On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:03:54PM +0100, Florian Reichl wrote: > before using Python I was using Java at school. > I really like Python. It has a lot of advantages. > But I am missing the good documentation provided with Java! > > ... > > Is there anything like that made for Python??? > > ... > > P.S.: Where do I find the official Tkinter documentation?
Have you ever run pydoc? On windows: Programs->Python 2.4->Module Docs Click the "browse" button and look through documentation automatically extracted from all the module files in your PYTHONPATH -- the standard Python library plus whatever else you have installed. Then of course there are the official online docs for the Python standard library, which I find quite useful and at least as good as the corresponding online Java API documentation: http://docs.python.org/ As for Tkinter, well, that happens to be the weakest point. Unlike the other standard Python packages, it is not fully documented in the "official" docs -- for example, you won't find a complete description of Tkinter.Canvas there. Instead, when you go to http://docs.python.org/lib/module-Tkinter.html you'll find some general overview and examples, and then you're referred to other resources. I found John Grayson's "Python and Tkinter Programming" book most useful; I wouldn't be using Tkinter without it. I wouldn't complain too much about them not filling up the online docs with hundreds of pages of Tkinter material. Most graphical frameworks are complex enough to merit a book of some kind; I wouldn't try to learn Swing from the online Java API documents! David H. _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
