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Appendix E: ReferencesLearning PythonPython Official Website: www.python.orgThe official Python website has an excellent starter tutorial for those users both new to programming and newto Python: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.htmlOnce you get through the tutorial you will be using this site to refer to the documentation on many of the modulesand their interfaces available in Python.There is also a nice bibliograpy of various Python Books that are available:http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonBooks organized by programming experience.Dive into Python is a python book intended for experienced programmers. If you have a strong command ofshell programming this is certainly within your grasp. It is available for free on-line athttp://www.diveintopython.org/ in several different formats.Creating and Managing Environments: Linux/UnixAny decent book on Linux or Unix will suffice as they all will have a h on creating and managing environmentsin shells. Each linux shell can have its own discrete environment unlike Windows which has a single environmentthat the user works in. The exception is if shells are used in Windows.Along with many books, you can use web searches for “managing linux environment variables” to get a greatrange of tips, tutorials and advice on getting a handle on managing linux/unix environments.Creating and Managing Environments: WindowsManaging Environment Variables in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519This site is the official support site describing how to create and manage environment variables within theWindows XP operating system. You can have user specific environment variables or system wide variables.36 | TECHNICAL PAPER Rev 1.0
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