Examples of applications written in Python

Here are some examples of Python programming.

Small examples

• rational.py: An example Python class
  An implementation of rational numbers as a Python class.
• `pinemerge: An object design example'
  A small program to merge multiple Pine address books.
• `Systems programming in Python'
  Two small scripts to help you manage your disk space, with examples of reuse and inheritance.
• A skip list container class in Python
  An object for managing sequences of other objects, developed under the Cleanroom software development methodology.
• A source extractor for lightweight literate programming
  An example of XML processing.
• `prime.py: Numerical programming in Python'
  An example of numerical programming, showing functions that test for prime numbers and factor a number into its component primes.
• `A Web access logging report program in Python': Computes statistics on Web page hits on a local server.

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Examples with graphical user interfaces built with Tkinter

• `websafe: Display web-safe color swatches': a very simple Tkinter application with only two widgets, and demonstrating the Canvas widgets.
• `pickfont: An X font-picking tool in Python'
  A Tkinter application to try different fonts.
• `xhue: An X color-picking tool in Python'
  A complete X-Window system application for color selection and color creation. This application uses the Tkinter widget set.
• `xskill: A program for skill self-rating'
  A complete X application using multi-page forms.
• `Earth mapping and GPS applications'
  Applications to display Earth mapping data with superimposed GPS waypoints.

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Database programming with Python

• `Some Python database helper functions'
  Allows you to build database applications on top of Oracle, Sybase, and MySQL.
• `Python Web frontends to database backends': an example of the use of the above database helper functions.

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John Shipman, john@nmt.edu Last updated: 2007/10/25 21:48:26 UT URL: http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/python/apps.html