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Python tutorial
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.. moduleauthor:: PSchau
.. sectionauthor:: PSchau

The goal of this tutorial is to give prospective itom users a quick overview about the basic |Pythonv3| commands and how to use them within |itom|. 

**Content**

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    pytutorial-runscript.rst
    pytutorial-numbers-math.rst
    pytutorial-variables-names.rst
    pytutorial-strings-text.rst
    pytutorial-dictionaries.rst
    pytutorial-if-else.rst
    pytutorial-loops-lists.rst
    pytutorial-classes-objects.rst
    pytutorial-functions.rst
    pytutorial-modules.rst
    pytutorial-prompting-passing.rst
    pytutorial-reading-writing-files.rst

The tutorial above has been created based on the following resources. Please also browse to these online tutorials (especially the first links) to
get good introductions to Python 3 (always be careful to only read tutorials about Python 3 or be aware of the differences between Python 2 and 3):

* `Python-Kurs (v3) <http://www.python-kurs.eu/python3_kurs.php>`_ (German)
* `Python Course (v3) <http://www.python-course.eu/python3_course.php>`_ (English)
* `Official Python 3 documentation <http://docs.python.org/3/>`_
* `Dive into Python (v3) <http://www.diveinto.org/python3/>`_
* `Numpy for Matlab users <http://wiki.scipy.org/NumPy_for_Matlab_Users>`_
* `Python Tutorial on javas2s.com (v2) <http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Python/CatalogPython.htm>`_
* `Python examples (example source code) on javas2s.com (v2) <http://www.java2s.com/Code/Python/CatalogPython.htm>`_
* `Python Tutorial on tutorialspoint.com (v2) <http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_tutorial.pdf>`_
* `Moving from Python 2 to Python 3 (Cheatsheet) <http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/imprint_downloads/informit/promotions/python/python2python3.pdf>`_