Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-07-02 Thread Riccardo Galli
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:57:36 -0700, xeys_00 wrote: > The other alternative > is to install console mode linux on it and hope that the ncurses library > can be used by python. Hi, for curses module and linux, I made a library which give you various widgets (combobox, buttons,checkbox,menubar,...)

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-07-02 Thread TZOTZIOY
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 07:11:43 -0500, rumours say that phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written: >I wonder what percentage of the tools you refer to are >Eclipse and not Java per se. ?? I don't know. >The really big bucks of IBM sent Eclipse through the roof. The project name is pretty offensi

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-30 Thread Tom Anderson
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, phil wrote: >> Wow! How about a sextant? Simple device really. And a great practical >> demonstration of trigonometry. > > Excellent idea, even found a few how to sites. We'll do it. > Any others? A ballista? For many years when i was a kid, my dad wanted to build a ballist

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-30 Thread Magnus Lycka
I think Python works on fairly antique hardware, whatever OS you use (as long as the OS works ok). You can get a DOS version of Python 2.2 at http://www.caddit.net/ , but I don't have any good suggestions for a UI then. This might work after some tweaking: http://www.effbot.org/zone/console-index.h

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread Mike Meyer
"Adriaan Renting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I realy prefer a WYSIWYG UI design tool > to having to code BUTTON(120, 123, 123, 335, -1, NULL, doButton, "Push", > "push this button") With a modern GUI library, it's more like: buttonBox.addWidget(Button("&New", my, "new")) and your button

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread Paul Rubin
phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Wow! How about a sextant? > > Simple device really. And a great practical demonstration of trigonometry. > > > > Excellent idea, even found a few how to sites. We'll do it. > Any others? Sextants are difficult to build precisely (compared with quadrants) and t

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread John Machin
Thomas Bartkus wrote: > "phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>About teaching in the exact sciences: I think we need a more hands-on >>>applied approach, to some extent this holds for the entire school >>>system. >> >>YES! As a geometry(& trig) teacher, I am goin

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread phil
> Wow! How about a sextant? > Simple device really. And a great practical demonstration of trigonometry. > Excellent idea, even found a few how to sites. We'll do it. Any others? I think I am going to have them build a shed because they need to get their hands on SOMETHING. But the geometry/tim

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread Thomas Bartkus
"phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > About teaching in the exact sciences: I think we need a more hands-on > > applied approach, to some extent this holds for the entire school > > system. > > YES! As a geometry(& trig) teacher, I am going to have them build a >

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread Peter Hansen
Harry George wrote: > "Adriaan Renting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>Both VB and Python are easier to learn as the more powerful >>languages, the price is that they lack features that make it easier to >>manage large and complex projects. > > What is a large project, and what is Python missing th

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread phil
> About teaching in the exact sciences: I think we need a more hands-on > applied approach, to some extent this holds for the entire school > system. YES! As a geometry(& trig) teacher, I am going to have them build a shed, a kite, a sundial. I would love some doable ideas for hands on which woul

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread Adriaan Renting
The question was about someone with limited programming experience building simple easy to use programs on Windows. This is the niche where VB and Delphi realy shine. Python with TkInter is kind of o.k., I realy like Python+PyQt+Eric3+QtDesigner, but currently that only works with a commercial lice

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread Chinook
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:11:43 -0400, phil wrote (in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): > > Comes down to preference. Isn't it absolutely amazing how many > choices we have. Remember the 70's - Cobol, ASM, C, Basic.CICS(shudder) > And please, no eulogies (especially for CICS) - being reminded of them

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread phil
> I don't want to start a flamewar here - > No heat, no flames. Everyone's cool > Let me emphasize a little more. Even though Python itself is great, I think we > don't have quite yet tools that offer > Ya know, I just don't know enough about javaworld. The language I do not like. I wonder

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-29 Thread Edvard Majakari
phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From 30 years of application development experience I will tell you > NOT HUMBLY, that Python is easily the most productive, the most read-write > and the most elegant of any of the above. Handsdown better than Java, the > runner up in that group. I don't want

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread fuzzylollipop
you need to find another place to work -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread Ron Adam
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, sorry to throw perhaps unrelated stuff in here, but I want everyone > to know what we have right now in the office. We started with an > electric typewriter and file cabinets. We were given an old 386 with a > 20 mb hard drive about 5 years ago, and we moved everythi

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread Lee Harr
> make something that will work for him, am I correct? The other > alternative is to install console mode linux on it and hope that the > ncurses library can be used by python. The system could be as low as a > 486 dx2 66 with maybe 16 megs of ram. Well, I just thought I'd give you > people more in

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread phil
> I may > try to convince the boss that I can write dos programs for the existing > machine. If we get any kind of upgrade, I'm sure it will be able to run > linux with X and a low overhead window manager. If that happened, I'd > be able to use python and this "tk" thing you have talked about and >

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread xeys_00
Ok, sorry to throw perhaps unrelated stuff in here, but I want everyone to know what we have right now in the office. We started with an electric typewriter and file cabinets. We were given an old 386 with a 20 mb hard drive about 5 years ago, and we moved everything over to a very very old version

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread phil
> > You are quite correct to point out how much better it is to know what is > going on behind the scenes. But heck, once you know how to extract square > roots - you need to let the computer do it! > > GUI interfaces should be the same deal! > Thomas Bartkus > I think I pretty much agree. I es

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread Thomas Bartkus
"phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Theres even a version of Python for .NET, called IronPython. The major > > advantage of this is that you get to program in Python, which I can > > tell you from experience is a lot more enjoyable and pain-free than C, > >

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread Max M
phil wrote: > You would be wise, if you choose Python to choose Tkinter or WxWindows > and learn the properties of a radio button and how to trigger events. > Writing simple GUIs is not that hard. Then after you know what is > going on behind the scenes, a BOA Constructor will not be as > mysteri

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread phil
> > Theres even a version of Python for .NET, called IronPython. The major > advantage of this is that you get to program in Python, which I can > tell you from experience is a lot more enjoyable and pain-free than C, > C++, Fortran, or Java (and, I would highly suspect, VB and C#). But > apparen

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread Jordan Rastrick
The problem with all posts that say "Use Visual Basic, its easy for small programs" is that small programs, seemingly inevitably, become bigger programs (unless they become dead, unmaintained programs). If your users - you, your boss, coworkers, whoever - find your software useful, and you start to

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread Adriaan Renting
Visual Basic is a good option for small programs on Windows. It does cost a lot of money depending on your needs. It's not a good choice for large programs (or at least used to be). The older versions of VC++ are very hard and difficult, the newer versions seem to be o.k. I used to prefer Borland C

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread Cyril BAZIN
Hello, If you have enough money to buy a licence, Visual Basic seem a very good option. (But you should learn how to use design patterns.) Without knowing this language I was able to perform a graphical user interface to interact with an automat, a mySQL database and many analogical sensors in le

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-28 Thread Peter Maas
Brian schrieb: > Microsoft Visual Basic (.NET) would be your best bet for this type of > software development. It allows you to create GUI apps that can work > with a variety of database options, such as Access or MS SQL Server. Maybe you're right with .net, but I'd go for C# when doing .net. B

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread James
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm a manager where I work(one of the cogs in a food service company). > The boss needed one of us to become the "tech guy", and part of that is > writing small windows programs for the office. He wants the development > work done in house, and he knows I am in school for

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread Brian
Thomas Bartkus wrote: > I would modify that. > > 1) VB shines in the MS Windows/Office realm. > 2) Python shines everywhere else. True. However, it's also important to remember that most computer systems (at least in the United States) come with Microsoft Windows installed on them. You have t

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread Thomas Bartkus
"Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Xeys, > > Even though I absolutely love Python... > > Microsoft Visual Basic (.NET) would be your best bet for this type of > software development. It allows you to create GUI apps that can work > with a variety of database o

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread Philippe C. Martin
As well as wxDesigner (great!) http://www.roebling.de/ Regards, Philippe Björn Lindström wrote: > Apple Grew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I think since speed is not such an issue (I heard that python can make >> faster GUI programs) you should use Visual Basic. It is very well >> suited

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread phil
I see several on this list have their opinion and lean toward VB. Not me, done that and vc++. Hate'em. Been developing 30 years and I like control over what I'm doing and Python and Tkinter are the best tools I've ever used. And for the most part IDE's like BOA Constructor are just confusing. IMHO

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread Brian
Hi Xeys, Even though I absolutely love Python... Microsoft Visual Basic (.NET) would be your best bet for this type of software development. It allows you to create GUI apps that can work with a variety of database options, such as Access or MS SQL Server. My personal opinion is this: ---

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread Björn Lindström
Apple Grew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think since speed is not such an issue (I heard that python can make > faster GUI programs) you should use Visual Basic. It is very well > suited for Windows programming. There is the good thing that you can > visually create the GUI hence it is easier to

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess you need a database plus GUI layer for your apps, you might look in to MS Access (or Open Office 2.0 Base, but this is still beta, so I don't think your boss will like that) for that -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread Apple Grew
I think since speed is not such an issue (I heard that python can make faster GUI programs) you should use Visual Basic. It is very well suited for Windows programming. There is the good thing that you can visually create the GUI hence it is easier to create the GUI. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Boss wants me to program

2005-06-27 Thread xeys_00
I'm a manager where I work(one of the cogs in a food service company). The boss needed one of us to become the "tech guy", and part of that is writing small windows programs for the office. He wants the development work done in house, and he knows I am in school for a CS minor. I know basic C++(Par