COMP 200 Resources

Python Resources 

Language Issues

• Tips and Traps -- common pitfalls and advice on how to avoid them.
• List comprehensions

Guides

• COMP 140 Python Review -- a nice overview of common Python syntax and operations.
• Python Debugging Guide -- examples of common Python errors
  • Unexpected indent error
  • Python Errors and Exceptions Documentation
• Classes

 

 

Links to Python language resources

• Python Home page  -- the official Python site

  • Full Python Documentation  - -The complete documentation for Python

    • Python Language Reference— The official reference manual.

    • The Python Tutorial— The tutorial that goes with the previous reference manual.

    • Python Standard Library -- Official reference for the functions included with Python
      • Dictionaries
      • Random Numbers
      • Regular Expressions

  • Python downloads  -- only if you need to install Python separately from Enthought

• Learn Python The Hard Way— Online textbook

• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist— Online Python textbook

• Python Programming— Online textbook

• Khan Academy: Computer Science— Video tutorials, emphasizing Python and some simple algorithms

• Google's Python Class— An online tutorial which assumes some programming experience.

Links to Python library resources

• Matplotlib  -- the main plotting library, contains the pyplot sub-library
  • Matplotlib FAQ
    • Plotting How-To
  • Getting Started With Matplotlib's OO Class Library -- useful info on how to programmatically create multiple, simultaneously shown plots.
  • Using matplotlib in a python shell  -- creating and controlling plots interactively from the iPython shell.