For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training. We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.
Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!
I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here)) |
Python classes / courses - what version do we train on?
Usually, the release number of a programming language that's used on a 'first level' course doesn't make a big difference as the changes tend to be quite minor - after all, languages cannot change much for who would develop e piece of code using a syntax that was likely to go out of date? But that's not the case between Python 2 and Python 3, where there were / are distinct changes. For our courses, we're currently 'in transit'
As part of the introduction at the start of the course, I explain a little about the releases and listen to where the delegates are in the changeover. I then present the course as appropriate. Examples in Python 2 and Python 3 will both be available, and delegates will have the choice of which to use during practicals.
Why have we not switched every course to the latest version?
Changes are NOT so large that we need to run two courses.
There is a lot of existing Python 2 code to be maintained, so lots of people still need to know about that
It is recommended that you carry on coding in Python 2.6 until all your target systems have been upgraded, using the 2 to 3 converter each time you're installing on Python 3. So there's a lot of coding still going on using 2.6 syntax!
Our next Python courses:
Learning to program in Python - for those with no prior programming - starts 16th August 2009
Python Programming - for those with no prior programming - starts 17th August 2009
If you have missed those dates, click on the link to the course description pages and you'll see the forthcoming dates (written 2009-07-10, updated 2009-07-11)
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles Y305 - Optimising Python [2369] Using a cache for efficiency. Python and PHP examples - (2009-08-21) [2462] Python - how it saves on compile time - (2009-10-20) [3766] Python timing - when to use a list, and when to use a generator - (2012-06-16) [4088] Some tips and techniques for huge data handling in Python - (2013-05-15) Y300 - Python 3 - What is new, what's changed and why [753] Python 3000 - the next generation - (2006-06-09) [1788] Python 2 to Python 3 / Python 3000 / Py3k - (2008-09-07) [1791] The road ahead - Python 3 - (2008-09-10) [2285] Great new diagrams for our notes ... Python releases - (2009-07-13) [2559] Moving the product forward - ours, and MySQL, Perl, PHP and Python too - (2010-01-01) [2778] Learning to program in Python 2 ... and / or in Python 3 - (2010-05-24) [2871] Moving from Python 2.6 to Python 3 - (2010-07-14) [4469] Sorting in Python 3 - and how it differs from Python 2 sorting - (2015-04-20) [4470] Testing in Python 3 - unittest, doctest and __name__ == __main__ too. - (2015-04-21) [4590] Progress on moving from Python 2 to Python 3 - training for both versions - (2015-12-01) [4649] Object and Static methods - what is the difference; example in Python 3 - (2016-02-17) [4650] Why populate object with values as you construct them? - (2016-02-18) [4711] Convering from Python 2 to Python 3 - an update, and the 2to3 utility - (2016-10-30) [4712] A reminder of the key issues to consider in moving from Python 2 to Python 3 - (2016-10-30)
Some other Articles
Python - using exceptions to set a fallbackCreating and iterating through Python listsUnderstanding the new local government structure in WiltshireFirst courses for 2010Python classes / courses - what version do we train on?Who is Marc Schneider of Multilingual Search Engine Optimization IncDebugging multipage (session based) PHP applicationsPHP preg functions - examples and comparisionThree recent questions on Tomcat ConvertorsMonitoring and loading tools for testing Apache Tomcat
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