resources

editors

• mac
  • TextWrangler
  • Aquamacs (emacs with a GUI)
  • sublime text ($)
• windows
  • Notepad++
• emacs
• vim
  • Learn Enough to be Dangerous text editor tutorial (vim)
• Atom (from github labs ; recent but looks interesting)
• nano (most command lines ; simple)

textbook : Zelle's "Python Programming"

• at Google books
• book website with code , graphics API, examples
  • graphics.py
  • Graphics API

command line

• background
  • In the Beginning was the Command Line - Neal Stephenson's essay
  • wikipedia:Command Prompt
• on a Mac
  • wikipedia:Apple Terminal (probably in /Applications/Utilities)
• Unix & Mac
  • basic unix shell commands
• on Microsoft Windows
  • GitBash - a good way to install a unix-ish command shell on windows
  • or use Microsoft's DOS : wikipedia:List of DOS commands
• Learn Enough to be Dangerous command line tutorial
• codecademy command line - Roman likes this one.

python.org software etc

installing it

• python.org downloads
• Jupyter Notebook + IPython via Anaconda distribution

python docs

• python.org docs
• python 2.7 quick reference

python books & tutorials

• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python: Interactive Edition 2.0
• Zed Shaw's Learn Python the Hard Way
• A Beginner's Guide to Python (Udemy)
• python practice book
• 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

python consoles in the cloud

• PyCloud
• https://www.pythonanywhere.com - includes a bash shell
• http://pythontutor.com/ - visualize code execution - recommended
• IPython demo
• jupyter ipython notebook demo
• https://c9.io/ - online development development with python as an option

computer background material

• CS uplugged - computer science without a computer
• ASCII
• UTF-8

misc

• 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.