Python resources

A post-doc in our department sent me some links for getting started with Python for data manipulation and statistics.

Enthought Python Distribution:
This packages many of the scientific libraries that might be of interest and will save you a ton of headaches compiling stuff, especially on a Mac. There is a free academic version.

scikit.statsmodel:
Advanced statistical packages

pandas:
Provides a nice set of data structures beyond basic numpy arrays. Statsmodel has pandas as a dependency

rpy:
Access R from python

Software Carpentry --
Basic tutorials on concepts of good software design/programming/computing skills

Learn Python the Hardway:
Basic intro online book to python

Regetron:
Code to learn regex in python. Same author as Learn Python the Hardway, and is meant to be used in his upcoming book on regex. The description can be found here


Python Documentation on Regex:
http://docs.python.org/howto/regex.html
http://docs.python.org/library/re.html