[clug] Eclipse, Python, Java

[Ben Davies]

On 1 June 2015 at 15:50, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/06/15 15:17, George at Clug wrote:
>> I have an interest in a project called OpenMeetings (which I think
>> required Java), and currently I would like to learn Python language,
>> and what you can do with python.
>
> Eclipse is "good" - but it's far from the only IDE for Python (or Java).
> Aside from IDLE there are many others (some better):-
> https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments

PyCharm community edition is also worth a look as a Py editor.


> I've many Python books (Packt are probably the best) but I prefer the
> up-to-date Python docs:-
> https://docs.python.org/3/
>
> Have you tried "apt-get install diveintopython3"?

Another one worth a look is this:
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

cheers,
Ben