Python Development Tools and Environments

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module Y150. This module is presented on Private Courses and Specially Run Courses only

Articles and tips on this subject		updated
3151	Disassembling Python and Java - previously compiled code Most modern languages translate the source code you give into an intermediate byte code prior to it being run, and in can sometimes be useful and instructive to reverse engineer the code to help to understand what's going on within the more arcane elements of the language. Some languages actually provide ...	2011-02-10
2452	Making executable binaries in Python (or Perl) In a nutshell, translations of any of the scripting / semi-scripting languages into executables require the libraries that are included with the base distribution to be included with them, so they gain very little indeed in terms of efficiency or footprint; if the language uses dynamic memory allocation, ...	2009-10-12
2370	C++, Python, and other training - do we use an IDE A question from my inbox ... "Do you use Visual Studio, or a similar IDE". And worth a full answer, and one to be shared. An IDE or Integrated Development Environment is a piece of software that provides the programmer with tools to manage his / her code, and to help him / her with code authoring ...	2009-08-31
2123	Using Python with OpenOffice The Python-UNO bridge can be used to call up pieces of Python code from within OpenOffice. The source code of a "hello world" example can be found at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/PyUNO_bridge, showing you how to start OpenOffice looking for a connection on a TCP/IP port, and then how to ...	2009-04-10
316	Development Environments Although most of the software we provide training on is Open Source and thus available for free download, many of the development environments that are offered to aid developers are commercial products for which you'll have to pay money to buy a license. We don't believe that people should come on a ...	2006-06-05
745	Python modules. The distribution, The Cheese Shop and the Vaults of Parnassus. What if Python doesn't include a class / method that you would like, but you've got that feeling that "surely someone's done this before"? 1. They probably have 2. They've probably made it an available 'Open Source' 3. It's just a question of you knowing where to look! Where to look ... a) The built ...	2006-06-05

Examples from our training material

lookin

using dis to look inside code

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from [here].

Topics covered in this module

Interactive Sessions.
Automating Script file execution.
The Integrated Development Environment (IDLE).
Komodo and Visual Python.
Using Python as a scripting language for Java.

Complete learning

If you are looking for a complete course and not just a information on a single subject, visit our Listing and schedule page.

Well House Consultants specialise in training courses in Ruby, Lua, Python, Perl, PHP, and MySQL. We run Private Courses throughout the UK (and beyond for longer courses), and Public Courses at our training centre in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. It's surprisingly cost effective to come on our public courses - even if you live in a different country or continent to us.

We have a technical library of over 700 books on the subjects on which we teach. These books are available for reference at our training centre.