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== Python Basics ==
== Python Basics ==
* Loops & Variables (See [[Prototyping/Soldier Soldier Will You Marry Me]])
* Loops & Variables (See [[Prototyping/Soldier Soldier Will You Marry Me]])
* Working with Lists, Dictionaries
* '''Working with Lists, Dictionaries (See [[JSON ]])'''
* Text manipulation & Regular Expressions
* Text manipulation & Regular Expressions
* Working with files
* Working with files

Revision as of 13:51, 28 October 2011

Used by technology blogger John Gruber, "The Location Field is the New Command Line", is a programmer's reflection of the movement, and related tensions, of application development away from the single PC to the network.

Topics:

  • argparse to build your own Python scripts with options
  • What is CGI?

Contrast / connect the commandline with:

  • An Inkscape effect ("old school" application)
  • Modern web API, and RSS Feeds

Exercise: Turning a simple Python script into a CGI script (dynamic web page)

Resources

Python Basics

  • Reading and Posting data from/to a URL
  • Posting a file to a URL
  • Reading a feed