Chapter 1:
- Scripting language
- Automating certain functionality within another program
- Programing language
- Development of more sophisticated multifunctional applications
- Python is scripting language of choice for ArcGIS Pro
- Used to make redundant tasks/ large amounts processed faster and more efficient
- The example scripting scared me as I have never coded in my life
- Python is more basic than C++, easier to work with
- Python is both a scripting and programming language
Chapter 2:
- IDE: integrated development environments
- Scripting is a list of commands that can be run by a program
- Work with python in so-called command line or command prompt
- Use the command line that is provided with ArcGIS Pro
- Want to use arcgispro-py3
- IDLE: Integrated DeveLopment Environment
- “Python Shell”
- So when doing my very first line of code I already got errors…
- I went and looked at past students and it seems I am not the only one to have run into this problem
- Since an error came up I did not know how to make the shortcut on the desktop
- >>> is prompt
- Different colors are assigned to different parts of the script
- Writing script vs code different
- Script menu – file > new file and this opens new untitled window (script window)
- Spyder: Scientific Python Development Environment
- Package info outdated (dif buttons)
- Hard time trying to get Spyder short cut
- Python scripts = modules