Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-30 Thread Ed Leafe
On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:14 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: So is one more drag dropish than another? Here what I want to do: Imagine a screen with any number of image controls, each showing an image (go figure). Now I'd like to drag one or more of those controls onto another screen. This can be faked

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-28 Thread Lew Schwartz
Like a FoxPro screen (which I realize is basically a form with a white background). On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Paul McNett p...@ulmcnett.com wrote: Define screen. Paul On 4/27/12 9:14 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: So is one more drag  dropish than another? Here what I want to do: Imagine

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-27 Thread Lew Schwartz
So is one more drag dropish than another? Here what I want to do: Imagine a screen with any number of image controls, each showing an image (go figure). Now I'd like to drag one or more of those controls onto another screen. This can be faked in any way that makes it look like the control has

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-27 Thread Paul McNett
Define screen. Paul On 4/27/12 9:14 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: So is one more drag dropish than another? Here what I want to do: Imagine a screen with any number of image controls, each showing an image (go figure). Now I'd like to drag one or more of those controls onto another screen. This

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-26 Thread Alan Bourke
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012, at 03:18 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: If you just gave me three choices, I'd have to go for the last one: confused. Python, Ruby et al do not have a native GUI system like Visual FoxPro, or Visual Basic or Access. In some ways this is a pain. In other ways it's great

RE: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-26 Thread Dave Crozier
Paul said: Don't do anything until it is needed Aaah, the theory of Agile installation then Paul .. smile Dave ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-26 Thread Malcolm Greene
Alan, Python, Ruby et al do not have a native GUI system like Visual FoxPro, or Visual Basic or Access. In some ways this is a pain. In other ways it's great because you are free to use any one of a number of standard GUI libraries like Qt, wxWidgets and so on - as long as there are wrapper

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Alan Bourke
I've been messing around writing a little game in Python using PyGame, and I have to say conceptually it is coming fairly easily. More so than I remember from my forays into Ruby and especially Lua.being. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Eurico Chagas Filho
I started w Python by the year's end and I am enjoying the ride so far. There is a huge amount of docs on the internet, much more than VFP. Somehow this is a problem, there are so many frameworks to use that's an overwhelming task to choose one.  Besides there are two versions and not everybody

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Paul McNett
On 4/25/12 10:50 AM, Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: I started w Python by the year's end and I am enjoying the ride so far. There is a huge amount of docs on the internet, much more than VFP. Somehow this is a problem, there are so many frameworks to use that's an overwhelming task to choose one.

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Eurico Chagas Filho
: Paul McNett p...@ulmcnett.com To: profox@leafe.com Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:56 PM Subject: Re: NF Ruby over Python? On 4/25/12 10:50 AM, Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: I started w Python by the year's end and I am enjoying the ride so far. There is a huge amount of docs on the internet

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Paul McNett
On 4/25/12 11:05 AM, Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: In my desktop I have Python 2.7, Dabo and other frameworks, the notebook has python 3.2 and other frameworks,s, I just can't make my mind. See, I liked Web2Py but it is 2.7, I could use Pyramid, but maybe Web2Py will get updated, so what to do ?

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Eurico Chagas Filho
Ruby over Python? On 4/25/12 11:05 AM, Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: In my desktop I have Python 2.7, Dabo and other frameworks, the notebook has python 3.2 and other frameworks,s, I just can't make my mind. See, I liked Web2Py but it is 2.7, I could use Pyramid, but maybe Web2Py will get

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Ed Leafe
On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: So which of these langs have form, screen and image control libraries that are the most W7/VFP like? I'm in the middle of a large graphics display program (in VFP) that makes extensive use of Windows drag drop capabilities. None of

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Lew Schwartz
If you just gave me three choices, I'd have to go for the last one: confused. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Ed Leafe e...@leafe.com wrote: On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: So which of these langs have form, screen and image control libraries that are the most W7/VFP like?  

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-25 Thread Ed Leafe
On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: If you just gave me three choices, I'd have to go for the last one: confused. Understood. The main thing that confuses people coming from the everything including the kitchen sink world of VFP when they enter the Linux world is that

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-24 Thread Ed Leafe
On Apr 24, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: Just as a matter for curiosity, has anyone fooled around with RUBY as a second language? Can you offer any comments as to ease scope of use vs Python (for example)? Both Ruby and Python are great languages, and share many of the same

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-24 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Lew Schwartz lew1...@gmail.com wrote: Just as a matter for curiosity, has anyone fooled around with RUBY as a second language? Can you offer any comments as to ease scope of use vs Python (for example)? About 2-3 years of delivering apps in Ruby. What Ed said

Re: NF Ruby over Python?

2012-04-24 Thread Paul McNett
On 4/24/12 6:32 PM, Ted Roche wrote: nine women can't have a baby in one month - this takes time. Far more time than most of us admit. I've been coding in Python daily since Feb. 2004. Eight years and change. I feel like I could probably code a solution to anything. But then I go to the