Python Scripting for Computational ScienceThe primary purpose of this book is to help scientists and engineers work ing intensively with computers to become more productive, have more fun, and increase the reliability of their investigations. Scripting in the Python programming language can be a key tool for reaching these goals [27,29]. The term scripting means different things to different people. By scripting I mean developing programs of an administering nature, mostly to organize your work, using languages where the abstraction level is higher and program ming is more convenient than in Fortran, C, C++, or Java. Perl, Python, Ruby, Scheme, and Tel are examples of languages supporting such high-level programming or scripting. To some extent Matlab and similar scientific com puting environments also fall into this category, but these environments are mainly used for computing and visualization with built-in tools, while script ing aims at gluing a range of different tools for computing, visualization, data analysis, file/directory management, user interfaces, and Internet communi cation. So, although Matlab is perhaps the scripting language of choiee in computational science today, my use of the term scripting goes beyond typi cal Matlab scripts. Python stands out as the language of choice for scripting in computational science because of its very elean syntax, rieh modulariza tion features, good support for numerical computing, and rapidly growing popularity. What Scripting is About. |
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application args button callback canvas CGI script Chapter command command-line command-line arguments compiled computing contains copy create data structures def __init__(self default dialog dictionary directory tree doc strings doc.html documentation double dynamically typed environment variable example Exercise extension module F2PY filename float Fortran func func1 Gnuplot graph widget graphical user interfaces grid gridloop1 Hello implementation import input file install integration iterator keyword arguments label languages loop Matlab method module file myfunc numarray Numerical Python NumPy arrays object option os.system output pack package parameters plot PyObject Python code Python function Python module Python script reference regression test regular expressions result ScientificPython SciPy simulation and visualization simviz1.py source code specified stored subdirectory subroutine SWIG syntax Tkinter tuple Unix update vectorized widget window wrapper code write xcoor ycoor