[workshop] lesson 00: "hello %s!"

[Andy Todd]

Dan Geiser wrote:
> So I can download Python and just try out these exercises directly on my own
> machine?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michal Wallace" <michal@sabren.com>
> To: <workshop@cornerhost.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 3:14 PM
> Subject: Re[2]: [workshop] lesson 00: "hello %s!"
> 
> 
> 
>>On Sun, 5 May 2002 10:28:00 -0400, Dan Geiser wrote:
>>
>>
>>>OK, this question might seem a little "after the fact" but how does one
>>>get startes setting up Python so we can actually take advantages of
>>
> these
> 
>>>lessons which Michal is going to teach us?
>>
>>
>>Well, you can upload a file to your account with the
>>extension ".app" and try it out there. It's already set up.
>>
>>To get python for yourself, go to http://www.python.org/
>>
>>I haven't packaged up my web framework in quite a while.
>>I'll be doing that soon.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Michal J Wallace
>>Sabren Enterprises, Inc.
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>>contact: michal@sabren.com
>>hosting: http://www.cornerhost.com/
>>my site: http://www.sabren.net/
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>>
> 

Err, no. The example scripts that Michal is posting need his web 
framework (http://weblib.sourceforge.net/) to work properly. As he 
mentioned in another post 
(http://www.cornerhost.com/mailman/private/innercircle/2002-April/000233.html) 
the documentation is a little basic and the CVS (source code) is a 
little out of date.

He has promised to package the latest code, but until thats available 
you are limited to just Python on any local machine. Mind you, thats 
pretty rich and good enough for most of us ;-)

It also wouldn't hurt to walk through one of the Python tutorials in 
parallel so you get a feeling for the full scope of the language as well.

For the new to programming the recommendation is usually Alan Gaulds 
introduction at http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/, for the 
more experienced (although it is suitable for beginners as well) try 
Dive into Python (http://diveintopython.org/) written by Mark Pilgrim 
and hosted at cornerhost.

Regards,
Andy
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