Python

Links

• The Python Tutorial
• Python 2.7.6 docs

• Nice example of generating / testing regex in Python (with nice / small test framework) [1]

Shell

Use iPy (ipython) to get an interactive shell with auto-completion, instant help...

Reference

• range

Basic

for i in range(10):
    print i                      # carriage return

for i in range(10):
    print i,                     # no carriage return

Tips

Simple HTTP Server

It's very easy to setup an ad-hoc HTTP server with Python. Just open a shell in a folder with some contents to share, and type:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

More available at http://docs.python.org/2/library/internet.html (see BaseHTTPServer and CGIHTTPServer).