[CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Julia
Hi All, This is my first time posting to Code4Lib. Now seems like a good time. I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library. What projects have been successful? What have you heard of other libraries doing? What advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Jason Bengtson
I've thought about applying it as we try to get more involved with Data Management, since Python is popular with scientists and researchers, but personally I haven't used it much. I prefer PHP for most things. I know that down at the University of North Texas they use Python extensively with their

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Al Matthews
Language is a very personal issue, and this has been discussed before; maybe search the Code4Lib archives for a nice Python thread in 2013. But we’ve been using python3-pandas for data analysis and it’s a nice library. https://vimeo.com/59324550 -- Al Matthews Software Developer, Digital

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Joseph Umhauer
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:17 AM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library Language is a very personal issue, and this has been discussed before; maybe search the Code4Lib archives for a nice Python thread in 2013. But we’ve been using python3-pandas for data

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Al Matthews
[mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Al Matthews Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:17 AM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library Language is a very personal issue, and this has been discussed before; maybe search the Code4Lib archives for a nice Python thread

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Ken Irwin
:13 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library Hi All, This is my first time posting to Code4Lib. Now seems like a good time. I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library. What projects have been successful? What have you heard of other libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Molly Des Jardin
This is not a complex point, but I've been using Python about since it came out (since 2002) and have found it both flexible and very easy to learn and use. I'd recommend it as a scripting language for beginning programmers and those experimenting around. Our library isn't using Python for any

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Christian Pietsch
Let's not start another discussion about programming languages, but for the record: On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 09:49:16AM -0400, Molly Des Jardin wrote: This is not a complex point, but I've been using Python about since it came out (since 2002) and have found it both flexible and very easy to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Andromeda Yelton
I'm writing a Library Technology Report for ALA TechSource on short, useful programs people have written (in whatever language) in libraries, soask me again in six months and I'll have a giant list for you ;) (In the meantime, if you've written short -- under a hundred-ish line -- programs

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Eric Phetteplace
So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if you need to munch on MARC, csv, text, data...), Python is awesome. Andromeda's nailed it in terms of my experience with Python. None of the (mostly PHP) major web software I work with uses Python but for automating little

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread WILDER, COLIN
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library This is not a complex point, but I've been using Python about since it came out (since 2002) and have found it both flexible and very easy to learn and use. I'd recommend it as a scripting language for beginning programmers and those experimenting

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Jeremy Nelson
Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric Phetteplace Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:27 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if you need

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Jason Bengtson
I have a number of such things in javascript. Haven't bothered to count the lines. Best regards, *Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA* Head of Library Computing and Information Systems Assistant Professor, Graduate College Department of Health Sciences Library and Information Management University of

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

2014-05-07 Thread Jason Bengtson
Sorry, that last was meant to go to one person. Been one of those days. Best regards, *Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA* Head of Library Computing and Information Systems Assistant Professor, Graduate College Department of Health Sciences Library and Information Management University of Oklahoma