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: li...@pern.co.uk > To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] How to get your foot in the door? > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:28:11 +0100 > Richard Bensley <richardbens...@gmail.com> 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@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------
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