Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Re: total newbie seeks to interact with data language
Hit your uni library for the books by Gumley or Fanning. Failing that, learn by doing and get coding.
At some point, you might check out these websites for IDL code that is (very) useful. Astronomers/astrophysicists LOVE IDL, so they have written a bunch of stuff to make your life easier. Some good links... http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/other_url.html http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/idl.html I never found the books helpful (but thats just me...). The IDL help menu sucks (except if you have an early version), so here is a link to a list of all the IDL routines that you can search using your web browser. http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/idl_html_help/ Cheers, Matt
RussellGrew <russell.grew@gmail.com> wrote: > Hit your uni library for the books by Gumley or Fanning. I'll second that, and add that Ken Bowman's book is also a very good introduction. These are all linked from David's web site. - Marshall