Sorry but this is necessary
PLEASE get a wiki running side by side with the actual pydocs. one wiki page corresponding to each pydoc page, and a link between them. THe pydocs are like a melange of USELESS api data and some useful snippets of info. This proposed wiki will allow the community to fill in the crap. And then the official doc people can just borrow the useful info from the wikis and incorporate that into the actual docs. This is so friggen necessary.
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My name is OdiUg, and I will lead you through this wiki... |
Python is an object-oriented, interpreted, interactive programming language. It is often compared (favorably to Tcl, Perl, Ruby, C#, Visual Basic, Visual Fox Pro, Scheme or Java.
Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, a 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 (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, MFC, Gtk+, Gnome, QT, KDE). New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++. Python are also usable as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface (more at PythonAdvocacy).
Feel free to add more useful stuff, 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.
IndexTableOfContents
Documentation
Getting Started
Join the fun and start learning today!
[http://www.python.org/doc/Newbies.html Python for Beginners]
Current Python Documentation
[http://www.python.org/doc/ Documentation Central]
[http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/ref.html Language Reference]
[http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/lib.html Library Reference]
[http://www.python.org/doc/current/mac/mac.html Macintosh Reference]
[http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/ext.html Extending and Embedding]
[http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/api.html Python API Reference]
Contributed Documentation
[http://www.diveintopython.org Dive Into Python] - tootorial
Howto...
Development-Guides-R-Us!
SoYouWanna - Python solutions to software problems
Software
Commercial and user contributed software for every purpose!
Community
Come meet the EffBot, TimBot, MartelliBot, WizardOfAahz, SmutBot, our glorious ["BDFL"] and all the rest of the gang! A cast of thousands!
Commercial Products and Services
Python at play!
Other Resources
[http://www.chinesepython.org/cgi_bin/moingb.cgi Python Chinese Wiki]: Another moin wiki on Python in Chinese Language.
[http://www.pythonwiki.de/ PythonWiki.de]: Noch eine Seite auf Deutsch.
[http://wikipython.tuxfamily.org/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/FrontPage Wiki Python Fr]: moin wiki on Python in French.
PythonLanguage: Python page from the original Wiki