Python 3 - What is New?

Python module Y300

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module Y300. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

Python Programming - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging.

Python Programming - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts at the fundamentals ...

http://www.wellho.net/course/ypfull.html [course]

Learning to Program in Python - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging.

Learning to Program in Python - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts ...

http://www.wellho.net/course/ylfull.html [course]

Inputs in Python 3 - input replaces raw_input

#!/usr/local/bin/python3.0 print ("A program to add up some ages") name = input("What is your name? ") age1 = int(input("How old are you? ")) age2 = ...

http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y300/input_3.py [code sample]

Moving the product forward - ours, and MySQL, Perl, PHP and Python too

I have just posted a "steady as she goes" message, welcoming the new decade but reassuring our customers that we're carrying on offering very much the ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2559_Mov ... n-too.html [short article]

print in Python 3 - print now a function

#!/usr/local/bin/python3.0 import sys teeth = "white" coal = "black" # print is a function # You can supply a sep value as the separator # You can supply ...

http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y300/print_3.py [code sample]

Python classes / courses - what version do we train on?

Usually, the release number of a programming language that's used on a 'first level' course doesn't make a big difference as the changes tend to be quite ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2277_Pyt ... n-on-.html [short article]

The road ahead - Python 3

A couple of days ago, I mentioned Python 3 in general terms - and today I'm starting to flesh out the road ahead. print The print operator in Python ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1791_The ... hon-3.html [short article]

This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

Examples from our training material

george	Integer v float arithmetic
git_2.py	Generator and xrange - Python 2
git_3.py	Generator in Python 3, range replaces xrange
input_2.py	inputs in Python 2
input_3.py	Inputs in Python 3 - input replaces raw_input
john	input and raw_input - Python 2 and Python 3
london.2	Python 2.6 for conversion to Python 3
london.3	Python 3 - converted from Python 2.6 example
print_2.py	print in python 2
print_3.py	print in Python 3 - print now a function

Background information

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Topics covered in this module

Introduction.
Why Python 3?
Print as a function.
Input changes.
Range and other iterators (map, etc).
nonlocal (compared to global).
New style classes.
Strings, bytes, unicode and string formatting.
Exceptions.
Other changes
A note on Decorators.
Version 2.6 and 2to3
A Strategy for upgrade.

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