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Installing and using python
If you are a Linux or OS-X user, python is already installed on your machine.
Installing python
If you are a Linux or OS-X user, python is already installed on your machine (just type python at the command line).
Otherwise, go to the python website to download (and for a wealth of other information about the language).
Which version?
Although there is a version 3.x of python, we will still be using 2.x.
It is possible to enhance the behavior of the Python interpreter by the addition of tab-completion and command-history. All you need is a python startup file. Here's my minimalist startup file. An alternative is to install http://ipython.scipy.org/?, which provides further enhancements of the python shell.
It is possible to enhance the behavior of the Python interpreter by the addition of tab-completion and command-history. All you need is a python startup file. Here's my minimalist startup file. An alternative is to install interactive python, which provides further enhancements of the python shell.
- The official python tutorial
- The official python tutorial
Using python
It is possible to enhance the behavior of the Python interpreter by the addition of tab-completion and command-history. All you need is a python startup file. Here's my minimalist startup file. An alternative is to install http://ipython.scipy.org/?, which provides further enhancements of the python shell.
If you are a Linux or OS-X user - python is already installed on your machine. On a Mac, open your Terminal application (under Applications/Utilities) and type python
You will need to install an editor that knows about python.
DO NOT type programs in microsoft Word!
My favorite editor is emacs. There is a Mac version called Aquamacs.
Learning about python
If you are a Linux or OS-X user, python is already installed on your machine.
And yes, you can use Eclipse or other python-specific IDEs, but that is not very pythonic. Emacs or vi are all you need.
Learning python
My favorite editor is emacs. There is a Mac version called http://aquamacs.org?.
My favorite editor is emacs. There is a Mac version called Aquamacs.
You will need to install an editor that knows about python.
DO NOT type programs in microsoft Word!
My favorite editor is emacs. There is a Mac version called http://aquamacs.org?.
If you are a Linux or OS-X user - python is already installed on your machine. On a Mac, open your Terminal application (under Applications/Utilities) and type python
If you are a Linux or OS-X user - python is already installed on your machine. On a Mac, open your Terminal application (under Applications/Utilities) and type python
If you are a Linux or OS-X user - python is already installed on your machine. On a Mac, open your Terminal application (under Applications/Utilities) and type python
If you are a Linux or OS-X user - python is already installed on your machine. On a Mac, open your Terminal application (under Applications/Utilities) and type python
Quick introductions
- Instant python
Installing and using python
If you are a Linux or OS-X user - python is already installed on your machine. On a Mac, open your Terminal application (under Applications/Utilities) and type python
Learning about python
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
Python
The executive summary
- What is python. By Guido van Rossum (the guy who started it all).
Quick introductions
- Instant python
Free python tutorials/e-books
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
- The official python tutorial
- Dive Into Python
Packages
- numpy: scientific computing in python; includes powerful array objects and linear algebra functions.
- matplotlib: plotting
odds and ends
- A comparison of python and java
- The python paradox
- Why people like python