Since you're talking about Python so much. I heard most of the video's of PyCon 2010 are all posted. http://pycon.blip.tv/
Some of you may know the name that headed the video project up, Carl Karsten. Good job Carl! -----Original Message----- From: Virgil Bierschwale Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:51 AM Thanks for the update Malcolm. It would serve Microsoft if the Foxpro that they killed so that access could survive were to be replaced by a tool not owned by microsoft.. I believe I will check it out as I need to get some work going and since I live in an area that there are no software jobs to be found, perhaps some of this is the way to go Virgil Bierschwale http://www.VetsFIndingVets.org http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com -----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Greene Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:32 AM Virgil, > But somebody intrigued me the other day because its hard for an old > dog to learn new tricks and I believe somebody said python is a lot > like foxpro in some aspects I did a fair amount of PHP after I left Fox and achieved some good results. Now, after working with Python for 2 years, having to look at PHP code makes me want to poke out my eyes with a pencil. Really, its that painful. Python is a blast to play with. The default IDE is a bit dated looking, but its like the command window on steroids. There's a built-in data engine (SQLite), and an incredible collection of built-in features ('batteries included') that you would normally have to purchase as 3rd party components. Some examples off the top of my head: zip file/string handling, POP/IMAP mailbox manipulation, SMTP support, web server interfaces, web server frameworks (deploy your apps as standalone web servers - we're doing that now - very cool), encryption, hashing (MD5, SHA1), GUIDs, regular expressions, powerful directory and file manipulation, etc. There's also a great, free, 3rd party wrapper for the Windows API. Like Fox you can package your apps as exe or just distribute your program (py vs. prg) files if someone has the free interpreter. There's even a framework for visually building client side apps similar to the GUI approach provided by VFP. I think this tool is called something like Dabo :) Finally, the Python community rocks! There are a bunch of mailing lists - all with very high signal to noise ratio. Remember the hey-day of Fox when your mailbox felt it was being fed by a fire hose and the air was filled with excitement about future releases of your favorite tool? That's what it's like in the Python world. Jump in - the water's fine :) Malcolm _______________________________________________ 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/000b01cac6a5$de24d620$9a6e82...@com ** 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.
