README for Python example scripts
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The files in this directory are very simple examples to give a first
impression to Python beginners. You can do many things with Python,
ranging from very simple to very complex.

Projects that have been realized with Python include (there are much
more):

- a webbrowser, Grail, http://grail.sourceforge.net/

- an SQL database, Gadfly, http://www.chordate.com/kwParsing/gadfly.html

- and three web application servers:
  Zope, http://www.zope.org/
  Webware for Python, http://webware.sourceforge.net/
  Skunkweb, http://skunkweb.sourceforge.net/

For more applications visit http://www.python.org/psa/Users.html


Having mentioned this, there are the following example scripts:

- Hello world
  hello.py

- Data types
  strings.py
  lists.py
  dictionaries.py
  dynamic_types.py
  files.py

- Structures
  conditional.py
  simple_loops.py
  function.py
  class.py
  inheritance.py

- Applications
  internet.py

Especially as a beginner, you should examine them in the above order.


Stefan Schwarzer <sschwarzer@sschwarzer.net>

