Changeset 13316 for fact/tools/pyscripts/doc/introduction.rst

Timestamp:

04/05/12 14:10:40 (13 years ago)

Author:

lusterma

Message:

worked on doc

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• fact/tools/pyscripts/doc/introduction.rst (modified) (1 diff)

fact/tools/pyscripts/doc/introduction.rst

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 * examples
 
-The code of pyfact follows the `Style Guide for python code <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>_.
+If you are new to python you need to learn the basics. In any case it would be wise to study the following book:
+
+*A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python - Hans Petter Langtangen* 
+
+pyfact is supposed to follow closely the programming style thought in this book.
+
+`python documentation pages <http://docs.python.org/>`_
+
+`astropython.org <http://www.astropython.org/resources>`_
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+Python version and modules used
+-------------------------------
+As long as you work on the ISDC FACT cluster most things should be just fine. 
+|python version: 2.6.6
+|--- add later: list of modules
+
+Style guide and coding conventions
+----------------------------------
+The code of pyfact follows the `Style Guide for python code <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>.