Re: Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

2005-09-04 Thread Norm Goertzen
Wolfgang Keller wrote: But I also really would like to find something very close to Sybase's patented datawindow technology -- it's a real time-saver. BTW: As most readers (including me) probably don't know Powerbuilder: What is a Datawindow? Some kind of data-aware GUI widget?

Re: Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

2005-09-01 Thread Bryan Olson
Norm Goertzen wrote: I've posted a previous question about IDEs [...] Python is a fine scripting language; it isn't centered on a particular IDE, and doesn't really serve the same market as Powerbuilder. Building an app in Python is a far lower-level process than building one in Powerbuilder,

Re: Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

2005-09-01 Thread Wolfgang Keller
Also, can I use Sybase's SQL Anywhere with Python? I'm really only interested in programming for Windows XP. But I also really would like to find something very close to Sybase's patented datawindow technology -- it's a real time-saver. Finally, is there any (realistic) way to mix

Re: Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

2005-09-01 Thread malv
Norm Goertzen wrote: I've posted a previous question about IDEs and got some good feedback, thanks, but it does seem that everyone has their own favourite IDE -- in other words, no IDE was repeatedly recommended. So, is there any data on the popularity of IDEs (most users), or is there a

Re: Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

2005-09-01 Thread James (Sungjin) Kim
malv wrote: As of late, I installed eric3 on linux Suse 9.3 and was happily surprised to find out that I didn't have to bother with installing Qt, PyQt, etc. FYI, I installed eric3 on Windows XP. It is one of the nice IDE environments for Python. If I must say some bad point of it, I want to

Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

2005-08-31 Thread Norm Goertzen
I've posted a previous question about IDEs and got some good feedback, thanks, but it does seem that everyone has their own favourite IDE -- in other words, no IDE was repeatedly recommended. So, is there any data on the popularity of IDEs (most users), or is there a chart comparing the most

Re: Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

2005-08-31 Thread James Sungjin Kim
Norm Goertzen wrote: I'm really only interested in programming for Windows XP. It is warned that the sequal is not directly related to the your question. However, hope that it helps your decision to move from the old stuff to the new stuff. The thing is that as you decideded to change your

Re: Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

2005-08-31 Thread Harlin Seritt
For: snip So, is there any data on the popularity of IDEs (most users), or is there a chart comparing the most popular versions. /snip Hi Norm, You can do a Google search for these sorts of things like opinions and comparisons. Believe me, there are more blogs and articles on these things than