[hdf-forum] simple question

[Francesc Alted]

Hi Christian,

A Thursday 09 October 2008, christian.liebhardt at iae-gmbh.com escrigué:
> Hi,
>
> I'am very new to HDF5 and I do not have much experience in
> programming. So, is it possible to include HDF5 in Python programs?
> How does it works?

I don't know what you exactly mean by 'including' HDF5 in Python, but I 
suppose that you meant using the HDF5 library from Python.  In that 
case, yeah, there are (at least) a couple of options:

- h5py (h5py.alfven.org):  Meant to provide a complete wrapper to HDF5.  
It uses a low level approach, and despite the fact that it is a pretty 
young library (i.e. you should expect bugs), it looks great.

- PyTables (www.pytables.org):  It provides a high-level, easy-to-use 
interface to the HDF5 library with an emphasis in performance.  It is a 
mature (reached production quality around 5 years ago) and well-tested 
library.

My advise is that you visit their web sites and choose the one that fits 
better to your needs.

Hope that helps,

-- 
Francesc Alted
Freelance developer
Tel +34-964-282-249

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