• The Proximity class provides methods that support many Proximity operations including accessing databases, executing queries, adding attributes, sampling containers, and instantiating models.

• Use the prox object to access methods in the Proximity class.

• Use the shortcuts provided by the prox object to refer to important Proximity data structures.

• You only need to import a Proximity class or package when you refer to a class by name.

• Use the Proximity Python interpreter to execute individual Python statements interactively when you do not need to create a script.

• Indent lines and blocks using tabs rather than spaces in the Proximity Python interpreter.

• Each Proximity Python interpreter window has its own namespace.

• Use the NST browser to examine Proximity internal data structures when you need to work directly with Proximity entities.

• Filters and conditions have different semantics. Conditions operate on objects or links whereas filters operate on NST rows.

Additional Information

• See the Proximity Cookbook and Chapter 7, Learning Models in this tutorial for additional examples of Proximity scripts.

• See Appendix A, Proximity Quick Reference for a summary of command line editing options in the interactive Proximity Python interpreter.

• See Creating a file or directory shortcut for information on creating shortcuts to commonly used files and directories.