Python Related Links

• An excellent link collection:
  http://vermeulen.ca/python.html

• Video Casts for various Python topics:
  http://showmedo.com/videos/python

• Code Like a Pythonista - Idiomatic Python:
  http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/handout.html

• The Python Paradox

• Talk by Bruce Eckel (author of "Thinking in C++" and "Thinking in Java") "Why I love Python?"
  http://www.mindviewinc.com/downloads/pub/eckel/LovePython.zip

• Excellent resource on various science related Python topics/projects:
  http://www.scipy.org/Topical_Software

• Python IDEs:

  • "A review of 6 Python IDEs":
    http://spyced.blogspot.com/2005/09/review-of-6-python-ides.html

  • Eclipse Python Integration:
    http://wiki.python.org/moin/EclipsePythonIntegration

• Online Books:

  • "The Python Cook Book" (2nd Ed.), Alex Martelli:
    http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/0596007973

  • "Dive Into Python", Mark Pilgrim:
    http://diveintopython.org/toc/

  • "A Byte of Python", Swaroop C H:
    http://www.byteofpython.info/

  • And for kids (8 years and older) "Snake Wrangling for Kids", Jason R Briggs:
    http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/

  • More for kids "Computer Science For Kids", André Lessa:
    http://www.LessaWorld.com/kids/

  • "Python 3 - Patterns, Recipes and Idioms", Bruce Eckel "and friends" (work in progress)
    http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/Python3Patterns/Index.php

• Projects and Documentation:

  • Manuals and Tutorials for Pygame.
    http://www.pygame.org/docs/

  • Manual and Tutorials for PyeEphem. A scientific grade astronomy package.
    http://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/tutorial