A week or two ago a discussion in another thread made me think about writing a document as to why the programming language python and its add-ons are good tools for a technical person to have in his toolkit. I'm not suggesting it should take the place of other languages (indeed, an experienced technical person will know many languages), but I've found it an excellent general-purpose programming tool and it is usually what I turn to first.
I wrote the attached document to introduce some of the features of the language and discuss some of the add-ons that provide extra power. You can also get the zip file here (see the bottom of the page).
Edit 17 Nov 2010: I updated the document to add another example and discuss the problem of choosing between python 2.x and 3.x in more detail. The latest version will always be here: http://code.google.com/p/hobbyutil/downloads/list. I recommend getting the file from this link rather than using the file attached to this post.
I wrote the attached document to introduce some of the features of the language and discuss some of the add-ons that provide extra power. You can also get the zip file here (see the bottom of the page).
Edit 17 Nov 2010: I updated the document to add another example and discuss the problem of choosing between python 2.x and 3.x in more detail. The latest version will always be here: http://code.google.com/p/hobbyutil/downloads/list. I recommend getting the file from this link rather than using the file attached to this post.
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