First day handout (syllabus that is specific to this semester).
The Python website is at http://www.python.org/.
Documentation is at http://docs.python.org/.
There is a good on-line tutorial and reference by Steven F. Lott called Building Skills in Python. There is a PDF copy here.
We will be using the 2.6 version of Python, not 3.x.
Python on bill is at /opt/csw/bin/python.

Lecture notes

Example code is at /export/home/faculty/parson/ProcLang on bill.kutztown.edu.
Programming Language Pragmatics web site.
Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition slides (password protected).
Python supplement on regular expressions and parser generators for textbook Chapters 1, 2.1.

Assignments

Assignment # 1 -- mergesort in Python -- due 11:59 PM Friday February 12.
Assignment # 2 -- line-oriented parsing of a simplified make language using Python regular expressions -- due 11:59 PM Thursday March 4 (extended from March 1).
Assignment # 3 -- compiling closures-as-opcodes for a simplified make language -- due 11:59 PM Friday March 26.
Assignment # 4 -- implementing producer-consumer coroutines using Python generators -- due 11:59 PM Friday April 16.
Assignment # 5  -- and a related handout -- redo Assignment 3 using Python classes, objects and references to bound methods as opcodes, due 11:59 PM Friday April 30.


Documentation and other external links

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/  has the gmake manual.

Download site for Python, use latest stable 2.6.n version, not 3.x!
       After installing Python 2.6 (default installation is under C:\Python26), go to Windows Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables and set system variable PYTHONPATH to your ProcLang directory.
Download site for FileZilla file transfer utility for transferring files between bill and your PC, or you can use whatever you already have.
Download site for Eclipse IDE/Debugger for Java.
       Use the "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers," then  update it as follows.
       Download and unzip Eclipse.
       Go into the Eclipse directory and run the eclipse executable file.
       Make sure that your Eclipse workspace is in a directory that is completely different from any of your source code projects. Do not mix Eclipse's meta-data with your programming projects!
       Once Eclipse is running, click Help -> New Software -> Add site.
       Add http://pydev.org/updates as a site, click the boxes to add packages.
       Eclipse should require a restart.
       Window -> Preferences -> Pydev -> Editor -> Interpreter Python for interpreter.
       "Auto Config" (or "New") to add Python 2.6 interpreter. If Auto Config does not find Python 2.6, use "New" to add the path to the Python interpreter, for example C:\Python26\python.exe if that is where you installed Python. In this same panel under System PYTHONPATH add your ProcLang directory via "New Folder."
        Pitfall #1: After you successfully install and configure PyDev tools under Eclipse, exit Eclipse and reboot your PC. Problems that I have encountered may be due to networking problems in Old Main, but I have had to do this step on two machines after Eclipse went into a hung state, so you might as well do this after setting up Eclipse and PyDev.
       We will go over Pydev Projects, source editing and debugging in class.
        Pitfall #2: If you remove a Python project such as ProcLang, a) do not check the box to actually remove the Python files, and b) after removing the project, exit Eclipse and go into the project directory with the Windows Explorer and remove files .project and .pydevproject.
        Pitfall #3: Whenever you copy files from bill into a Python project under Eclipse, make sure to right-click "Refresh" (F5) on your Python project in Eclipse's "Pydev Package Explorer" panel.
       Pydev's home is here.