November 30, 2011 by
Mike This blog ran an article about wxPython, SQLAlchemy, CRUD and MVC earlier this month. The program that we created in that post was dubbed "MediaLocker", whether or not it was explicitly stated as such. Anyway, since then, I have received a couple comments about improving the program. One came from Michael Bayer, one of the […]
November 26, 2011 by
Mike This week, I discovered a new book on Python titled Treading on Python Vol. 1 by Matt Harrison. The book is only in draft form, so it's still pretty rough, but the author was kind enough to send me a free copy in epub and mobi formats. I read part of it using EPUBReader, an […]
November 24, 2011 by
Mike Python is pretty easy to install on Windows, but sometimes you need to do a few extra tweaks to really get the most our your development environment. In this article, we will try to cover all the common things you might want to do or install to get an ideal Python Windows development workspace set […]
November 23, 2011 by
Mike Recently, I was linked to the Python Forum because one of my friends on the wxPython IRC channel said that Packt was trying to find reviewers for their new book, Numpy 1.5 Beginner's Guide by Ivan Idris. I doubt they're going to find many people on that website though. I've certainly never heard of it. […]
November 10, 2011 by
Mike In this article, we will be creating a program to store our personal books or perhaps just the books you've read. It will demonstrate how to combine wxPython and SqlAlchemy, a SQL Object Relational Mapper (ORM). This program will also give you an introduction to the model-view-controller (MVC) and "create, read, update and destroy" (CRUD) […]
November 10, 2011 by
Mike Last night, Andrea Gavana released his new Namespace Diff Tool (NDT) to the world. I got his permission to reprint his announcement here for all those people who don't follow the wxPython mailing list. I think it sounds like a really cool tool. You should check it out and see what you think. Here is […]