Part 1: Getting Started with Python

• Chapter 0: About
  • Thanks to
  • SEAN's Paradise
• chapter 1: Talking to Your Computer
  • 1.1 Understanding Why You Want to Talk to Your Computer
    • 1.1.1 Linux
  • 1.2 Defining What an Application Is
  • 1.3 Understanding Why Python is So Cool
• chapter 2: Getting Your Own Copy of Python
  • 2.1 Downloading the Version You Need
    • 2.1.1 Linux
  • 2.2 Installing Python
  • 2.3 Accessing Python on Your Machine
  • 2.4 Testing Your Installation
• chapter 3: Interacting with Python
  • 3.1 Opening the Command Line
    • 3.1.1 Linux
  • 3.2 Typing a Command
  • 3.3 Using Help
  • 3.4 Closing the Command Line
• chapter 4: Writing Your First Application
  • 4.1 Understanding the Integrated DeveLopment Environment
    • 4.1.1 Linux
  • 4.2 Starting IDLE
  • 4.3 Creating the Application
  • 4.4 Running the Application
  • 4.5 Understanding the Use of Indentation
  • 4.6 Adding Comments
  • 4.7 Loading and Running Existing Applications
  • 4.8 Closing IDLE