Intro to Python - Week 1
GIS 4102
 

 

 

The first week of the summer semester at UWF begins with my introduction to Python.  Python is both a scripting language as well as a programming language; however for this class we will be focusing in on the scripting aspect of things.  Our first module provided me with a script that can seen in the screenshot above.  Its results can be seen on top of the scripting window and after being run, created a series of folders that we will be utilizing in the GIS Programming course this semester. 

 

With the script loaded I ran it by clicking on the running man icon, although I could have pressed ctrl-r or browsed to the function by going to File and selecting Run.  The process ran and created the desired output.  In the interactive window I saw that the script was completed as it displayed a text message saying "Process Complete"

 

The use of hotkeys can also speed up the process of writing script.  I am going to make a concerted effort to identify commonly used feature hotkeys for the Python window interfaces used in this semester.