Drawing charts and graphs.
Hello, I'm looking at a number of chart-drawing libraries and modules for Python and I'd like to know which one people tend to consider the best. I've tried gdchart2 but its interface seems somewhat limited, and pychart looks nice. I'd like to find something that will let me draw graphs similar to those created by RRDtool. Thanks! -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: 345 free programming books
# http://ttcom.blogspot.com/2006/04/345-free-online-programming-books.html It seems this has been making the rounds today. The Practical PostgreSQL link is also broken; OpenDocs Publishing ceased to exist starting several months ago. -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Missing interfaces in Python...
# All interfaces (as implemented by Java) prove is that your class has # a bunch of methods with the right names and signatures. It doesn't # prove that those methods do the right things. I don't think anyone is suggesting that interfaces do (or should) prove that the implemented methods actually do the right thing. -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Missing interfaces in Python...
# In Python, you would simply call the functions you need. No need to # make things that rigidly defined. Except when you need to handle exceptions when those methods don't exist. I think interfaces can definitely be useful. -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Missing interfaces in Python...
# so with interfaces, missing methods will suddenly appear out of thin # air ? With interfaces, the idea is that they're enforced; so, they'll appear because someone implements them. -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Missing interfaces in Python...
# enforced by whom, at what point ? In the case of Java, I think the JVM enforces interface implementation (probably at the parser level). -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Missing interfaces in Python...
# Thanks for the responses...Looks like I might have opened Pandora's # box here. Could I accomplish the above with an abstract class? Zope 3 has an interface system which is good. I recommend you look at that. -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Missing interfaces in Python...
# parser...?! If you have an 'Object o', say one just received as an # argument, and cast it to IBlahble, a la # # IBlahble blah = (IBlahble) o; # # ...what can the parser ever say about it? Maybe you didn't read the I think in my OP. Anyway, you clearly know more about (or have more recent experience with) Java than I do. -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Missing interfaces in Python...
# My real-world experience with Java is very dated -- nowadays, I'm # told, the NEED to cast is vastly reduced by Java 1.5's generics (I # haven't yet written one line of Java 1.5, not even for play # purposes, much less real world ones;-). Interesting; thanks. # So much for compiler enforcement, hm?-) Yes, indeed. :) -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: editor for Python on Linux
# I wonder which editor or IDE you can recommend me for writing Python # programs. I tried with jEdit but it isn't perfect. It depends on what you need; what don't you like about JEdit? What do you think a good editor or IDE should provide? -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.parsed.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
