Python downloads and related resources

Many resources are available to help you develop Python applications for IBM data servers.

Table 1. Python downloads and related resources
Downloads
Python 1 http://www.python.org/download/
SQLAlchemy http://www.sqlalchemy.org/download.html
Django http://www.djangoproject.com/download/
ibm_db and ibm_db_dbi extensions (including source code) http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ibm_db/
https://github.com/ibmdb/python-ibmdb
ibm_db_sa adapter for SQLAlchemy 0.4 https://github.com/ibmdb/python-ibmdbsa
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ibm_db_sa
ibm_db_django adaptor for Django 1.0.x and 1.1 https://github.com/ibmdb/python-ibmdb-django
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ibm_db_django
setuptools program http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
IBM® Data Server Driver Package (DS Driver) https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/387577
API documentation
ibm_db API documentation https://github.com/ibmdb/python-ibmdb/wiki/APIs
Python Database API Specification v2.0 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/
SQLAlchemy documentation
Quick Getting Started Steps for ibm_db_sa https://github.com/ibmdb/python-ibmdbsa/blob/master/ibm_db_sa/README.md
SQLAlchemy Documentation http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/index.html
Django documentation
Getting Started steps for ibm_db_django https://github.com/ibmdb/python-ibmdb-django/blob/master/README.md
Django Documentation http://www.djangoproject.com
Additional resources
Python Programming Language website http://www.python.org/
The Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper website http://www.sqlalchemy.org/
1 Includes Windows binaries. Most Linux® distributions come with Python already precompiled.