On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 4:33 AM, Aero Maxx D <aero.max...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm very very new to Python, and trying to learn and I'm struggling with the > import statements. > > I understand they are importing modules that I can then use in my code, what > I'm struggling with though is how do I find out which modules I need to use > to do any given task? > > I do have a programming background in that I know PHP however this is a > scripting language, and one that doesn't require me to import modules or > anything, can easily just look at the functions available on the php.net > website and carry on as normal. > > With Python I'm not finding which modules I need if any as easy as that, > mainly due to the vast number of modules available. > > I'd like to start with something that in my mind is relatively simple in php, > so I thought I'd connect to a MySQL database read what was in a table and > insert some data into the table. > > I've done some googling and read some books, the book mentioned using import > dbm, however I understand this isn't for MySQL but my problem is the book > glosses over the import statement and just says use this, but gives no > explanation as to why I'm using that and/or how to find out that's what I > should use. Googling found some forum posts saying to use MySQLdb. > > I'm wanting to learn Python properly and find things out myself, without > relying on someone to of posted on a blog or a forum who may have done > something similar to what I may be trying to do at that particular time, and > then just blindly follow their example and use the same modules without an > understanding why I'm using those modules, or using modules that I'm actually > not using in the code. > > Sorry for the long email, I didn't initially intend or expect it to be this > long. > > Thanks, > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Look at the tutorials on python.org for a start -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/blog http://cc-baseballstats.info/stats/birthdays _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
