I have started using python nothing to major just getting to grips with basics such as variables. I am really liking it so far. I am also really the Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook which is projet based and seems pretty straightforward. I am considering getting a raspberry pi as for the vesion of Python I am using it's 2.7.5. I tried using 3 but was getting weird syntax issues.
> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:35:19 +0100
> From: lists@???
> To: hampshire@???
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] How to get your foot in the door?
>
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:28:11 +0100
> Richard Bensley <richardbensley@???> wrote:
>
> > Excellent, you have the tools and motivation.
> > Python is a great start, I use it every day, and it's becoming more
> > and more popular as it spreads into education. The small businesses
> > and charities think they can solve all their data needs in Excel,
> > show them what you can do with Python and a database.*
> >
>
> Python is a very good introduction to programming. I have written
> several projects using it.
>
> One thing to be careful of, though, is that there are 2 distinct
> versions of it - 2.x and 3.x, and they are not directly compatible. I
> have converted several projects without too much difficulty.
>
> Unfortunately there are still pockets of sysadmin stuff using 2.x.
> After all, v3 has only been out since 2008!
>
> Python is one of the languages on the standard Raspberry Pi
> installation, aimed at getting children to program rather than just use
> applications.
>
> In fact a couple of Pis are a good way to practice both
> programming and sysadmin. As the O/S is on an SD card, it is very easy
> to swap to another setup. I have one card with a LAMP stack for when I
> am doing web dev, and another on which I am trying out Asterisk. And
> my file server is happily chuntering away on another Pi.
>
> Oh, and Pis are very cheap
>
> Regards
> David
>
> --
> Please post to: Hampshire@???
> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk
> --------------------------------------------------------------
--
Please post to: Hampshire@???
Web Interface:
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
LUG URL:
http://www.hantslug.org.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------
