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Educating the Open-source Community With Showmedo

Although as important as the software it supports, education and documentation are relatively neglected in the Open-source world. Coders love to code, and explaining how best to use or improve the software tends to be deferred or even sidelined.

At Showmedo we believe the community can play a vital role here and also say thanks for the tools and software that make our lives easier. If you have a piece of software you love or a programming langugage you are enthusiastic about, why not make a screencast showing others how to use it? All the stuff you wish you'd been told, the tips, tricks, insights that would have saved you time and frustration.

Screencasting is easier than you think, and we're happy to help you. You can email us for advice or just use some of the how-to screencasts on the site. This screencasting learning-path is a good place to start.

Name: [002] Ian Ozsvald
Member: 51 months
Authored: 181 videos
Description: I am the co-founder of ShowMeDo (see http://showmedo.com/about), author of `The Screencasting Handbook <http://thescreencastinghandbook.com>`_ and the founder of the professional screencast production company `ProCasts <http://procasts.co.uk>`_: .. image:: http://procasts.co.uk/media/procasts_sma ...

Python IDEs and Tools

Contents

start
goals
Required Knowledge
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
- PyDev
- Wing IDE
- Boa Constructor
- SPE
- IDLE
- DrPython
- Ulipad
- VIM
Command-line Environments

start

You know at least a bit about Python programming

goals

You will have an overview of the main Python IDEs and tools

Required Knowledge

[011] Beginner Python Programming

Ian Ozsvald and Horst Jens and Lucas Holland and gasto and John Montgomery and Kyran Dale and Jeff Rush and André Roberge

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 might find the following blog discussions to be useful too: Get Going with Python IDEs 1, Get Going with Python IDEs 2, Choosing a Python IDE.

The RST-script for this Learning-path

The script below was used to generate the learning-path page above.

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Python IDEs and Tools
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You know at least a bit about Python programming

goals
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You will have an overview of the main Python IDEs and tools

Required Knowledge
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You might find the following blog discussions to be useful too: `Get Going with Python IDEs 1 <http://blog.showmedo.com/2007/04/04/get-going-with-python-2-python-development-environments-ides-part-1/>`_, `Get Going with Python IDEs 2 <http://blog.showmedo.com/2007/04/04/get-going-with-python-2-python-development-environments-ides-part-2/>`_, `Choosing a Python IDE <http://blog.showmedo.com/2007/03/08/choosing-a-python-ide/>`_.

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
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PyDev
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PyDev is an extension for the Eclipse IDE.  It comes in a free version (very useful) and a commercial extension (extra tools).

The first series shows PyDev in action, the second is by PyDev's creator which shows some of the features of each version.
    
.. series:: 008

.. video:: 195

You'll need to be a Club member to see the PyDev videos (shown editing a real program) in this series:

.. series:: 049

Wing IDE
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.. series:: 127    

Boa Constructor
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.. series:: 401    

SPE
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.. series:: 003

IDLE
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IDLE comes with all Python distributions.  It is introduced in this series, note you'll need Club membership to see IDLE in action:

.. series:: 049

DrPython
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.. video:: 159, 158

Ulipad
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.. video:: 716

VIM
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.. series:: 185

    

Command-line Environments
=========================

Jeff Rush gives an excellent short introduction to the `IPython <http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/>`_ shell followed by a 5-part series showing you how it works.

.. video:: 298
.. series:: 100
    
unpingco shows you how to setup IPython on Windows.

.. video:: 1365

Thank-yous, questions and comments

If this video tutorial was helpful please take some time to say thank-you to the authors for their hard work. Feel free to ask questions. Let the author know why their video tutorial was useful - what are you learning about? Did the video tutorial save you time? Would you like to see more?

You may also want to see our ShowMeDo Google Group to speak to our active users and authors.

5. anonymous Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:45

I have to agree with ^^ that the font size on the graphic above is so tiny as to make it silly.

4. anonymous Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:45

I have to agree with ^^ that the font size on the graphic above is so tiny as to make it silly.

3. anonymous Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:20

new to python

2. anonymous Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:55

The font size for all of the learning page path graphs are so small that they are unreadable.

This seems to be a great resource, but it is somewhat difficult to navigate and the illegibility of the leaning page graphs does not not help.

Thanks,

Stead Kiger

anonymous Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:55

The font size for all of the learning page path graphs are so small that they are unreadable.

This seems to be a great resource, but it is somewhat difficult to navigate and the illegibility of the leaning page graphs does not not help.

Thanks,

Stead Kiger

CLUB SHOWMEDO

Are you learning Python? To keep the site running clean and ad-free we've started Club ShowMeDo. The club will allow you access to some special videos we're making to pass on programming skills we consider important to the development and enjoyment of Free Open Source Software (FOSS).

The focus at the moment is on developing with the Python programming language, one of the backbones of the FOSS movement with a huge number of included and third-party libraries.

CONTACT

We welcome feedback and we want to hear your ideas.

The best way to discuss new ideas is in our Google Group.

To reach either of us (Ian, Kyran) you will find our email addresses on the About page.

THANKS

Check out our thanks-page for a roll call of the great software that enables Showmedo to function.