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Practical Maya Programming with Python

You're reading from   Practical Maya Programming with Python Unleash the power of Python in Maya and unlock your creativity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2014
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ISBN-13 9781849694728
Length 352 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Robert Galanakis Robert Galanakis
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Preface 1. Introspecting Maya, Python, and PyMEL FREE CHAPTER 2. Writing Composable Code 3. Dealing with Errors 4. Leveraging Context Managers and Decorators in Maya 5. Building Graphical User Interfaces for Maya 6. Automating Maya from the Outside 7. Taming the Maya API 8. Unleashing the Maya API through Python 9. Becoming a Part of the Python Community A. Python Best Practices Index

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how Maya and Python work together to create PyMEL. First we learned how to use the mayapy interpreter, and how to create and use Python libraries and modules. Then we explored PyMEL via introspection: how it mirrors Maya concepts such as DAG nodes and attributes, how every Maya object is represented as a first-class PyMEL node, and PyMEL's special math data types. Finally, we built a function that can bring us to the PyMEL online help when we want more information about a PyMEL node. Along the way, we learned about concepts central to Python, such as types, the standard library, magic methods, a definition of the term Pythonic, and easier to ask for forgiveness than permission versus look before you leap.

In the next chapter, we will learn more about writing practical Maya Python with PyMEL by investigating the important concept of composability.

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