Learning Python: Unit 17, Resources (original) (raw)
Topics
♦ Internet resources
♦ Python books
♦ Conferences and services
Internet resources
► learning-python.com/books/about-python.html
Others
| Python�s support mail-list | mailto:help@python.org |
|---|---|
| Instructor�s web site(s) | http://learning-python.com |
| O�Reilly�s web site | http://www.oreilly.com |
| Python�s tutoring mail-list | mailto:tutors@python.org |
| Python online docs | http://www.python.org/doc |
| PyPI site: extensions | http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ |
| Python starship site (dated) | http://starship.python.net/ |
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Python books
● Learning Python (this class�s language fundamentals)
● Programming Python (this class�s application topics)
● Python Pocket Reference (the fine points)
● Python Cookbook
● Python in a Nutshell
● Python Essential Reference
● . . .plus gobs more�
I stopped updating the original list here when there were 50 books in 2002 (and amazon.com reported over 200 in 2012).� For more details, search for Python at amazon.com, or see the book pages at www.python.org/doc.
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Python conferences and services
► Annual PyCon(formerly IPCn) gatherings
► US PyCon: 2,500 attendees in 2012 through 2015 (and counting)
► O'Reilly Python Conference, Open Source Convention��
► Local Python user groups ("PIGgies")
► European (and other) annual Python Conference
► Others: Brazil, Korean Python convention
► Commercial support, consulting, training
► AND MUCH MORE: see www.python.org
And finally�
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Bonus: Print Your Own Completion Certificate!
[Plagiarized from Learning Python 5th Edition, Mid 2013]
And one last thing: In lieu of exercises for this part of the book, I�m going to post a bonus script here for you to study and run on your own. I can�t provide completion certificates for readers of this book (and the certificates would be worthless if I could!), but I can include an arguably cheesy Python script that does�the following file, certificates.py, is a Python 2.X/3.X script which creates a simple book completion certificate in both text and HTML file forms, and pops them up in a Web browser on your machine by default.
#!python
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File certificate.py: a Python 2.X and 3.X script.
Generate a bare-bones class completion certificate: printed,
and saved in text and html files displayed in a web browser.
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has survived the massive tome:
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and is now entitled to all privileges thereof, including
the right to proceed on to learning how to develop Web
sites, desktop GUIs, scientific models, and assorted Apps,
with the possible assistance of follow-up applications
books such as Programming Python (shameless plug intended).
--Mark Lutz, Instructor
(Note: certificate void where obtained by skipping ahead.)
%s
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date = time.asctime()
name = input('Enter your name: ').strip() or 'An unknown reader'
sept = '*' * maxline
book = 'Learning Python 5th Edition'
# make text file version
file = open(saveto, 'w')
text = template % (sept, date, name, book, sept)
print(text, file=file)
file.close()
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htmlto = saveto.replace('.txt', '.html')
file = open(htmlto, 'w')
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tags = '\n'.join(tags)
link = 'Book support site\n'
tags = '' + tags + link + ''
print(tags, file=file)
file.close()
# display results
print('[File: %s]' % saveto, end='')
print('\n' * 2, open(saveto).read())
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if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
���input('[Press Enter]')� # keep window open if clicked on Windows
Run this script on your own, and study its code for a summary of some of the ideas we�ve covered in this book. You can fetch its code from this book�s web site described in the Preface, if you wish. This could be much more grandiose, of course (see the Web for pointer to Python support for PDFs and other document tools), but if you�ve made it to the end of this book (class), you deserve another joke or two.
