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by Lamont Adams

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Anybody out there doing any development with Python? I played with it briefly and found it neat, but I had no idea how to do anything practical with it.

Anyone working on the next (first??) great Python app?

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by hscholten

Python is allready in use big time (Google, NASA, etc.) A VERY nice application written in Python is Zope (www.zope.org).
TheKompany (www.thekompany.com) has just released the first beta of BlackAdder, a Python + QT IDE. If you like python (I use it and like it very much) also look at QT (www.trolltech.com), their signals+slots technology is very interesting. It supports looseley coupled objects and supports Model View Controller very well.
Jython (www.jython.org)is also VERY interesting. Itlets you write Java applications in very short time.
Python is also the best script language available on both win32 and unixes. It supports COM objects on M$. If you are still stuck with this inferior OS, you can start using a real language and than move to a proper operating system like Linux.
If you are going to install python on windoze, look at www.activestate.com.

by sorin

... the best answer is probably at
www.python.org
Shortly, an OO interpreter with many flexible types, working on many platfoms, interacting naturally with PostgreSQL (an SQL DB) and good for posting web pages.
Nice site wrote in Python: www.givex.com

Sorin Schwimmer

by cornelhughes

i heard about it some time ago and was told that its an alternative to perl, easier to learn and object orientated. The syntax from what i have seen is clearer than the perl code I have seen. I am looking at writing programs in a None windows environment and needed some suggestions on should I concentrate on python or java first?I am trying to quickly get into UNIX programming coming from the world of using Borland C++ Builder

by Lamont Adams

Python interpreters depend on whitespace to block code, and I've heard that interpreters are generally VERY picky about this.

Personally, I think having to count my tabs every time I built an IF would be annoying...

What do you think?

by ceber

I've used Python a fair bit, and really enjoyed it. Most programming editors handle the whitespace issue easily (at least, I've never had a problem with it). After trying it for a while I prefer it to braces, etc. You end up not even realizing that you're sticking to the syntax rules, it just sort of flows...
At least, that's been my experience. I've noticed that it's much easier to understand the 'one-off' code that you never thought you'd have to touch again, but suddenly need to.

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