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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
goals
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?
Aimed at new Python programmers, we're assuming you know a tiny bit about programming and nothing about using Python
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.
Name:
[709] Jeff Rush
Member:
34 months
Authored:
15 videos
Description:
Greetings. I'm the (former) Python Advocacy Coordinator and a strong supporter of screencasts. I'm also the organizer of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Pythoneers and was con chair for PyCon 2006 and 2007 in ...
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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 und [...]
Name:
[709] Jeff Rush
Member:
34 months
Authored:
15 videos
Description:
Greetings. I'm the (former) Python Advocacy Coordinator and a strong supporter of screencasts. I'm also the organizer of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Pythoneers and was con chair for PyCon 2006 and 2007 in ...
Our authors tell us that feedback from you is a big motivator. Please take a few moments to let them know what you think of their work.
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 introductio [...]
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.
Name:
[9200] A.M. Kuchling
Member:
17 months
Authored:
1 videos
Description:
Personal site: www.amk.ca ...
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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!
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.
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, [...]
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 a [...]
And Now...
To continue your education, take a look here:
Aimed at Python Programmers who have strong experience, you probably want to know more about what's under the hood
This series is tiny right now (only decorators) - please help us expand it
You'll need to know how to write Python using Python 2.x.
You will have seen Python 3.0 in action and you'll know some of the key differences between 2.x and 3.0.
You know basic Python and have an interest in scientific coding.
You'll know how to use Python for math and physics and you'll have tools that are similar to Matlab/Maple.
You know how to write some Python and you want to work through some full programs.
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.
You know at least a bit about Python programming
You will have an overview of the main Python IDEs and tools
The RST-script for this Learning-path
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