> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Dabo - 1 ???? > > On Jul 24, 2007, at 6:08 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote: > > > I keep thinking that if I could get a good > > $10k in the bank that I could take a couple months to dedicate > > solely to > > learning it and then become part of the force helping to bring it to > > fruition. That's my hopeful plan, anyway. > > Probably a better version of that plan would be to get a book on > Python, or follow the tutorials on python.org so that you get a good > feel for Python. While it's a very readable language that isn't all > that dissimilar to a Fox eye, the better you are at Python, the > easier Dabo will be to pick up. > > > I'm really encouraged by > > Jeff Johnson and others who've seen it and moreso who are using and/or > > playing with it somewhat seriously. I always like to root for the > > little guy, and this goes right along that path. > > Don't know if you know John Fabiani and Larry Long, but they are a > couple of Fox guys who are finishing up a project for a client, and > have been very pleased with the results. I'm hoping John can put > together a screencast of some of the more interesting parts of the > project so that others can see the cool stuff that is possible with > Dabo. > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com >
I have been spending a little more time with Python than Dabo, although I am constantly looking at the Dabo code to see how things are done. I have several books on python and they are all good. I am focusing on packaging and running an application on Windows before getting into the details of an application. I am also working on an application that doesn't use an interface, but pulls xml files from a URL, parses them and puts them in a table. The folks on dabo-users are very helpful, and I have found the following list is a good one for asking basic questions. I also find reading others' questions and the answers to them very helpful. http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor Just so you don't think I've flown the coup, all of my applications are VFP7 or VFP9 + VMP. I do a lot of ftp, email, http, serial communications and XML parsing to name a few; using VFP libraries. My first order of business with Python is to replace all of those libraries with Python. Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/x-pkcs7-signature --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
