On Apr 3, 3:47 pm, barisa <bbaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 3, 8:58 pm, nrball...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > On Apr 3, 12:33 pm, barisa <bbaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Apr 3, 11:39 am, "Hendrik van Rooyen" <m...@microcorp.co.za> wrote: > > > > > "Matteo" <tadw.....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 3, 9:05 am, Linuxwell <ahqylang...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Starting today I would like to study Python,Wish me luck! > > > > > >Good luck! > > > > > >Don't forget to... > > > > > >>>> print 'Hello World!' > > > > > This is better advice than what you may think, > > > > because the interactive interpreter is your very > > > > best friend when studying the language. > > > > > You get there by typing "python" at the command > > > > line, and pressing enter. > > > > > Using it, you will save yourself many hours of > > > > misunderstanding. > > > > > - Hendrik > > > > Hi, > > > I'm also begginer in python; > > > i did few basic programs about graph etc.. > > > > my question is : what benefit is using interactive intrepreter ? > > > > i come from java backround, so I use eclipse for python as well. > > > I start my program, it does it's job, and that's it. (after some > > > debugging ofc) > > > I'm also a beginner in Python, but from my own experience the > > interactive interpreter is great for experimenting with new modules > > and output formatting because it allows you to see the immediate > > output of a function before you write it into your program. The > > immediate result is that you'll see any errors and be able to fix them > > before they end up in your script. > > > Nick Ballardhttp://90daysofpython.blogspot.com > > thanks, i'll give it a try
Or even better, install IPython [1], a python interpreter on steroids. It's the first 3rd party python package I install on every new system I work on; it's so powerful and versatile, it has almost displaced the regular linux shell for me. I highly recommend it. George [1] http://ipython.scipy.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
