Re: [BangPypers] Python OCR Reader

2011-11-02 Thread Gopalakrishnan Subramani
I came across sikuli few days back since they are using Open Computer vision Library for GUI recognition. Jython is OK for my old 256 MB laptop. I would spend sometime play around sikuli. Seems like google also using them. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:46 AM, JAGANADH G jagana...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [BangPypers] Calling Python from JavaScript

2011-11-02 Thread Asif Jamadar
Can you provide me example for this? -Original Message- From: bangpypers-bounces+asif.jamadar=rezayat@python.org [mailto:bangpypers-bounces+asif.jamadar=rezayat@python.org] On Behalf Of Senthil Kumaran Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 3:49 PM To: Bangalore Python Users

Re: [BangPypers] Calling Python from JavaScript

2011-11-02 Thread Asif Jamadar
Sorry for my bad English, I will explain what i'm trying to achieve, I'm using Dajaxice with Django. I created modelformset which consist of multiple forms. Each form has dropdown field on which I'm calling dajaxice function, that function will takes the value of the dropdown field and calls

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread dexterous
On Monday, October 31, 2011 8:08:05 PM UTC+5:30, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: I would recommend that she join a startup or a small company and get some real work experience before jumping into this. I'd go so far as to suggest that they join a mid-to-large sized company and spend the first couple of

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread kracekumar ramaraju
I'd go so far as to suggest that they join a mid-to-large sized company and spend the first couple of years maintaining somebody else's crap code. It's one hell of a learning experience. Don't join Big companies, you're learning is not in your hand, large companies work on diverse areas, so

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 09:37:32PM +0530, Rajeev J Sebastian wrote: Given that the fresher lacks knowledge in any given area, what kind of testing should we use? Since we do development in Python and Django, and so far no candidate has come to us with Python on their resume, what do you

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Sidu Ponnappa
So my question: how does one gauge aptitude in programming? Get them to write code. One common thread for us is that we have everybody write code irrespective of experience. Half the code at home, and if that passes muster, we have them come into the office and pair with us on expanding their

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Saager Mhatre
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:26 PM, kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com wrote: I'd go so far as to suggest that they join a mid-to-large sized company and spend the first couple of years maintaining somebody else's crap code. It's one hell of a learning experience. Don't join

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread kracekumar ramaraju
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Saager Mhatre saager.mha...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:26 PM, kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com wrote: I'd go so far as to suggest that they join a mid-to-large sized company and spend the first couple of years maintaining

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Rajeev J Sebastian
Thanks Sidu and Senthil for your recommendations, which were very helpful. As you suggested, the most important change we can make is to test directly with code. Do you do your tests in Python, or whatever language the fresher knows? So far, we have not received a single resume mentioning Python.

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread kracekumar ramaraju
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com wrote: Do you do your tests in Python, or whatever language the fresher knows? So far, we have not received a single resume mentioning Python. I am a fresher, you won't believe I mention and promote python,

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Sidu Ponnappa
Do you do your tests in Python, or whatever language the fresher knows? So far, we have not received a single resume mentioning Python. Any object oriented language the candidate is comfortable with is fine by us. Unit tests are, however, mandatory. TDD is a huge plus. Question is, how much to

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Saager Mhatre
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:31 PM, kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com wrote: True... to some extent. Like just about anything else, you have to choose wisely. My four years at Kanbay (now CapGemini) taught me a lot of lessons in organization, management as well as

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Saager Mhatre
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:56 PM, kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com wrote: I am advanced python novice. There's an interesting tautology I can use, and... People who learn python are passionate about programming, others learn java and c# to get a job. ... there's a line that

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread kracekumar ramaraju
Don't get me wrong, I'm not discounting engineering skills; we're all on the same side there. What I was hinting at above is that if you get lucky and get good managers at a mid-to-large co, you have the opportunity to learn how organization in the large works, and that's an important skill

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Saager Mhatre
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:15 PM, kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com wrote: In most support project you don't change code until there is a requirement from client, else you end up supporting the tickets etc... They're not all support (as in keep the lights on) projects, there's

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Saager Mhatre
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com wrote: As you suggested, the most important change we can make is to test directly with code. +1 to Sidu's suggestion about having candidates write code before they come in; have used that to much success. Do

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Saager Mhatre
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Saager Mhatre saager.mha...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com wrote: As you suggested, the most important change we can make is to test directly with code. +1 to Sidu's suggestion about having

Re: [BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective

2011-11-02 Thread Rajeev J Sebastian
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Sidu Ponnappa lorddae...@gmail.com wrote: Do you do your tests in Python, or whatever language the fresher knows? So far, we have not received a single resume mentioning Python. Any object oriented language the candidate is comfortable with is fine by us. Unit