Actually I'd like to add one more thing about Mark's book. You know what brought me over to Python? I was sick and tired of writing desktop applications for Windows with VB, VFoxpro, and all those moronic language/containers that were not very consistent and felt like the programmer was being spoon fed like a baby. Then I took my server side Java knowledge and decided to apply it client side with Swing, and it resulted in a failed project because it took way too long to develop in, and the results were horrible for the users. I wasted a lot of time on Swing and at the end of it all, my fingers were killing me because of Java's horrid verboseness - and the lack of code generators client side as there are server side ones for J2EE (in retrospect, a language that requires code generation of the language itself has got to be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever come across).
I desperately searched for solutions, and found Mark's book on the shelves at Chapters books. I was very intrigued with his discussion on using Delphi and writing python business logic against it. It took me on a detour into writing a pure Delphi app, but something about his book made me curious. A week later I went back to the store and bought the book. I looked at the python code in his book and began learning python because it seemed so clear and made so much sense (especially compared to VB, VFoxpro, and Java) and ... best of all, reminded me of my early post-college days programming in C. In fact, I realized that programming python was like scripting C. I abandoned Delphi and went with what Mark wrote about re: WxPython. I've developed over 20 full fledged apps in WxPython since, with the added advantage of integrating them into windows applications through automation.... all thanks to Mark's book. _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
