Victor Merritt wrote: > I am an Visual Effects artist in need of a good Mac oriented Python > book. > I have been reading the online materials, but I don't always have > the time > to sit in front of a computer, thus my need for a good Mac focused > Python Book. > Any suggestions would be very helpful.
I don't think there are any specifically Mac-oriented Python books, but the language and core library is the same on all platforms so any good Python book will do for learning those. Other folks can probably recommend specific titles, though it'd help if you indicate if you're looking for beginner, intermediate or expert material. As far as Mac-specific extensions go, most of the stuff in standard library you should just ignore as being obsolete. Some of the Carbon extensions are still relevant if you need to do Carbon stuff, in which case refer to their docstrings and Apple's Carbon documentation to make sense of those. As for third-party packages, the main three are PyObjC, py2app and appscript, all of which include basic documentation and examples. If using PyObjC you should also refer to Apple's reference and API documentation. If you want a general book for learning Cocoa programming, Aaron Hillegass's 'Cocoa Programming for OS X' is well regarded. If using appscript you should also refer to individual applications' dictionaries and, if provided, supplementary documentation. If you want a general book on AppleScript, get Matt Neuburg's 'AppleScript: The Definitive Guide'. If you want more specific advice, tell us what sort of stuff it is you want to do and what programming skills you already have. HTH has -- http://appscript.sourceforge.net http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org http://appscript.sourceforge.net/objc-appscript.html _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
