[Nottingham] Getting into Python

[Eben Till]

Has anyone got any good references on numpy? Looks pretty interesting

~Eben

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Rory Holland <rory at linux.com> wrote:

> Do you want a project? I have something I need done and it would be
> perfect as a tutorial for the beginner/intermediate scripter
>
>
>    1. Use the following Atom feed:
>    http://www.equestriadaily.com/feeds/posts/default/-/Drawfriend?max-results=10000
>    2. Locate the link to the full post references in each entry
>    3. Download the target page for each entry (This is all the blog posts
>    on this site with the label "Drawfriend")
>    4. You will have a directory full of HTML pages
>    5. Use the BeautifulSoup parser to download all the full sized images
>    for each post. (Hint: Each image is inside a <div class="separator"> tag,
>    and its URL is the "href" attribute of the <a> tag)
>    6. It might be a good idea to use the workerpool module to download
>    all the images in one post at the same time. There's a tutorial on the
>    workerpool module webpage.
>    7. ???
>    8. Profit
>
> sudo easy_install workerpool
> sudo easy_install beautifulsoup
> will help you here
>
>
> On 2 July 2012 15:58, Michael Quaintance <penfoldq at penfoldq.co.uk> wrote:
> > http://www.diveintopython.net/
> >
> > Although it is intended for novice programmers who have never really
> > programmed before, it is a good introduction to the language.
> >
> > -Michael
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> OK... So I've had enough of the bash quirky funkiness!... :-(
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyone got a Python book I can take on 'long-term borrowing'? Or are
> >> there any good easily read online sources for Python?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Martin
> >>
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