Oh, sorry I didn't link to it in my first post; here's the link to pyglet: http://www.pyglet.org/
- Atul On Jan 18, 2008 9:35 AM, Atul Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you looked at pyglet? I'm not sure if it works with Python 2.3, > but I saw a demonstration of it at a Chicago Python User Group meeting > a few months ago and it appeared to both have very few dependencies as > well as a clean and straightforward API. > > I have done Cocoa graphics programming using Python via PyObjC, and > while it's not particularly hard, it is a bit ugly-looking simply due > to the syntax used when sending messages to Objective-C objects. If > you like, though, I can send you some basic code to get you started. > > Also, is your school planning on upgrading to Leopard at any point? > One big advantage of it is that it comes with Python 2.5 and a number > of nice Mac-specific modules built-in (such as PyObjC). > > - Atul > > > On Jan 18, 2008 9:16 AM, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Note that I probably can't download anything that is not already installed > > > on the Macs, because these are in the school computer lab, and I am a > > > parent > > > volunteer with no admin privileges. > > > Thanks! > > > Felicia > > > > > > Felicia B. Gershberg, M.A.T., Ph.D., m.o.m. > > > > Not a Mac expert here (far from it), but just wanted to comment how > > many schools I've encountered where the approach is to deliberately > > dumb down the expensive capabilities of their systems, as a substitute > > for paying a real sysop to do it right. > > > > One of my gigs awhile back was for a local police department that, > > to its credit, noticed it was mainly scaring kids about cyberspace, > > whereas this was also likely their future i.e. if this were no fun, what > > was to keep 'em from giving up and joining gangs? > > > > So how do the pros do it, i.e. show 'em the ropes, make 'em feel > > at home, as if this were all theirs to inherit someday. > > > > In their worst nightmares, we'd be teaching 'em how to packet sniff > > with Ethereal in like the first lesson, explaining about Squid, firewalls, > > routers, all the rest of it -- which is exactly what we did. But George > > was way cool about it (exFBI). We let him sit in. > > > > But that's not how it works in your normal school, with teachers > > paralyzed with fear (Python! egads!), and never doing anything much > > about it as the years fly by, another batch of know-nothings graduated. > > > > Oh well, too bad for them. Not my problem. > > > > Kirby > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Edu-sig mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > > > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
