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Intermediate Python Programming

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Aimed at Intermediate Python Programmers, you know the basics and want to see how real programs are constructed

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You will understand how to structure larger programs and you'll have some full examples to work through

Background Material

You've already viewed the Python Programming for Beginners series, haven't you?

Beginner Python Programming

by Ian Ozsvald and Horst Jens and Lucas Holland and gasto and John Montgomery and Kyran Dale and Jeff Rush and André Roberge added 04/09
How to read and write simply Python programs and running them

You will learn an awful lot by reading through other people's code. Jeff Rush (former Python Software Foundation chief-advocate) walks you through two programs - one simple and one more complex.

Walkthru of a Simple Text Line Matcher (grep)

Walkthru of a Simple Text Line Matcher (grep)

by Jeff Rush added 09/07
Let's start with a simple program, one that reads lines of text from one or more files and prints out those lines that match a regular-expression pattern. We'll give it command-line options and then in successive reworkings in this talk have it underline the matches and accept multiple patterns any of which can match. A simple introduction to Python programming for those just getting started.
Walkthru of a Twisted Webserver

Walkthru of a Twisted Webserver

by Jeff Rush added 09/07
A guided walkthrough of a website served using the Twisted framework. The site illustrates the STAN document object model, iterative construction of page content and how to hook an RSS feed of news into a side pane of the site. A simple introduction to Twisted Web using Python for those just getting started.

At times you may come across bugs in Python. If you're just using the core library then you are very unlikely to find an actual bug in Python but it does pay to know where to go to do a search if you find something odd.

Andrew shows you the Python Bug Tracker just so you know where to look.

Searching the Python Bug Tracker

Searching the Python Bug Tracker

by A.M. Kuchling added 08/08
Describes how to search for bugs in the Python bug tracker.

In the Python for Beginners learning path we covered some of Python's web resources. Here Jeff shows you how to keep in touch with all the developments in the world of Python. Do get involved, the community is very friendly!

Keeping in Touch Python Series

by Jeff Rush added 09/07
The Python community is a busy community, with people activities and coding developments everywhere. This series surveys techniques and resources to help you stay current and find what you need to make the best use of Python.

Two Projects - Databases and Win32

Finally we have two series that walk you through a common and a not-so-common-but-very-useful(!) task. Here you can learn how to talk to database (cross-platform), you can also learn on Windows how to talk to Win32 to e.g. interface with Excel or Word.

An Introduction to Database Programming with Python

by Kyran Dale added 06/08
As you might expect Python makes database programming a relatively painless affair. The Python database API (DBAPI) provides a 'database neutral' programming interface for databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS-SQL and Oracle, among others, based on the structured query language SQL. In this series we show you what the DBAPI is, a bit of how it works, and how it can be used to connect Py [...]

COM and Python with pyWin32

by Ian Ozsvald added 04/08
Learn to talk to COM-enabled applications on Windows using the open-source pyWin32 (by Mark Hammond). Here we use Python to control Excel, then we create a Python-based COM server which we call from inside Excel. Possible applications - use Excel as a charting tool, build a scientific/research interface to your Python code, communicate with any COM application, build your own COM servers.

And Now...

To continue your education, take a look here:

Python for Strong Pythonistas

by Ian Ozsvald added 04/09
This series is tiny right now (only decorators) - please help us expand it

Python 3.0 Introduction

by Ian Ozsvald added 04/09
You will have seen Python 3.0 in action and you'll know some of the key differences between 2.x and 3.0.

Scientific Python Programming

by Ian Ozsvald added 04/09
You'll know how to use Python for math and physics and you'll have tools that are similar to Matlab/Maple.

Full Projects in Python

by Ian Ozsvald added 04/09
You will have learned how to write several complete applications including an image viewer (wxPython), a molecule viewer (wxPython, opengl) and a CGI-based wiki webapp.

Python IDEs and Tools

by Ian Ozsvald added 04/09
You will have an overview of the main Python IDEs and tools

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Andrew shows you the Python Bug Tracker just so you know where to look.

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5. gaurav Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:12

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4. Chris Meyer Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:22

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2. Stefan Petersen Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:04

Learning paths are a clever way of organizing the learning. I hope I learn how to save and restore my learning experiences, since my attention span is about 15 minutes


Stefan Petersen Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:04

Learning paths are a clever way of organizing the learning. I hope I learn how to save and restore my learning experiences, since my attention span is about 15 minutes


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