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• Writing Python Applications with InterSystems

  Writing Python Applications with InterSystems

  Leverage your existing Python coding skills to enhance InterSystems® applications. Learn how to connect client Python applications, embed Python with InterSystems ObjectScript code, or optimize Python library calls using a separate server when calls require heavy processing. Interested in connecting to InterSystems products with another language? See these other language-based learning paths.

  This path contains four sections. One, Get oriented, 1 minute. Two, Connect a client application to InterSystems IRIS, 7 minutes. Three, Run Python side-by-side with ObjectScript, 1 hour 15 minutes. Four, Build InterSystems IRIS applications in Python, 15 minutes.
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  Before you begin...

  Before you begin...

  This path assumes you have at least basic Python coding experience. If you need an introduction, try Python for Beginners.
• 1. Get oriented

  1. Get oriented

  See how to leverage Python libraries with InterSystems applications. Connect existing Python applications using pyodbc, or code in Python and ObjectScript side-by-side using Embedded Python. You can also build a full InterSystems application with Python using InterSystems Native API or the External Language Server.

  • PageOverview of Python in InterSystems Products (1m)
• 2. Connect a client Python application to InterSystems IRIS

  2. Connect a client Python application to InterSystems IRIS

  Learn how to use pyodbc, the most common option to connect your Python applications to InterSystems products.

  • URLDocumentation: Using the InterSystems pyodbc Bridge (7m)
• 3. Run Python side-by-side with ObjectScript

  3. Run Python side-by-side with ObjectScript

  Use Embedded Python to call Python libraries side-by-side with ObjectScript.

  • URLVideo: What is Embedded Python? (4m)
  • URLExercise: Embedded Python QuickStart (10m)
  • URLExercise: Parsing Images and Charting Data with Embedded Python (45m)
  • URLDocumentation: Embedded Python Overview
  • URLDocumentation: Using Embedded Python
• 4. Build InterSystems IRIS applications in Python

  4. Build InterSystems IRIS applications in Python

  Manipulate the underlying data within InterSystems products—known as globals—and remotely create and manipulate InterSystems IRIS class instances from Python using the InterSystems Python SDK. Then see how you can invoke Python code running in an external process from InterSystems products using the External Language Server.

  • URLVideo: Using the Native API for Python (5m)
  • URLExercise: Python QuickStart (5m)
  • URLDocumentation: Working with External Languages (11m)
  • URLExercise: Interacting with Data in Python Using Multiple Data Models (5m)
• What's next?

  What's next?

  • Learn how to build an ObjectScript application (learning path, 5h).
  • Explore more learning paths on connecting with external languages.

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