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The first great achievement of Apollo was to slay the huge serpent Python. In some texts Python is an enormous dragon and not a serpent.
But who was this mythical creature? Python was created out of the slime and mud left after the great flood. She was appointed by Gaia (Mother Earth) to guard the oracle of Delphi, known as Pytho. After having defeated Python Apollo remade her former home and the oracle as his own.

Classroom Training Courses

This website contains a free and extensive online tutorial by Bernd Klein, using material from his classroom Python courses.

If you are interested in an instructor-led classroom training, you may have a look at the Python courses
by Bernd Klein at Bodenseo.
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Quote of the Day:

"Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. " (Alan Perlis)

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Advantages of Python

• Easy and fast to learn
• Simple to get support
• Python's syntax is clear and readable
• Fast to Code, i.e. it is easier and faster to code a problem in Python than in C, C++ or Java, just to mention a few other languages
• Python is portable, i.e. it runs on multiple platforms and systems, like e.g. Linux and Microsoft Windows
• Object oriented
• It's trendy, i.e more and more successful companies switch to Python, like Google did a long time ago.

Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt

From the Website of the Author

This book teaches programmers how to write programs using PyQt 4, the Python bindings for the Qt 4 application development framework. PyQt 4 is probably the fastest and easiest route into GUI programming and works on Windows, Mac OS X, and most operating systems that use the X Window System, such as Linux and many Unices. Note that the book is also useful for PySide programmers.

The book will be useful to people who program professionally as part of their job, whether as full-time software developers, or those from other disciplines, including scientists and engineers, who need to do some programming in support of their work. It is also suitable for students-the only prerequisite is basic knowledge of an object oriented programming language, for example, Java or C++, or of course Python itself.

The book is ~550 pages (648 including the appendices and index), has a foreword by Phil Thompson creator of PyQt, and is published by Prentice Hall.

Details

Title: Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt
Author: Mark Summerfield
ISBN-10: 0132354187
ISBN-13: 978-0132354189
648 Pages

About the Author

Mark is an independent programmer, author, editor, and trainer, specializing in C++, Qt, Python, and PyQt. Mark is a qualified teacher and graduated with first class honours in Computer Science from the University of Wales Swansea, UK. Prior to starting Qtrac Ltd., he spent many years in the software industry, primarily as a programmer.