Comments on: Learning Python

By: cairn overturf

cairn overturf — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:27:37 +0000

I need a tutorial on parallax mapping in blender.

By: Sympodius

Sympodius — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:49:19 +0000

@laughing cheese

No problem, sorry for the original vagueness :)

By: laughing cheese

laughing cheese — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:34:45 +0000

Sympodius:

Thanks for clearing that up :D

By: pat

pat — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:34:19 +0000

why shouldn't it be? other languages use brackets or begin-end-blocks…

you could also suggest that an advanced language shouldn't be case sensitive :D

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:41:31 +0000

Thanks for the links! Maybe I will learn some Python, but I'd really like to see a language like Ruby in Blender. I just don't think an advanced programming language like Python should be indentation-sensitive.

By: Sympodius

Sympodius — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:03:18 +0000

@LaughingCheese

Sorry, didn't mean to give a false impression of my experiences. Python was probably my seventh or eighth language (I recently graduated University with an honours degree in Computing Science so I have a lot of programming experience). However, it usually takes me anywhere between one and three weeks to learn a language to the level of producing the program that I was talking about (if you're interested, it is here: http://www.n-e-x.co.uk/doku.php?id=programming:python:fibonacci ). So, from that point of view it is very easy to learn.

Out of interest, the first language that my University taught me was called "Ada95", but they have recently changed the course to teach everyone Python as their first language because it is "more appropriate for beginners". Anyway, that's my two cents on it.

By: kellykamay

kellykamay — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:49:55 +0000

to Azdo

Ic..thats cool..i want to learn them both..ehhe now im excited..thanks man..

By: Azdo

Azdo — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:17:47 +0000

@kellykamay:

No, it's not required to learn python to use Blender. However, if you want to *extend* Blender in order to fit your needs, python is the easiest way.

By: Laughing Cheese

Laughing Cheese — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:57:27 +0000

Sympodius:

When you say you learned it in four hours, do you have any previous programming experience or was that your first language?

Do you have some/little expereince with other languages or did you already know another language?

Thanks

~LC

By: kellykamay

kellykamay — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:09:28 +0000

is it really required to learn python in order to use blender? what is the purpose of python with blender? and what would be my advantage is i learn python then use it to blender?..

sorry for the stupid questions guys..im just confused..thanks