[Discuss] Looking for Python advice

[Deeþàn Chakravarthÿ]

Deryk Barker wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> ......
>>     Thanks for the input. I've downloaded the book you suggested via
>> link and will review it as soon as it is done decompressing. In my brief
>> review of Orielly's effort, I am beginning to see why you might not like
>> this book. I am, for all intents, back in newby-vile when it comes to
>> programming, and I am already finding assumptions that make learning the
>> topic a bit more convoluted than need be. As for "Essential Python",
>> after two positive endorsements I would be nuts not to pick it up. Off
>> to the bookstore ... :-)
>>   
> The How to Think book was converted to a python version by Jeff Elkner 
> *specifically* so that he could use it to teach programming in a high 
> school.
>
> It assumes nothing. (Well, some basic intelligence and the ability to 
> read, I suppose).
>
> Welcome to the growing army of pythonistas.
You can also join #python at irc.freenode.net. There are many other 
channels relating to python, many of them on more specialized topics 
relating to python like
#django, #pywikipediabot, etc.   You might also like to setup history 
and autocomplete in your python prompt.





> to enable history and autocomplete in python prompt in linux,
> set export PYTHONSTARTUP=~/.pystart  in your .bashrc
> and save the following as ~/.pystart 
> def savehistory():
>         
> readline.write_history_file(os.path.expanduser("~/.python_history"))
>
> import readline, rlcompleter;
> readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
> import os
> #readline.write_history_file(os.path.expanduser("~/.python_history"))
> readline.read_history_file(os.path.expanduser("~/.python_history"))
> import atexit
> atexit.register(savehistory)



You might have to touch ~/.python_history before running the above stuff.
Good Luck,
Deepan
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