>

==Release history==

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

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

After becoming open source, PyS60 had the advantage of a strong and dedicated community that could actively contribute to improving it. The milestone release was Version 1.3.11.

The final version to support<ref>[http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Python_for_S60#Latest_news Python for S60 version history] {{WebCite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5wTqofTsi|date =2011-02-13 February 2011}}</ref> [[S60 (software platform)#S60 editions|S60 2nd Edition]] platform, 1.4.5, was released on 3 December 3, 2008.

On December 24, December 2008, a developer version, 1.9.0, was released. It featured several improvements, the main of which was a new core based on Python 2.5.1.

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

== See also ==