Python

I’ve used many programming languages over the years, the one that I find the most enjoyable is easily Python. It is so very easy to do so much there.

Like any language, as you start to solve big, complex, problems with it, you will end up with big, complex, code. I don’t think any traditional language will ever solve that problem. But even in that case, python keeps it neat and organized…greatly helped by the amazing framework that it comes with.

Recently, I had to test out a bunch of multicast sockets. The default option I had was to spend a couple days building up the test case in C++. Instead I was able to pull together a bunch of python code that did the same thing in less than an hour.

• Python.org
• Real Python - A great place to learn python
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python - Good reference
• Python Module of the Week (PyMOTW) - Lots of examples of using the standard library

FLOSSing for lent 12/40