[Tutor] Weekly Python Tips mailing list is ready to join
I asked a few days ago if there'd be interest in a Python Tips list that sends out Python tips to your inbox each week - I've had a lovely response over the weekend so I'll proceed with creating the list. Thanks for the replies! As I mentioned I have a whole set of tips planned. They'll cover useful stuff (like "how to write Pythonically"), cool stuff (including some 3D, gaming, web-dev and maths), links to modules you probably haven't heard of yet and guest tips from known Pythonistas. I'll be sending out one tip per week, it'll include some source code and links to useful resources. There will definitely be links back to useful ShowMeDo videos to illustrate the ideas. I'll publish the first set of tips when I have 50 people on the list - this way I'll get good feedback on what's required which will guide which tips I cover next. To join the list send an email here: weeklypyt...@aweber.com and accept the opt-in message you receive. It is an Aweber mailing list (they're a well known mailing list host) and you can unsubscribe at any time if it isn't helpful. I promise no spam or foolishness (and I certainly won't pass on your email address to 3rd parties), you'll just get helpful Python tips. It'll be quiet for a week or two whilst I gather the first 50 sign-ups and then I'll start posting out the tips. Looking forward to building the list and getting some feedback, Ian. -- Ian Ozsvald (A.I. researcher, screencaster) i...@ianozsvald.com http://IanOzsvald.com http://ShowMeDo.com http://MorConsulting.com/ http://blog.AICookbook.com/ http://TheScreencastingHandbook.com http://FivePoundApp.com/ http://twitter.com/IanOzsvald ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Idea for a 'Weekly Python Tips' mailing list
Hi all. I'm a long time Pythonista and co-founder of http://ShowMeDo.com/ (and author of 140 of the Python tutorials there), I'm here with an idea... Recently I've started to follow a couple of email lists that send me regular tip emails, I've found them to be rather nice - an easy to read tip that comes every week that I can digest when I'm ready and I can reference afterwards. I don't recall ever coming across a Python Learners tip series in this format and I'm guessing it would be well received. Could I get some feedback please? I've already planned a set of 10 weekly tips (each about 5 paragraphs of text plus code examples) covering a bunch of things that are useful for a new Python programmer. Some are about the 'right' way to write Python code, some introduce neat modules (like Excel, web scraping, processes), some show you how to do complex stuff (like 3D, web servers and faster mathematics) in just a few lines of Python. It would also be quite nice to wrap up some of the oft-asked Python Tutor questions into the tips (I always meant to create some ShowMeDo videos covering these problems but never had the time :-( ). Before proceeding I'd like to do a sanity check - has anyone done this already? I'd hate to re-invent the wheel! Assuming it hasn't been done - would *you* choose to subscribe to the list (it would be free, just an email, nothing complex and no spam/sillyness)? Just say 'yes' if so, that way I know there's an audience. If the interest is good then I'll extend the series of 10 and introduce some guest authors into the mix. Any takers? Ian. -- Ian Ozsvald (A.I. researcher, screencaster) i...@ianozsvald.com http://IanOzsvald.com http://MorConsulting.com/ http://blog.AICookbook.com/ http://TheScreencastingHandbook.com http://FivePoundApp.com/ http://twitter.com/IanOzsvald ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Hard time understanding classes
Hi Norm. Jerol created a 3-part video series on Python Objects, he uses IPython to talk about how and why they work: http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=IntroductionToPythonObjectsUsingIPython_JerolH If you find his videos useful do please leave him a comment - authors love to know that their work is appreciated. Ian. Norm All wrote: > Hello, > > I am learning python and so far have done pretty well, until I got to > the subject of classes which I have been struggling to understand for a > while. I have not found any easy to understand tutorial on the web or > looking in some books for a clear step by step example. Would > appreciate any help or links to read. > > Regards. > > > > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- http://Services.ShowMeDo.com http://ShowMeDo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Begining Python
Hi Meftah. Under the 'beginner programming' section of Python we have a lot of free video examples of Python coding: http://showmedo.com/videos/python?topic=beginner_programming and if you look under 'all' for Python: http://showmedo.com/videos/python?topic=all you'll find IDE videos on PyDev, SPE, VIM, IPython as well as 2 series on the commercial Wing IDE. Hope that helps, Ian. Meftah Tayeb wrote: > hi my friends, > please i want to begin developing with python. > 1. do you know a tutorial for this ? > 2. do you know a Free IDE for Python (for windows) ? > > Thanks > > > > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- http://Services.ShowMeDo.com http://ShowMeDo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] self-learning Python
Hi Enrique. I'll suggest my ShowMeDo for video tutorials - our 'beginner' subsection for Python has 101 videos: http://showmedo.com/videos/python?topic=beginner_programming Most of the videos are free (3 series - in yellow - require a subscription, everything else is free). Topics covered include learning Python, watching Python modules in action, an online tour of Python web-resources, cool modules like RUR-PLE, Crunchy, pyGame, wxPython and lots of other stuff. There are even more tutorials in the main Python section: http://showmedo.com/videos/python Hope that helps, Ian. Enrique Nieves, Jr. wrote: > I’m not a programmer, but would like to learn to program. I’m > considering self-learning python on my spare time. Can you recommend > the best books, online training, or other resources? I know nothing > about programming. > > > > enrique > > > > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- http://Services.ShowMeDo.com http://ShowMeDo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Video file metadata? (MP4/WMV)
Hi Allen. I don't know of a Python module but I believe that ffmpeg will do what you want. Inside ShowMeDo I start it using os.spawnv and I use Python to do some processing on ffmpeg's output. We use it to transcode incoming AVI/MOVs to .FLV files. This would be more involved than just using a module. I've never looked at ffmpeg's handling of metadata but looking at the help I see: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ffmpeg ... -title string set the title -timestamp time set the timestamp -author string set the author -copyright string set the copyright -comment string set the comment -album string set the album ... which might be what you're after? You should also be able to use ffmpeg for automated conversion to MP4. The only drawback is that ffmpeg might not understand the most recent WMV formats (WMV9 if memory serves) as Microsoft won't open the spec. HTH, Ian. Allen Fowler wrote: > Hello, > > I have several hundred WMV video files with bad embedded author/title/date > information. > > However, the correct information is correctly encoded in the file name.. i.e. > "title-author-date.wmv" > > Seems like the a great job for Python. :) > > Also, I am about to convert these fiiles to MP4 for use on an iPod. The video > software I am using will, I think, transfer the metadata from the WMV to the > new MP4 files. > > So, two questions: > > 1) Does these exist a python module I can use to programatically edit the > metadata in MP4 > files? > > 2) Failing that, is there a python module I can use to edit the > metadata in the WMV files? (hopeing the data makes it through the > conversion..) > > -- Thank you > > > > > > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- http://Services.ShowMeDo.com http://ShowMeDo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] ANN: Beginner Python screencasts in 'developing emol!' ShowMeDo series
Summary - Erik Thompson is creating a long screencast series aimed at new Python programmers. You will learn to build a 3D Molecule Viewer, topics covered include Classes, Design, wxPython GUIs and pyOpenGL 3D graphics: http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=vXJsRwlBX Detail - Currently at 14 episodes (with more to come) Erik shows you how he: * designs his application with Use Cases and Classes * uses Bazaar for source-code control * uses wxPython and pyOpenGL to create a 3D molecule viewer * bug fixes * uses the GPL and Copyright We have a total of 177 Python videos here: http://showmedo.com/videos/python?topic=all Please remember to *say Thank You* using the Comment form below the videos (or using the Quick Comments to the side of the videos) as Authors love to know that you appreciated their screencast. Alan - thanks for permission to post ANNounces. Regards, Ian Ozsvald (co-founder of ShowMeDo) -- http://Services.ShowMeDo.com http://ShowMeDo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Django hosting
I'll echo Kent and give +1 to WebFaction. As Kent mentions for the price of 2 pints of beer per month on the basic shared plan: http://www.webfaction.com/services/hosting you can run your long-running Django app and receive excellent tech-support from Remi, David and team. They are long-time Python supporters (along with other dynamic languages like Ruby) and really do know their stuff. My ShowMeDo.com has been running there (on the biggest Shared Host package, now looking towards a private server with them) for 2 years and the quality of their tech support really is excellent. I feel that we're in a very safe pair of hands which is rather invaluable when you want to spend your time developing, not administering. The 60mb memory allowance on Shared1 is enough to run one or two small Django or TurboGears applications (ShowMeDo is written in TurboGears). A basic instance of TurboGears uses about 20mb and I'd guess (but have no experience) that Django uses a similar amount of memory. In relation to this and the previous (hijacked) thread, I'd suggest a new user looks at Django as their first framework. It is mature, undergoing continuous growth and has a large support network via the forums, main site and book - that'll keep you productive when you might stumble with less-well-known frameworks. Personally I'm a TurboGears supporter and have high hopes for what could happen with TG2.0 later in the year, but right now I'd suggest Django as a first port of call. HTH, Ian. ps. this is my first post, I'll modify my posting format if this comes through mangled . Ian Ozsvald [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ianozsvald.com http://Services.ShowMeDo.com + http://ShowMeDo.com http://FivePoundApp.com/ + http://OpenCoffeeSussex.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/brightondigital/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
