Why Python?

Why Python?
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Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:50 pm	Reply and quote this post

Here is an interesting article that tells you why you should use python or at least start learning it.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

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Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:56 pm	Reply and quote this post

No wonder my Computer Science teacher at school started learning Python all of a sudden :)

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Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:01 pm	Reply and quote this post

My uncle tried to teach me python a few years ago...

Kind of wish I'd listened.

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Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:19 am	Reply and quote this post

Python is great.. but if you are a previous programmer, and used to program in anything like C++ or Java (or pretty much anything like :

Code:

if (a != 5) {do something;}

) then it can be pretty wierd, as in python it's more like:

Code:


if (a != 5):
   do something
else:
  don't do something

Thus python can sometimes seem a little strange, but after a while of using it you get used to it.. and it helps you to understand programming more, which will help you learn other programming languages easier.. and I would say python is pretty good as a first language.

It also works on pretty much any platform, which is an added bonus. (as long as you dont use things like win api etc..)

I have made various things in python myself, such as port scanners, alarm clocks, password generators, lots of other stuff... was working on a notepad with a gui but lost it in a format and I failed to back it up, might start it again someday..

Anyways, screens of a project I was working on a while back:
http://kahrn.freeserverhost.net/temp/alarmX/alarmX(v001).png
http://kahrn.freeserverhost.net/temp/alarm...armX(v001c).png
http://www.kahrn.co.uk/images/alarmX01.png

I lost alarmX gui on a format too, so I'll have to rebuild all that if I ever want to make it again.

Last edited by kahrn on Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:24 am; edited 1 time in total

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Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:58 am	Reply and quote this post

Nice find. Do you have any links to Python tutorials on the internet?

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Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:24 am	Reply and quote this post

There are tons of links on my python page, http://kahrn.co.uk/pages/python/python.php

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Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:27 pm	Reply and quote this post

Sweet

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Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:45 pm	Reply and quote this post

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There are tons of links on my python page, http://kahrn.co.uk/pages/python/python.php

Thanks. B)

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Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:16 am	Reply and quote this post

Quote:

Python is great.. but if you are a previous programmer, and used to program in anything like C++ or Java (or pretty much anything like :

Code:

if (a != 5) {do something;}

) then it can be pretty wierd, as in python it's more like:

Code:


if (a != 5):
   do something
else:
  don't do something

That's how Java is if you use conditional statements.

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Sun Oct 16, 2005 2:40 am	Reply and quote this post

Quote:

Python is great.. but if you are a previous programmer, and used to program in anything like C++ or Java (or pretty much anything like :

Code:

if (a != 5) {do something;}

) then it can be pretty wierd, as in python it's more like:

Code:


if (a != 5):
   do something
else:
  don't do something

That's how Java is if you use conditional statements.

You'll be much more productive if you use python, and java isn't really like python.. it requires you to control things that normally you wouldnt want to control.

For instance, a small java program:

Code:


class Hello
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
   {
    System.out.println("Hello World");
   }
 }

That in python would be:

Code:


class Hello:
  print "Hello World"

Thus python is much easier to learn, and you will be much more productive when using it.

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Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:11 am	Reply and quote this post

Quote:

Nice find. Do you have any links to Python tutorials on the internet?

Nothing beats \"How to think Like a Computer Scientist.\"

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