Hello,
I agree with that wholeheartedly. I typical code in 3 or 4
languages and the other languages I use (C#, Java, etc) just have threads
which are easy to use. When I was told to use twisted I looked at the
website and though 'phew that is a lot to learn'. I was then about to drop
Python because I was worried that Python threading didn;t work properly
(because I was told to not use threads in Python as it is too difficult). I
persevered however and threads work fine in Python - OK the GIL can make
things a little more complicated but threading in Python is not much harder
to use then in Java or C# (in fact because of the GIL and single processor I
don't have to worry about volatile variables). Twisted has clear and
definite advantages but it is another framework I have to learn when I just
want to pop up a GUI and have it responsive while a db call is running in
the background. My needs are not as great as the twisted
framework's learning hump.
Cheers,
Neil
On 5 July 2010 10:57, Jason Heeris <jason.hee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 July 2010 17:36, A.T.Hofkamp <a.t.hofk...@tue.nl> wrote:
> > Or you could drop threads entirely, and do your async activities using
> the
> > Twisted framework, designed for making asynchronous programs (where GTK
> > event handling is just one of the asynchronous sources).
>
> Please don't take this as a flame, but I've had this advice before
> (usually on #python), and I usually go through this process:
>
> 1. Look at Twisted website
> 2. Only read things about twisted being a networking framework
> 3. Someone corrects me, saying "Twisted is so much more!" (That may be
> the case, but the fact that the website goes on and on without
> mentioning this does not inspire confidence.)
> 4. I search the Twisted website for documentation on/examples of GTK
> applications
> 5. I give up and search the Twisted website for documentation
> on/examples of *any* non-network based applications
> 6. I give up and search the greater web for documentation on/examples
> of Twisted GTK applications
> 7. I give up on Twisted and find another way.
>
> Really, I would love to get a grip on Twisted. It seems really useful.
> But I've still not found any kind of stepping stone into it. Please,
> please, please if you know of one, post it so I can add another tool
> to my belt. I will rescind everything I've said here and then some.
>
> (Since the Twisted website is currently down, I can't tell if things
> have changed and I should get over it and have another try.)
>
> Cheers,
> Jason
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