resources

software

• tools - editors, compilers, ssh, etc

textbook : Zelle's "Python Programming"

• publisher's website
• at Google books
• textbook files : code , graphics API, examples (local copies)
• textbook's graphics module
  • http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/graphics.py | local copy
  • Graphics Module API | local copy

command line

• Mac
  • wikipedia:Apple Terminal (probably in /Applications/Utilities)
• Unix & Mac
  • basic unix shell commands
• Windows
  • wikipedia:Command Prompt
  • wikipedia:List of DOS commands

docs & tutorials

• python.org 2.7 docs
• python 2.7 quick reference
• Norm Matloff's Quick Python Tutorials
• codeacademy's - getting started with python
• MIT's gentle introduction to programming using python course
• list of the best free python books

interactive online textbook

• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python: Interactive Edition 2.0

python consoles in the cloud

• PyCloud
• https://www.pythonanywhere.com - includes a bash shell
• http://pythontutor.com/ - visualize code execution
• http://picloud.com - run local python function remotely, or run IPython notebooks on theirs.
  • https://www.pythonanywhere.com/try-ipython/ - IPython demo
• http://cloud.sagemath.com - computation math in the cloud with sagemath

python-based math "notebooks"

• SageMath
• IPython

misc

• software tools - editors, compilers, statistics, etc
• Copyright and Plagiarism
• creative commons
• These wiki pages allow math formulas like \( \left( \sum\limits_{i=1}^\infty \frac{1}{i} \right) \) in LaTex via MathJax.