Comments on: Learn Python

By: What's in my Dock

What's in my Dock — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:45:50 +0000

[...] myself the programming language, Python and I have a neat little utility in my dock called, Learn Python which combines a html tutorial window and a command line window. Next is a very small app called [...]

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:25:05 +0000

Clay: That part of my explanation was confusing. The end result should look something like this:

“/usr/bin/python” = “/bin/zsh”;

If you want to use zsh. That is, change the value on the right to the full path of whatever shell tool you want to run.

The reason it doesn’t do this by default is it’s called “Learn Python,” and not “Leran Shell Stuff” so naturally I wanted to make it as purely functional for the intended purpose as possible. :)

By: Clay Wiedemann

Clay Wiedemann — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:20:38 +0000

I wanted to tweak this to use ipython, but the file editing you suggested above did not work for me. Is the explanation complete? It references zsh but does not show it in the example. Nothing I did changed much.

I was wondering, why not just open a terminal session and from there one could go into any editor. I do not know much about Cocoa or ObjC, so my monkeying around was fruitless.

By: Joe Frost

Joe Frost — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:49:02 +0000

Superb app, can’t believe nobody thought of it before. The idea of substituting a basic shell opens up no end of possibilities for using all of the how-to and install guides that are on the net.
Open up a telnet connection to another host (Parallels Solaris/Linux etc), work through installing/compiling (some app) with the user guide right in front of you. Paste in the commands straight from the web.
This little program should be in everyone’s toolkit.
Thanks for your work, it is much appreciated.

By: wagthis.com

wagthis.com — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:18:51 +0000

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By: News from above » Blog Archive » Python tutorial

News from above » Blog Archive » Python tutorial — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:42:24 +0000

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By: } KUNGFOOO { » Python on Mac OS X - The Essential Collection.

} KUNGFOOO { » Python on Mac OS X - The Essential Collection. — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:30:16 +0000

[...] Learn Python {Brilliant Mac specific tutorial/reference browser with a built in Python prompt} [...]

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:55:44 +0000

Sorry Niso – I’m a Mac user only, so it’s not available for PC. It would be a good project for somebody to try on the PC, too, I think!

By: niso

niso — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:37:38 +0000

hi, when unzipped i only found a version for mac, seeing as im a windows user is there a verson for windows? thx

By: IVfx | Web Design, Graphic Design, and Illustration » Have You Ever Kissed a Snake?

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:27:28 +0000

[...] After a few weeks of sitting pouring over a number of options on how to install Django on my Mac Desktop, I finally have succeeded in getting Django up and running! Why does a web designer want to get into Django? I pretty much blame the blog post by Jeff Croft I read back in May. I’d heard of Django prior to his post, but the examples he gave really caused me to seriously think again about the use of Python and Django when developing sites or web applications. However, I wondered if this 36-year-old father would have the time, brain-power, and wherewithal to accomplish the task of learning Django, let alone Python. I do want to make a bit of a side note here. A few weeks back, I went through an online tutorial on Ruby and found it to be pretty amazing. I also couldn’t believe how straight forward the syntax was – much easier than my days when I tried programming in Pascal. Soon after, I started reading articles on how Ruby was great, but didn’t quite compare to Python. Those articles, along with how Python stood head and shoulders above PHP, caused me to take more than a casual glance at Python. I then found a great little application to learn python, developed by Daniel Jalkut. So, with all the information I needed to persuade me to try out Python, I felt I needed to take the plunge and see if I could take on the challenge of developing using Django. [...]