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| #pragma section-numbers off | ||<tableborder=0> [[Icon(Odi.jpg)]] || Python is a great object-oriented, interpreted, and interactive programming language. It is often compared (favorably of course :-)) to Lisp, Tcl, Perl, Ruby, C#, Visual Basic, Visual Fox Pro, Scheme or Java... and it's much more fun. || |
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| = MoinMoin Wiki = | Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typings. There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. One of the main windowing systems is Tk. New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++. Python is also usable as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface (more at PythonAdvocacy). |
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| A WikiWikiWeb is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on easy access to and modification of information. This wiki can also link to InterWiki space. | Feel free to add more useful stuff (see HelpContents and HelpOnEditing to learn how), but do us a favour and do tests in the WikiSandBox if you're not accustomed to Wiki technologies. If you're new to wikis, please read WikiWikiWeb. WikiGuidelines contains a few hints on the rules we choose to follow in this wiki. Important: The first thing you will need to do to is to set your UserPreferences. If the word UserPreferences appears above the icons on this page, click on it and fill it out _first_. If your name is there, then you have already done this step, and you are all set. |
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| MoinMoin is a Python Wiki:WikiClone, based on Wiki:PikiPiki. The name is a common German slang expression explained on the MoinMoin page. If you run a Wiki using MoinMoin, please add it to the MoinMoin:MoinMoinWikis page. Contributed code is on the MoinMoin:MacroMarket, MoinMoin:ActionMarket and MoinMoin:ParserMarket pages. | Starting points: * PythonDocumentation - Top-level page for: Beginners, Programming Topics, Python Knowledge Resources * PythonSoftware - Software for every purpose, user contributed as well as commercial! * PythonCommunity - Community Resources (including Projects), People, Conferences, other wikis, ... * PythonAdvocacy - Python Advocacy Community, Executive Summary, Advocacy Howto * PythonServices - Commercial Products and Services, Python at play! * CategoryJython - Resource Pointers, Stories, and Help on Jython * UsefulCode - Contributions that are not their own projects but still useful * HiddenJewels - Python capabilities of general interest that people don't know about, even long-time Python programmers... * GoogleTips - How to find stuff on the Python websites without trouble * PythonZone - Python Message Board |
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| ---- You can edit any page by pressing the link at the bottom of the page. Capitalized words joined together form a WikiName, which hyperlinks to another page. The highlighted title searches for all pages that link to the current page. Pages which do not yet exist are linked with a question mark: just follow the link and you can add a definition. To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature. Also, consult the MoinMoin:WikiWikiWebFaq. ---- Interesting starting points: * RecentChanges: see where people are currently working * HelpForBeginners: to get you going * WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing * FindPage: search or browse the database in various ways |
Python is a great object-oriented, interpreted, and interactive programming language. It is often compared (favorably of course |
to Lisp, Tcl, Perl, Ruby, C#, Visual Basic, Visual Fox Pro, Scheme or Java... and it's much more fun. 
Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typings. There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. One of the main windowing systems is Tk. New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++. Python is also usable as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface (more at PythonAdvocacy).
Feel free to add more useful stuff (see HelpContents and HelpOnEditing to learn how), but do us a favour and do tests in the WikiSandBox if you're not accustomed to Wiki technologies. If you're new to wikis, please read WikiWikiWeb. WikiGuidelines contains a few hints on the rules we choose to follow in this wiki. Important: The first thing you will need to do to is to set your UserPreferences. If the word UserPreferences appears above the icons on this page, click on it and fill it out _first_. If your name is there, then you have already done this step, and you are all set.
Starting points:
PythonDocumentation - Top-level page for: Beginners, Programming Topics, Python Knowledge Resources
PythonSoftware - Software for every purpose, user contributed as well as commercial!
PythonCommunity - Community Resources (including Projects), People, Conferences, other wikis, ...
PythonAdvocacy - Python Advocacy Community, Executive Summary, Advocacy Howto
PythonServices - Commercial Products and Services, Python at play!
CategoryJython - Resource Pointers, Stories, and Help on Jython
UsefulCode - Contributions that are not their own projects but still useful
HiddenJewels - Python capabilities of general interest that people don't know about, even long-time Python programmers...
GoogleTips - How to find stuff on the Python websites without trouble
PythonZone - Python Message Board