This session will provide an overview on how to use Python in a Windows environment, both for general application development and as the 'glue' to bind systems together.

Topics covered will include:

• How Python works on Windows
• Using the Pythonwin 2.0 IDE
• Client side COM: using Python to automate Office 2000 application
• Server side COM: Using Python to 'add a macro language' to Visual

Basic applications:

• Integration at the C level: Python, MFC and Visual Studio
• Connecting to Databases
• Python on Windows CE