Thanks for the replies. I have been meaning to do this, but as Eurico pointed out, One needs a live project to really internalize the skill. This new gig affords the time - finally!
It sounds like Jeff has found some application for it, I might be able to "sell" a project where I'm currently working... I will start with the O'Reilly books per Ted. (since I have the Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0 sitting on my desk...) -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 11:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Google Calendar API On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Anthony Jennings <[email protected]>wrote: > Jeff: Where would you (or anyone with the knowledge) recommend > starting in Python? > http://www.python.org/ There are links there to online tutorials, documentation, help on installation, forums, and community resources. I also found a local Python User Group and found that immensely helpful in meeting other people in the community, seeing real Python code in production, asking lots of questions. And books, I am a avid reader and pretty much own the entire O'Reilly set of Python books. And Ruby. And XML. And FoxPro, of course :) If it can be used as a C replacement, I need to add it to my skill set. > There's an old distinction about languages as compiled and interpreted, which was always fuzzy. Python is often referred to as a 'scripting' language which is somewhat misleading. It is a "high-enough-performance" language in many situations. But I would still be inclined to use C for high-speed, low-resource and other restrictive environments like device drivers or truly micro-computers. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/B6AD520020ACAE4188914E5A0DCE8AC4F134F5@MBX021-W3-CA-4.exch021.domain.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
