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You are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work under the following conditions: Attribution. You must give the original author, Steven F. Lott, credit.Noncommercial. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. Getting Started Tools and Toys This part provides some necessary background to help non-programming newbies get ready to write their own programs. We’ll start with the big picture. In Let There Be Python: Downloading and Installing we’ll describe how to install Python. We’ll describe two typical problems that Python can help us solve in Two Minimally-Geeky Problems : Examples of Things Best Done by Customized Software.
We also provide some history and background to help show why Python is so cool. Arithmetic and Expressions Before Reading and ‘Riting comes ‘Rithmetic The heart of Python is a rich variety of numeric types and arithmetic operators. Ctypes tutorial. Note: The code samples in this tutorial uses doctest to make sure that they actually work. Since some code samples behave differently under Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, they contain doctest directives in comments. Note: Quite some code samples references the ctypes c_int type. This type is an alias to the c_long type on 32-bit systems. So, you should not be confused if c_long is printed if you would expect c_int - they are actually the same type. ctypes exports the cdll, and on Windows also windll and oledll objects to load dynamic link libraries.
You load libraries by accessing them as attributes of these objects. cdll loads libraries which export functions using the standard cdecl calling convention, while windll libraries call functions using the stdcall calling convention. oledll also uses the stdcall calling convention, and assumes the functions return a Windows HRESULT error code. Windows appends the usual '.dll' file suffix automatically. Python Tutorial. A Guide to Python's Magic Methods « rafekettler.com. Rafe Kettler Copyright © 2012 Rafe Kettler Version 1.17 A PDF version of this guide can be obtained from my site or Github.
The magic methods guide has a git repository at Any issues can be reported there, along with comments, (or even contributions!). Table of Contents Introduction This guide is the culmination of a few months' worth of blog posts. What are magic methods? Learn Python The Hard Way, 2nd Edition — Learn Python The Hard Way, 2nd Edition.
Python Mind, Beginner’s Mind. The practice of Zen mind is beginner’s mind.
The innocence of the first inquiry“what am I?” Is needed throughout Zen practice. The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. It is the kind of mind which can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything. This practice of Zen mind is found throughout the book. —Richard Baker, Introduction to Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Welcome to the Web site for Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours. From the Introduction: This book’s primary aim is to teach you how to program. Click on the chapter icons below to visit the web page for each hour, where you will find links to other pages mentioned in the text, and where you can download zip archive files containing all you need to run the example programs in that chapter.
A note on the background image. 10 Python one liners to impress your friends « /code/blog. Python. Python Tutorials, more than 300, updated March 2, 2009 and carefully sorted by topic and category. Debugging with GDB - Iceweasel. Python - Building Skills in Python - Iceweasel. Introduction to Python - Iceweasel. Introduction Python is an excellent, cross-platform, object-oriented interpreted language.
Besides ease of use, its main characteristic is that it enforces indentation (don't indent, and the program won't run.) As of Septembre 2004, there are weaknesses to be aware of if you intend to use Python to write GUI apps for Windows, though: Python is originally a command-line, text-mode scripting language, so requires some add-on to build GUI apps. There is no integrated way to build Windows applications, so you must use and distribute a toolkit (most people use wxPython, which is a wrapper around the famous, open-source, cross-platform wxWidgets toolkit) Unless you're ready to shell out $ to buy VS.Net ($?) Setup At least three distributions of Python are currently available for the Windows platform (PythonWare used to be yet another package, but it's been deprecated): If you only need a basic distribution, try out Tiny Python.
Compiling Pyco Psyco setuptools easy_install py2exe McMillan Installer. Python 2.6 Quick Reference. Style chooser: Modern, Modern B&W, Modern Colored, Classic, High contrast or Printing [Hint: Use styles Modern B&W or Printing to print.
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