Re: [libreoffice-users] Python info for a new learner

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On 12/27/2011 12:48 PM, doug wrote:
> There is a free book called "Snake Wrangling for Kids, Learning to 
> Program with Python,"  by Jason R.
> Briggs. It's not just for kids, and it doesn't "talk down."  
> Downloadable.  There are apparently two
> current versions of Python, ver 2.x and 3.x.  The books are slightly 
> different, so see what version of
> Python you're going to use, and get the correct book.  150 pages, 
> including an index--use your duplex
> printer!
>
> (I'm running PCLinuxOS, and the current repo has both versions of 
> Python available.)
>
> The book I have says "Linux Edition"--I downloaded it from a Linux 
> machine.  There must be another
> edition for some other OS, don't know what.  I don't remember the URL, 
> you'll have to Google for it.
> The introduction in Chapter 1 indicates that there might also be a 
> print version--maybe O'Reilly?
>
> --doug
Thanks for the info.  It does not look like the site I found was updated 
since 2009.

I have Python 2.x and 3.x loaded on my Ubuntu 10.04 desktop and I will 
use 2.7.2? on my XP and Vista laptops.  I was told that more things 
support 2.7.x, but I could be wrong.

I wonder what version of Python LibreOffice is written in?  I will have 
to switch to that after my initial learning of Python.

I was asked the question about would I be interested in helping the Dev 
project with some simple Python stuff.  If I decide to really learn 
beyond my needs for Python, I will see how complex the programming is 
before I decide to get in to Python that far.  I have not done any real 
programming in years, and complex programming in 15-20 years.  That 
complex stuff was before my last two strokes.



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