Date: 06 Feb 2003
From: jyrki@diku.dk
Subject: Learning Python

Topic: Learning Python in two hours
Speaker: Jyrki Katajainen
Time:  Monday, 10 February 2003, 13.15–15.00
Place: N026 at DIKU

Summary:

At the moment in the CPH STL project many scripting languages are in
use: Perl, make, Python, and PHP. Due to this variety the maintenance
has become a nightmare. Hence, my ambition is to move to only one
scripting language: Python. One obstacle in this transformation process
is that the students do not know Python. So in this lecture I will go
through the basics of the language. Python is powerful yet simple, so my
expectation is that after this lecture one can immediately start
programming.

It is not necessary to wait for my lecture. On a Unix system you can
simply type "python" to get started. On a Windows or a Mac only a click
is needed to start (after a download, of course, if you do not have the
system installed). For more information about Python, see
http://www.python.org/

PE-labs home page: http://www.diku.dk/~jyrki/PE-lab/