Author | Langtangen, Hans Petter. author |
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Title | Python Scripting for Computational Science [electronic resource] / by Hans Petter Langtangen |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05450-5 |
Descript | XXII, 732 p. 446 illus. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 2 Getting Started with Python Scripting -- 3 Basic Python -- 4 Numerical Computing in Python -- 5 Combining Python with Fortran, C, and C++ -- 6 Introduction to GUI Programming -- 7 Web Interfaces and CGI Programming -- 8 Advanced Python -- 9 Fortran Programming with NumPy Arrays -- 10 C and C++ Programming with NumPy Arrays -- 11 More Advanced GUI Programming -- 12 Tools and Examples -- A Setting up the Required Software Environment -- A.1 Installation on Unix Systems -- A.1.1 A Suggested Directory Structure -- A.1.2 Setting Some Environment Variables -- A.1.3 Installing Tcl/Tk and Additional Modules -- A.1.4 Installing Python -- A.1.5 Installing Python Modules -- A.1.6 Installing Gnuplot -- A.1.7 Installing SWIG -- A.1.8 Summary of Environment Variables -- A.1.9 Testing the Installation of Scripting Utilities -- A.2 Installation on Windows Systems -- B Elements of Software Engineering -- B.1 Building and Using Modules -- B.1.1 Single-File Modules -- B.1.2 Multi-File Modules -- B.1.3 Debugging and Troubleshooting -- B.2 Tools for Documenting Python Software -- B.2.1 Doc Strings -- B.2.2 Tools for Automatic Documentation -- B.3 Coding Standards -- B.3.1 Style Guide -- B.3.2 Pythonic Programming -- B.4 Verification of Scripts -- B.4.1 Automating Regression Tests -- B.4.2 Implementing a Tool for Regression Tests -- B.4.3 Writing a Test Script -- B.4.4 Verifying Output from Numerical Computations -- B.4.5 Automatic Doc String Testing -- B.4.6 Unit Testing -- B.5 Version Control Management -- B.5.1 Getting Started with CVS -- B.5.2 Building Scripts to Simplify the Use of CVS -- B.6 Exercises