im a newbie help!
 

ok
i downloaded python
i went through a good tutorial
i dont think i know all the basics yet
i was wondering what exactly can be done with python
this is the only programming language i know
and what other programming language could i learn next and could you give me a link to the downloading page
thankyou

There's a lot you can do with python, you can write games with python, do complex bio-computations with python, write web-scripts, anything you want. If you're looking for another programming language, try C/C++. if you're running windows www.bloodshed.net has a free compiler Dev-C++, or onn linux gcc will do the trick.

how would you make games
i dont understand how you would be able to add graphics by typing words
i have windows
but i partitioned my hard drive and i am getting linux on the second partition

well, you use external libraries, so you would call functions. example (this is not real code)
check out www.pygame.org for a python game library
glad to hear you're thinking of installing linux.

to use graphics you would make calls to function libraries that you didn't write yourself. Qt is one example.

for a newbie, i wouldn't suggest going after a graphically based application just yet. try some console apps first>>the command line ones.

what do yu mean by "console apps the comand line ones" ?

aplications that run in the command line, a place that only outputs text. it's my happy place. i go there

Let's assume you have installed Python23 on your Windows Box. There are a couple of additional downloads that expand your installation to do something useful.

1. An IDE, where you write, troubleshoot and run your programs from. I like PythonWin 2.3.4 check:
http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/

2. A library to run Windows GUI stuff with. wxPython is very good. Also has many examples. Check out:
http://wiki.wxpython.org/

3. A library for Graphics thingies. Use PIL the Python Imaging Library, comes with many nice sample files, from:
http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm

4. Something completely different for 3D imaging, with lots of groovy samples. Check VPython at:
http://vpython.org/

5. Wanna go nuts? Look at tons of Python resources at:
http://www.cbel.com/python_programmi...e/?order=alpha

These downloads are free, make sure you match your version of Python.

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