On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Maxwell, Adam R <adam.maxw...@pnl.gov> wrote: > On 01/09/09 12:34, "Michael McCracken" <michael.mccrac...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Maxwell, Adam R <adam.maxw...@pnl.gov> wrote: > >>> Me too, but I've been hacking in python all morning and need a diversion :). >>> Man, I wish I'd learned python a few years ago...that is a fun >>> language/library combination. >> >> Agreed - python is good stuff. I have written some stuff in PyObjC, >> and I like it much more than straight objC. It's really like the best >> of both. > > Heh, I wrote a build script for my latest project [1] that bumps the version > number, wraps it in a tarball, and creates a Sparkle appcast. Using the > familiar (to me) NSXMLDocument API via python was quicker than learning a > different XML parser.
Having written a large chunk of code using libxml2 from python, I think you made the right call. Not that you should have used it, but if you're writing python build scripts, have you seen Scons? http://scons.org/ I really like it, and briefly used it for some projects that required mixing C and python when I wasn't using XCode. It shines in comparison to make and autoconf. If you're just writing mac apps, it's less of a win. (but still interesting) Also, I see you do a little string template generation in that script. Have you seen string.Template? I use it with locals() sometimes for a nice hack: def add_preduser_run(util_run_id, pred_run_id, completion_time, num_moves): sql = string.Template("""insert into preduser_runs values ($util_run_id, $pred_run_id, $completion_time, $num_moves)""") stmt = sql.substitute(locals()) # substitutes the variables in scope that match the template # then do something with stmt... Cheers, -mike > -- > Adam > > [1] http://code.google.com/p/mactlmgr/source/browse/trunk/build_tlu.py > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-develop mailing list > Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop > -- Michael McCracken UCSD CSE PhD Candidate research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/ misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
