Created Oct 8, 2001. Last updated on Apr 21, 2013

Richard Gruet's Python page

Welcome to this page, entirely dedicated to Python.



Python stuff

A bit of propaganda

Eric Raymond, author of the famous essay on the Open Source movement "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" explains why Python is his favorite programming language there.

Just try Python! I suggest that you download the official distribution, or the ActivePython distribution, and then start here.

Python Quick Reference

This is a (relatively) Quick Reference for Python in a single long HTML page. Also exists in PDF. Don't expect a 2 pages cheat sheet, but rather a 40-50 pages digest of the official reference documentation.

If you want to print the Quick Ref, try first from your browser (I suggest to select styles Printing or Modern B&W ). If it doesn't work for you (right-hand edge truncated), try to print the PDF versions instead.

the Quick Ref, try first from your browser (I suggest to select styles or ). If it doesn't work for you (right-hand edge truncated), try to print the versions instead. Starting from version 2.2, if you intend to download the PQR and use it offline, you should download the zipped HTML rather than the PQRx.y.html alone, it includes the stylesheets used by the main page.

PQR 2.7

PQR 2.6

PQR 2.5

PQR 2.4

PQR 2.3

PQR 2.2

PQR 2.1

PQR 2.0

PQR 1.52

OmniORBpy utilities

ipy

ipy

idlb

idlb

omniORB

For example, if you have an IDL file myIDL.idl, you will be able to retrieve the exact definition (including comments) of any symbol appearing in myIDL.idl or in its included IDL files; if you remember only partially a name, you can use * and ? wildcards.

Warning! idlb has been a suspended work for a while now. I have no idea if I will resume it or not !

More information here



Misc Python packages and modules

I created these modules when I could not find existing ones with the same functionality (but I can be wrong) or when it didn't match my needs. They might be useful to other Pythoners.

Warning (March 2006): these modules are now pretty much outdated. glock.py and getargs.py might still be of some interest, though.

Package Description rgutils Misc utilities modules (also detailed below) scf Simple Corba Framework.

The following modules are bundled in the package rgutils, but also available separately :