Re: can someone explain the concept of "strings (or whatever) being immutable"

2014-06-02 Thread prashanth B.G
Hi Deb, Immutability means that once "This is a string" is created in memory , the string cannot be changed. When we assign a_string with "A different string" this "A different string" is in a new memory location again (a new object) . "This is a string" and "A different string" are two

Re: IDE for python

2014-05-28 Thread prashanth B.G
Hi Sameer, Try pycharm, ninja ide, wings ide .. These are light and will help you to get started. Later on you can switch to vim which has many plugins for python. Also feel free to take a look at this link on stackoverflow comparing different features . http://stackoverflo

Re: python

2014-02-26 Thread prashanth B.G
Hi Karthik, Good that you have interest in switching to dev from admin stuff. Since you are already an admin , you wouldn't have problems with administrating an os (probabally weblogic deployment was on an ux/linux machine) or a database. The requirements that you see are a mix of dif

Re: Beginner's guide to Python

2013-09-04 Thread prashanth B.G
Hi Steve , These links might be of help . http://swaroopch.com/notes/python/ -- Very well explained for beginners http://www.diveintopython.net/ -- Must read to pick up advanced stuff . This can also be used as a starting point to figure out what python might be used for