Just Getting Started with Python on MS XP Pro

[W. Watson]

Laszlo Nagy wrote:
> W. Watson wrote:
>> What do I download to use Python with MX XP Pro on an ASUS 4 year old 
>> motherboard? I would guess a good book source for starters would be 
>> the O'Reilly book.
>>   
> You mean Microsoft XP Pro?
> 
> For a beginner, the motherboard does not really matter. First of all, 
> you should download Python itself:
> 
> http://www.python.org/download/
> 
> or more probably:
> 
> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5.msi
> 
> Then you should download a good editor. There are many, listed here: 
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEditors
> Under Windows, for a beginner, I would recommend pythonwin, but you can 
> decide.
> 
> Finally, you can start practicing. A book is always good. You can read 
> online tutorials too:
> 
> http://docs.python.org/tut/
> http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  Laszlo
> 
Many thanks. I've been impressed lately what one finds in Wikipedia. The 
first such occurrence was when I find all the release dates for a photo 
software package that I use. Not even the mfger had that!


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