Re: [LI] PYTHON HOW TO

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 02:53:59PM +0530, DigitelNet Systems wrote:
> Can some one suggest a book for python? 
> Preferably available in bangalore ?

It is considered good etiquette to do some basic research before
asking a question on LI. Have you looked at:

http://www.python.org/psa/bookstore/

>  
> is a compiler avaiable for python (to make the binary)?
>  

Python is an interpreted programming language. You can't make a 
binary out of it, but you can make portable bytecodes (similar
to java class files).

> or should i use some thing else for applications to run under X ?

Depends on your requirements. If you write an app in Python, you
have to make sure that your end user has a python interpreter or
you embed one in your application.

>  
> I have done the multimedia part of a software titled Yaseen, which is 
> the 36th Surah of Holy Quran which runs in Win95/NT. This is done
> using Visual Basic ver 5.0.  I wanted to port this to X in linux.
>  

If you're looking for a Visual Basic equivalent on Linux, yes Python
is the right one. You should probably look at PyKDE and PyGnome to
do your application. http://freshmeat.net should help you.

	-Arun

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