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gish
03-11-2002, 02:14 PM
SO what can Python do...is it a full developmenatl language...for example can I create a application in Python like I can do in C++....is it true OO...can I create "visual" python app....or is it a scripting language...sorry for the ignorance..but i have never really experienced Phython!! :)

Gish
GnuVince
03-11-2002, 02:35 PM
Yes it's a full language. It's an interpreted, object-oriented programming language.
gish
03-11-2002, 02:53 PM
alright...thank you...is there an IDE or text editor you would recommend coding in??

Thanks again

Gish
kmj
03-11-2002, 02:57 PM
obviously python doesn't fit in everywhere. It's a higher level, interpreted language, so you're not going to write your OS in python, and your not going to use it for critical realtime apps (i.e. a controller in a commercial airliner). Also, if you're doing something that is cpu-intensive and you want to minimize time, you're not going to use python or any other high level interpreted program.

That said, python should be find for for web stuff, desktop GUI apps, rapid prototyping, "quick scripts", and pretty much any other general programming area.

It's as OO as C++ or moreso; you can convert your python scripts to windows executables if you want to; what do you mean by '"visual" apps', exactly? GUI's? sure.
gish
03-11-2002, 03:00 PM
Yeah I mean gui's...
thanks

G
kmj
03-11-2002, 03:02 PM
as far as IDE's and text editors... I suggest using your favourite text editor. (mine is vim). But if you want an IDE, python comes with IDLE and there's IDLEfork which is a "bleeding edge" in-development, experimental version of IDLE. There's also WingIDE, Blackadder (for python/QT development), and a host of other possibilities.

for more info: Here's a google search with plenty of hits. (http://www.google.com/search?q=python+ides&sourceid=opera&num=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)
gish
03-11-2002, 03:08 PM
Thanks a lot!!
kmj
03-11-2002, 03:09 PM
sure :) python is good for the soul
Strike
04-02-2002, 03:28 PM
<pimpage><latecomer>
http://www.sf.net/projects/moobot

It can be an IRC bot

</latecomer></pimpage>
kmj
04-02-2002, 04:00 PM
It can be a very cool irc bot, infact. (c: Much cooler than blootbot, for example.
inkedmn
04-02-2002, 06:42 PM
i have a few pieces of python code on my site if you want to take a look. they're very elementary, but i think you'll get the idea...

:

i'm a moron:

http://inkedmn.net/code
inkedmn
04-02-2002, 06:47 PM
oh, and check out ccae for a whole lotta python (and other) code

www.codeexamples.org
gish
04-07-2002, 01:34 AM
thanks for the resources people

:)

G