# Resources
Helpful websites and documentation.

## Python
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Python documentation
: <https://docs.python.org/3.13/>  
  The official Python documentation online.  
  

Python tutorial
: <https://docs.python.org/3.13/tutorial/index.html>  
  The official Python tutorial.  


Python language reference
: <https://docs.python.org/3.13/reference/index.html>  
  The official, more focused explanation of Python syntax and features.  
  

Realpython.com
: <https://realpython.com/>  
  A good unofficial website for learning the python language and idioms.   
  





## ROS 2
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ROS 2 official documentation
: <https://docs.ros.org/en/jazzy/index.html>  
  ROS2 Documentation regarding installation, and tutorials on the core
  components/features of ROS 2. The tutorials are worth going through once you
  have a ROS 2 environment set up.   
  


ROS 2 concepts
: <https://docs.ros.org/en/jazzy/Concepts/Basic.html>  
  ...


ROS 2 package index
: <https://index.ros.org/>  
  A searchable database of all ROS2 packages.  


ROS 2 *package documentation*  
: <https://docs.ros.org/en/jazzy/p/>  
  Documentation for ROS 2 packages.  
  -  ROS 2 python "client library" package `rclpy` <https://docs.ros.org/en/jazzy/p/rclpy/>  
  - ROS 2 python "client library" package `rclcpp` <https://docs.ros.org/en/jazzy/p/rclcpp/>
  :::{dropdown} IMG: Access package docs by clicking **API Docs** their entry in the ros2 package index.
  ```{image} /_static/images/key_teleop_index_docs.png
  :width: 800px
  :alt: ROS 2 package index API Docs button
  height:auto;">
  :::


ROS 2 Design
: <https://design.ros2.org/>  
  The ROS 2 Design document/website is a more conceptual level explanation of the
  concepts and reasons for why ROS 2 is designed the way it is. Very helpful to
  understand some of the more esoteric behaviours of ROS 2.


Articulated Robotics Youtube Channel
: <https://www.youtube.com/@ArticulatedRobotics>  
  Well produced video tutorials on a variety of tasks involving robotics with a
  focus on ROS2.




## Linux / Command Line
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Bash Manual:  
: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html>  
  Reference resource for shell Bash.



## Containers
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Docker: What is a Container?
: <https://www.docker.com/resources/what-container/>  
  Brief overview of containers from Docker.  
  

"The intro to Docker I wish I had when I started"
: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud7Npgi6x8E&>  
  Good introductory video of the concepts and use of containers.




Docker docs
: <https://docs.docker.com/manuals/>  


Docker compose docs
: <https://docs.docker.com/compose/>