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DBAPI
PEP 249 – Python Database API Specification v2.0
ipdb
ipdb exports functions to access the IPython debugger, which features tab completion, syntax highlighting, better tracebacks, better introspection with the same interface as the pdb module.
MySQL

A popular database server.

http://www.mysql.com/

ODBC
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard programming language middleware application programming interface (API) for accessing database management systems (DBMS)
pep8

Python style guide checker

pep8 is a tool to check your Python code against some of the style conventions in PEP 8 – Style Guide for Python Code.

pyflakes

passive checker of Python programs

A simple program which checks Python source files for errors.

Pyflakes analyzes programs and detects various errors. It works by parsing the source file, not importing it, so it is safe to use on modules with side effects. It’s also much faster.

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes