Workshops/Python for Beginners

Information for our introductory workshops on Python

Important things

• Date & time - 28th of July, 2013 10am sharp till 5pm
• Bring a laptop with the required software
• We recommend a donation of £20 for the session if you are a non-member
• Please sign up at the bottom of the page

Things you will Need

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Setting up Your System

Windows

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 the Pyglet page and install it. It should work straight out of the box.

Under OSX, I find textwrangler to be the best.

Resources for the Day

There are a great many resources for Python on the web. Here are a few of the ones I like:

Learning Python in General

• http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers
• http://docs.python.org/py3k/
• http://docs.python.org/
• Learning Python the Hard Way - a great little PDF that is actually quite easy to follow
• Common python pitfalls

Pyglet Related

• http://www.pyglet.org/doc/programming_guide/index.html

Sign up

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For who?

Anyone!

If you can't program, still come along. The pace will be fast but if you want to start programming for the first time, Python is a great language to learn.

How much?

There is no charge HOWEVER the space survives on donations and member subscriptions. We recommend a voluntary donation of £20 for the day.