On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Chris C. <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > > > >>>>>>> My first suggestion to you is to learn Python programming. > > Yes, definitely. Maybe it's a good thing that I never really learned C++, > so I'm really a pretty clean slate for Python. > > If you are new to Python I suggest you follow the Alan Gauld's tutorial at http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ This tut covers a lot very fast. I found it very good when I started learning Python. The Basics section is the core from the Advanced section I recommend that you read at least the section about Object Oriented Programming. After this you can always refer to other resources as you need them.
Since you have done an app in Access you'll find Python intuitive, powerful and easier to learn than VBA. > >>>>>> The only dumb question is a question not asked. > > Thanks. I'll always be doing my best to ask good questions and I'll > appreciate all the help I can get. I know I've got a long road ahead of > me, > but this project means a lot to me. > > > > > >>>>>>> What exactly are you looking to accomplish with you app? What is > the minimal feature set that you want to implement? > > It's a replacement for an Access db I wrote several years ago that handles > our household money income, outgo, and budgeting. Since I've been running > the Access db I've come up with a lot of changes and improvements I'd like > to make, and also some others are interested in using it too. So, for the > experience and the end product, and other smaller reasons, I decided to > make > a stand alone program version of the Access db. After months of > researching > I decided on Python and SQLite. > With Dabo, and some atention on the segments of your code that may operate with external resources that you might use, your app will be cross-platform. Even if you decide to scale or change Db. > I'm doing my best to take the process step-by-step, to the best of my > understanding. I have my db table structure planned, but it's not tested > yet. Odds are strong that full testing will reveal problems and I'll have > to revise it to some degree. I've been thinking that testing and > finalizing > the db structure is the next step, since everything in the program will > revolve around the db. I figured that after that was done I could start to > actually code something besides queries. > > Is this the info you were asking me for? > Dabo will fit the bill very well. > > Also, as you can see by the questions I had, I've been trying to figure out > what all tools I'll need to install on my PC. The goal there is to get > things set up so I can sit down and get to work and start making some > progress. Also on this subject, I think I'll need help deciding what > versions of everything I should use. Just get the latest of everything, or > are there caveats? > Documentation for beginners could be better. But it as improved very much recently. Look for the Pycon 2010 tutorial in: http://www.dabodev.com/documentation As you develop you will also find useful to have the API docs at hand as well: http://paul.dabodev.com/doc/api/dabodoc/ Another interesting read is John Fabiani's tutorial on bizobjs (three post on this list). HTH, Miguel --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
