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Full Projects in Python    
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start
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You know how to write some Python and you want to work through some full programs.

goals
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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.

Background
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The assumption is that you've worked through the beginner and intermediate Python learning paths so you already know how to write your own programs

.. path:: 011, 012

GUI-based full programs
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Writing an application that uses a graphical interface is a common task, it is also non-trivial.  Here two authors show you the wxPython GUI toolkit and use it to create full applications.

Erik's series is very long and completely free - it is an excellent guide to building up a program from first principles.

.. series:: 151, 179    

Erik has a second great tutorial on using VPython, a graphical physics toolkit, and he builds up some fun physics lessons.

.. series:: 030

Web-app full programs
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John's series shows you how to construct a simple Python-based wiki that is accessible over the Internet.  This introduces the basics of web-app programming (which will help if you're going to learn Django/Pylons/TurboGears) and shows you a third author's approach to constructing a useful program.

.. series:: 217    

Siddhi has a very-well received series in which he builds a full wiki using Django over the course of an hour.  If you want to learn Django, definitely watch this.

.. series:: 110