CS 4700: Python

Here are some resources for working with or learning Python.

Downloading and Installing Python

Download and install version 2.4.3 of Python. The 2.5 release has some minor incompatibilities with the code we will use in class. (The incompatibilities are not serious, but who needs the headaches?).

Learning Python

• The Python Tutorial by Guido van Rossum is very good. It's so good, in fact, that I want you to read sections 1–5, and also 8 and as much of 9 as you can digest.
• Dive into Python is another tutorial
• The Beginner's Guide has links to lots of places with Python information for beginners.
• See the Python documentation collection for more information.
• O'Reilly has several helpful books on Python:
  • Learning Python
  • Programming Python
  • Python Pocket Reference
  • Python in a Nutshell

Python Links

• Python home page
• Python FAQs
• Regular expressions in Python
• comp.lang.python and its Google archive