Hi,
On Jun 28, 9:39 pm, eck <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm new at programming and I'm currently trying to code my own GUI > that manages engineering scripts. I have a launchpad account with some > code posted. What I've come up with so far does work but is a bit > messy so I'm after some pointers. If anyone is interested I can post a > link. Why not? If it's already up, we lose nothing by saying where it is and have the potential for interesting stuff. Doesn't guarantee anything, but it's no loss :-) > A couple of questions: > > 1. Are there any group rules or etiquette I should read first? I think the only rule is that stuff should be (potentially) of interest to people who like/use python in the north west. I asked a while back about posting code release announcements for example and a small discussion about what sort are welcome, and the general feeling was that if it was developed by someone local that it made sense, whereas posting that there's a new release of Django didn't make sense. There's always exceptions worth handling :-) > 2. Can I post up links to my Python code? I know specific coding > questions are best asked at Stackoverflow, but can I expect to get > help here for more general Python guidance for larger, non-trivial > scripts? Expect is hard, but please do ask, and I'm sure there will be replies. :-) > 3. I live in Manchester, so would it be better if I came along to the > monthly meetings at MadLab to discuss my project? I don't think this is an either or thing. You can post here, and come along to the monthly meetings. I can't make it as often as I'd like, but personally I think discussing projects is helpful. For example last month I discussed the work in process I've got around API design/ implementation, and I think that sort of thing works well. Even if you don't find a particular toolset fits your needs, discussion of how it was built/designed, etc can be extremely interesting. I tend to use opportunity to talk about things as an opportunity to ask "is this dumb". Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes it's no. Often thogh it's "Interesting. You could also do this, that and the other". Michael. -- To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west
