Blame - Mac/Demo/index.html - platform/external/python/cpython3

blob: c122b60b4c85a73cc1068ddde3c82ab66625e2c2 [file] [log] [blame]

Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	1	<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Macintosh Python crash course</TITLE></HEAD>
				2	<BODY>
				3	<H1><IMG SRC="html.icons/python.gif">Macintosh Python crash course</H1>
				4	<HR>
				5
				6	This set of documents provides an introduction to various aspects of
				7	Python programming on the Mac. It is assumed that the reader is
				8	already familiar with Python and, to some extent, with MacOS Toolbox
				9	programming. Other readers may find something interesting here too,
				10	your mileage may vary. <p>
				11
Jack Jansen	5f962c2	1996-04-10 14:52:59 +0000	[diff] [blame]	12	There is a companion document <a href="using.html">Using Python on the Mac</a>
				13	which you should read before starting here: it explains the basics of using
				14	python on the Macintosh. <p>
				15
Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	16	Another set of Macintosh-savvy examples, more aimed at beginners, is
				17	maintained by Joseph Strout, at <A
				18	HREF="http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/">
				19	http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/</A>.
				20	<P>
				21
Jack Jansen	3412c5d	1997-08-27 14:08:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	22	The <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Top.html">Python Library
				23	Reference</a> contains a section on <a
				24	href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Macintosh-Specific-Services.html">Macintosh-specific
				25	modules</a> that you should also read. Documentation is also available
				26	in PostScript and other forms, see the <a
				27	href="http://www.python.org/doc/">documentation</a> section on the
				28	webserver. <p>
Jack Jansen	024a387	1996-07-18 16:07:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	29
Jack Jansen	3412c5d	1997-08-27 14:08:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	30	Some of these documents were actually written a long time ago and have seen
				31	little maintainance, so use with care. <p>
Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	32
Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	33	<H2>Table of contents</H2>
				34
				35	<UL>
				36	<LI>
Jack Jansen	024a387	1996-07-18 16:07:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	37	<A HREF="example0.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
				38	part zero</A> whets your appetite by showing you how to ask the user
				39	for a filename, and how to display a message. It explains about end-of-line
				40	confusion while doing so.
				41
				42	<LI>
Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	43	<A HREF="example1.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
				44	part one</A> explains how to create a simple modal-dialog application
				45	in Python. It also takes a glance at using the toolbox modules Res and
				46	Dlg, and EasyDialogs for simple question-dialogs.
				47
				48	<LI>
				49	<A HREF="example2.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
				50	part two</A> turns the previous example program into a more complete
				51	mac application, using a modeless dialog, menus, etc. It also explains
				52	how to create applets, standalone applications written in Python.
				53
				54	<LI>
Jack Jansen	0836542	1996-04-19 15:56:08 +0000	[diff] [blame]	55	<A HREF="textedit.html">Using FrameWork and TextEdit</A> shows you
				56	how to use <code>FrameWork</code> application framework and the
				57	<code>TextEdit</code> toolbox to build a text editor.
				58
				59	<LI>
				60	<A HREF="waste.html">Using WASTE</A> expands on this editor by using
				61	WASTE, an extended TextEdit replacement.
Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	62
				63	<LI>
				64	<A HREF="plugins.html">Creating a C extension module on the Macintosh</A>
				65	is meant for the hardcore programmer, and shows how to create an
				66	extension module in C. It also handles using Modulator to create the
				67	boilerplate for your module, and creating dynamically-loadable modules
				68	on PowerPC Macs.
				69
				70	<LI>
				71	<A HREF="applescript.html">Using Open Scripting Architecture from Python</A> explains
				72	how to create a Python module interfacing to a scriptable application,
				73	and how to use that module in your python program.
Jack Jansen	4122216	1996-05-20 11:32:49 +0000	[diff] [blame]	74
				75	<LI>
Jack Jansen	09da209	1996-09-09 01:48:03 +0000	[diff] [blame]	76	<A HREF="cgi.html">Using python to create CGI scripts</A> is a preliminary
				77	introduction to writing CGI scripts in Python and to writing scriptable applications
				78	in Python.
				79
				80	<LI>
Jack Jansen	3638935	1996-08-07 13:19:16 +0000	[diff] [blame]	81	<A HREF="building.html">Building Mac Python from source</A> explains
Jack Jansen	4122216	1996-05-20 11:32:49 +0000	[diff] [blame]	82	how to build a PPC or 68K interpreter from a source distribution.
Jack Jansen	6ad8d13	1997-01-15 16:53:37 +0000	[diff] [blame]	83
				84	<LI>
				85	<A HREF="embed.html">Embedding Python on the Mac</A> is a minimal example of
				86	how to embed Python in other Mac applications.
				87
Jack Jansen	a2139fe	1998-02-25 15:40:35 +0000	[diff] [blame]	88	<LI>
				89	<a href="standalone.html">Building Standalone applications in Python</a>
				90	explains how you can create real standalone applications in Python. You do
				91	need source (and a C development environment) for this at the moment.
				92
Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	93	</UL>
				94
Jack Jansen	0836542	1996-04-19 15:56:08 +0000	[diff] [blame]	95	The Python distribution contains a few more examples, all unexplained:
				96	<UL>
				97	<LI>
				98	<I>PICTbrowse</I> is an application that locates PICT
				99	resources and displays them, it demonstrates some quickdraw and the
				100	resource and list managers.
				101
				102	<LI>
				103	<I>Imgbrowse</I> displays image files in
				104	many different formats (gif, tiff, pbm, etc). It shows how to use the
				105	img modules on the mac.
				106
				107	<LI>
				108	<I>Quicktime</I> has the standard <code>MovieInWindow</code> and
				109	<code>VerySimplePlayer</code> examples, re-coded in Python.
				110
				111	<LI>
				112	<I>Resources</I>, <I>Sound</I> and <I>Speech</I> have some examples
Jack Jansen	a2139fe	1998-02-25 15:40:35 +0000	[diff] [blame]	113	on using the respective managers. In the <i>Mac:Lib</i> folder you
				114	will also find modules that do useful things with the Communications
				115	Toolbox, the Finder interface, etc.
Jack Jansen	5073b37	1998-04-27 15:06:50 +0000	[diff] [blame^]	116
				117	<LI>
				118	<I>Printing</I> has an example on using the Printing module to, you guessed
				119	it, print from Python. The code is somewhat self-documenting. Donated
				120	by Just van Rossum, who also donated the Printing module itself.
Jack Jansen	0836542	1996-04-19 15:56:08 +0000	[diff] [blame]	121	</UL>
				122
Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	123	At some point in the (possibly distant) future, I will add chapters on
				124	how to use bgen to create modules completely automatic and how to make
				125	your Python program scriptable, but that will have to wait. <p>
				126
				127	<HR>
				128
				129	Please let me know if you miss critical information in this
				130	document. I am quite sure that I will never find the time to turn it
				131	into a complete MacPython programmers guide (which would probably be a
Jack Jansen	a2139fe	1998-02-25 15:40:35 +0000	[diff] [blame]	132	400-page book instead of 10 lousy html-files), but it should contain
Jack Jansen	a630813	1996-03-18 13:38:52 +0000	[diff] [blame]	133	at least the information that is neither in the standard Python
				134	documentation nor in Inside Mac or other Mac programmers
				135	documentation. <p>
				136
				137	<HR>
				138	<A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack">Jack Jansen</A>,
Jack Jansen	5073b37	1998-04-27 15:06:50 +0000	[diff] [blame^]	139	<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 27-Apr-98.
Jack Jansen	024a387	1996-07-18 16:07:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	140	</BODY></HTML>