Some thoughts on Python in Maya

 Mike Junta talking about python in maya.

 a good module to create standard interface with the style of the system where running

 The Python OpenGL® Binding

 a game interface for python

this module give the access to Renderman , SL , CGshaders and more on CG

 THE module to interface python with mySQL

 This is a section to put notes about python modules

Useful links

http://www.python.org - The Python home page

http://diveintopython.org - A really good programmers' guide to Python

http://it.diveintopython.org/toc/index.html (italian doc)

http://docs.python.org/ref/ref.html - Python Reference Manual

http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html - Python Library Reference

http://www.penzilla.net/tutorials/python/

This is a section to put useful links to python docs

import maya.cmds as cmds
class testW:
    butts=["uno","due","tre","quattro","cinque","sei"]
    def gui(self):
        w=cmds.window("testwin")
        c=cmds.columnLayout(adj=True)
        self.doButtons(c)
        cmds.showWindow(w)

    def doButtons(self,parentC):
        def runCbut(arg1):
            return lambda x: self.bCommand(arg1) 
        for b in self.butts:
            cmds.button(b,c=runCbut(b),parent=parentC)

    def bCommand(self,txt):
        oldName=txt+"_firstTime"
        newName=txt+"_renamed"
        if cmds.objExists(oldName):
            cmds.rename(oldName,newName)
        else:
            cmds.sphere(n=oldName)

ww=testW()
ww.gui()

 

this is a simple example that show how to use python to build maya interfaces
with lambda (to defer the evaluation)

 location of all the Python scripted plugins for Maya