I find this quite approachable, although it doesnt talk about XSI and python together, its pretty good for the basics
http://www.sthurlow.com/python/lesson02/
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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of André Adam [a_adam(at)49games.de]
Sent: 12 December 2007 14:45
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Scripting for XSI books, any?
Yes, and working through the reference is like walking a mine field.
Axel Akesson wrote:
> Andre, the Python tutorial availible from the Python site is pretty
> straight forward for beginners.
>
> On Dec 12, 2007 8:19 AM, André Adam <a_adam(at)49games.de
> <mailto:a_adam(at)49games.de>> wrote:
>
> JScript, while showing the structure of a mature programming language,
> is not nearly as bloated as Python is. Python is overwhelming in
> functionality, and especially for starters it is very difficult to
> find
> a safe path in there. In that sense JScript is a very nice starting
> point, and once someone has learned how good code is constructed,
> adepting to Python is not much of a problem anymore.
>
> -André
>
>
> Axel Akesson wrote:
> > Tim, why do you wanna learn jscript? It's pretty much obsolete
> as far
> > as Microsoft are concerned.
> > With Python you can also script for a lot of other apps (Maya,
> > Houdini, Shake, Massive [I think], shell scripts and so on) and
> there
> > is a lot of resources, tutorials and documentations for it
> (although
> > maybe not so much for XSI...).
> >
> > A far better weapon to your CG career than jscript in my opinion.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Axel
> >
> >
> > On Dec 11, 2007 10:56 AM, Frank Lenhard < franky(at)ixdream.com
> <mailto:franky(at)ixdream.com>
> > <mailto:franky(at)ixdream.com <mailto:franky(at)ixdream.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > i can second that.
> > you need information about the internals in XSi more than
> how a for
> > loop is constructed in any language. the syntax is fast to
> learn. the
> > problems come when you want to find something in the SDK or
> dont know
> > that certain methods/commands/objects exist and could make
> you live so
> > much easier!
> >
> >
> > ciao
> > franky
> >
> >
> > Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 12:38:39 AM, you wrote:
> >
> > RM> http://www.3dtutorial.com/xsi.php?detail=43
> > <http://www.3dtutorial.com/xsi.php?detail=43>
> >
> >
> > RM>
> >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Alan Fregtman [mailto:alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com
> <mailto:alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com>
> > <mailto: alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com
> <mailto:alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com>>]
> > >> Sent: December 10, 2007 6:13 PM
> > >> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM> <mailto:
> XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>>
> > >> Subject: Re: Scripting for XSI books, any?
> > >>
> > >> "script56.chm" documents a lot of stuff, too. It also has
> > >> stuff on VBScript.
> > >>
> > >> http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7dddjd9xaz9
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 10, 2007 3:06 PM, Tim Leydecker < bauerOink(at)gmx.de
> <mailto:bauerOink(at)gmx.de>
> > <mailto:bauerOink(at)gmx.de <mailto:bauerOink(at)gmx.de>>> wrote:
> > >> > For jscript, the microsoft user´s guide seems nice, it´s a
> > >> good read
> > >> > at least (I do have to start from the very beginning,
> any extra
> > >> > sentence helps...)
> > >> >
> > >> > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4yyeyb0a.aspx
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks for the below link Takita, downloaded the *.pdf.
> > >> >
> > >> > Cheers
> > >> >
> > >> > tim
> > >> >
> > >> > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > >> > > Datum: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:33:37 -0500
> > >> > > Von: takita < takita(at)earthlink.net
> <mailto:takita(at)earthlink.net>
> > <mailto:takita(at)earthlink.net <mailto:takita(at)earthlink.net>>>
> > >> > > An: XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>>
> > >> > > Betreff: Re: Scripting for XSI books, any?
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > > this one is a pretty good (free!) place to start out with
> > >> > >
> http://www.luma.co.za/labs/xsi_scripting_using_python.html
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -T
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Tim Leydecker wrote:
> > >> > > > I´ve allready checked amazon for all sorts of
> javascript
> > books,
> > >> > > > unfortunately those are more or less entirely
> focused on
> > >> > > > webdevelopment, even if some might at least be meant as
> > >> sort of a
> > >> > > > reference cookbook, not quite what I had hoped for.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Is there any book geared towards scripting for
> softimage
> > xsi at
> > >> > > > all? I´ve found two or three books for Maya, one geared
> > towards
> > >> > > > the artist extending himself beyond the GUI, two
> (from David
> > >> > > > Gould) for the TD types, easily switching between
> > >> script and API.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > I´d love to have some sort of hands on approach book
> > >> for XSI, with
> > >> > > > loads of examples, so one can grasp the syntax and
> > workflow and
> > >> > > > likely transfer some of that to "everyday scenerios".
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Checking something.
> > >> > > > Selecting something.
> > >> > > > Doing something with it.
> > >> > > > Providing output.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Polishing it by providing buttons to push.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Is there any sort of tutorials for the above?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Cheers
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > tim
>
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