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I was wondering if anybody knows of a good tutorial or introductory text on scientific computing on Python/SciPy for MATLAB programmers.

I was thinking of something along the lines of David Hiebeler's text on R for MATLAB programmers, which provides a side-by-side reference between both languages.

To clarify, my current environment of choice is Python(x,y) with Spyder, but anything that shows how to translate some fundamental operations, built-ins and utilities between MATLAB and SciPy + third-party extensions would be great.

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  • I don't have references at hand, but there are indeed several tutorials on migrating to Python. Be careful what you wish for, though, because Python is a language with multiple possible interfaces (much like R). For instance, Python(x,y) is a pretty amazing suite that encompasses a lot of the GUI goodness of Matlab with a lot of stuff one doesn't encounter in Matlab. Commented Aug 2, 2011 at 17:49
  • Thanks @Iterator. Python(x,y) is my environment of choice, but anything on how MATLAB builtins translate into Python would be great. Commented Aug 2, 2011 at 17:51

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Take a look at Link

You didn't ask for tools, but I thought I'd mention Sage.

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That's a great reference @aix. Thanks!
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Rosetta Code is a great resource for translating between languages. Most problems have a python example, and there are several hundred MATLAB equivalents.

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Might be a little outdated for some commands, but looks like a good reference from Numpy/Scipy to MATLAB:

http://mathesaurus.sourceforge.net/matlab-python-xref.pdf

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