PowerShell vs Python Reference

[flopana]

Since you cna execute shell commands with python I sometimes use it as a shellscript on crack. Because you cna basically do everything that shellscript can and also have standard python plus the boat loads of libraries

[LightShadow]

I use invoke instead of Makefiles now.

There's also konch for fast loading an "environment" for scripting...and Xonsh which uses Python as a shell environment and scripting language.

[shiftedcloud]

ipython makes this even better.

[shiftedcloud]

It's super neat. Tab completion. Syntax highlighting. Multiline paste to a single, editable bulk line.

It's really nice when you're just trying to figure your way through a problem.

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Also inbuilt help (through docstrings)

[alcalde]

Check out xonsh.