The fact that I immediately wondered whether it’d be possible to “do Python” on iOS shouldn’t be a surprise. Thanks to Gabe’s recommendation I installed Pythonista, and this app has completely changed my iOS workflow. Soon after I took my decision to (slowly) learn my way around it, I asked my friend Gabe Weatherhead about possible options to write and execute Python scripts on iOS. As someone whose job primarily consists of writing, I set out to find how Python could improve my workflow based on text and Markdown I found out – and I’m still finding out – that Python allows for more flexible and intelligent string manipulation and that some very smart folks have created excellent formatting tools for Markdown writers.īut this article isn’t strictly about Python. Coming from AppleScript, another language I started researching and playing with earlier this year, the great thing about Python is that it’s surprisingly easy to pick up and understand. I hope I’ll get to an acceptable level of knowledge someday.
I say “start” because, as a hobby to fit in between my personal schedule and work for the site, learning the language is still very much a work in progress. A couple of months ago, I decided to start learning Python.