day1/links.tex
author Prabhu Ramachandran <prabhu@aero.iitb.ac.in>
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:14:02 -0500
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Adding an acknowledgement slide to session 1. Minor changes to session 2.

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\title{Links and References}
\author{FOSSEE}
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  \item Most referred and trusted material for learning \emph{Python} language is available at \url{http://docs.python.org/tutorial/}
  \item ``may be one of the thinnest programming language books on my shelf, but it's also one of the best.'' -- \emph{Slashdot, AccordianGuy, September 8, 2004}- available at \url{http://diveintopython.org/}
  \item How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python available at \url{http://www.openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english/}\\``The concepts covered here apply to all programming languages and to problem solving in general.'' -- \emph{Guido van Rossum, creator of Python}
  \item Some assorted articles related to Python \url{http://effbot.org/zone/index.htm}
  \item Reference manual to describe the standard libraries  that are distributed with Python is available at \url{http://docs.python.org/library/} 
  \item To read more on strings refer to: \\ \url{http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods}
  \item Some coding conventions for using Python language are available at \\ \url{http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/}
  \item For documentation on IPython refer: \\ \url{http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/Documentation}
  \item Documentation for Numpy and Scipy is available at: \url{http://docs.scipy.org/doc/}
  \item For "recipes" or worked examples of commonly-done tasks in SciPy explore: \url{http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/}
  \item User Guide for Mayavi is the best place to look for Mayavi Documentation, available at: \\ \url{http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi/docs/development/html/mayavi/}
  \item Explore examples and plots based on matplotlib at \\ \url{http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/index.html}
  \item One stop go for Sage is \url{http://www.sagemath.org/doc/}
  \item Central page for all SymPy’s documentation is at \\ \url{http://docs.sympy.org/}
  \item For videos from basics to advanced Python check out: \\ \url{http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=scipy09}

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