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'''Information for our introductory workshops on Python''' | '''Information for our introductory workshops on Python''' | ||
=Things you will Need= | |||
You will most definitely need a laptop or other computer that is capable of running pyglet and python. Windows, Linux or OSX is supported for this course. | |||
==Setting up Your System== | |||
There are 4 things you need: | |||
* '''Python''' - Either the 2.5 or 2.6.6 vintage. [http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/ http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/] | |||
* '''Pyglet''' - [http://www.pyglet.org/download.html http://www.pyglet.org/download.html] | |||
* The course code. This will be refined and released closer to the time. | |||
* '''A DECENT TEXT EDITOR''' - We can't stress this enough! No really! | |||
===Windows=== | |||
You'll need a copy of Python. We recommend the 2.6.6 branch installer which comes as an MSI file. Simply double click to install. You can grab it from the [http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/ Python.org Releases page]. We can't use 2.7 yet because the Pyglet library doesn't run yet. | |||
Next you'll need the installer for Pyglet. This comes as an MSI too and you can simply double click and install. | |||
[http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad ++] is pretty much the best text editor on Windows | |||
===OSX=== | |||
Python comes installed as standard but there are a few versions. You'll need to use the '''python2.5''' command in your terminal and make sure you install pyglet for the 2.5 python install. You can grab the OSX DMG from [http://www.pyglet.org/download.html the Pyglet page] and install it. It should work straight out of the box. | |||
Under OSX, I find [http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ textwrangler] to be the best. | |||
===Linux=== | |||
Who can say?! There are several versions of Python for Linux but Pyglet generally works with 2.5 and 2.6 as oppose to 2.7/3.0. Ubuntu may have an install candidate inside apt for pyglet. | |||
Kate or gedit are fine text editors for python (I'm sure there are VI, emacs people out there too, but chances are you already know python anyways) | |||
==Tickets== | ==Tickets== | ||
