Re: [Tutor] Whats so good about OOP ?

2005-03-12 Thread Sean Perry
Mark Kels wrote: Hi list ! I want to know whats so great in OOP... I have learned some of it, but I don't understand why everybody like it so much... Can anyone give me an example for a task that could be done only with OOP or will be much simpler to do with it ? Thanks in advance. Other commenters

Re: [Tutor] Whats so good about OOP ?

2005-03-12 Thread Sean Perry
Brian van den Broek wrote: 1) Namespace issues With procedural (or imperative -- don't know which is the right terms for non-OOP code which employs functions) code, you can have issues caused by namespaces. Just yesterday, someone on the main python list/newsgroup had code something like: procedura

Re: [Tutor] Whats so good about OOP ?

2005-03-12 Thread Alan Gauld
> Can anyone give me an example for a task that could be done only with > OOP or will be much simpler to do with it ? Anything that can be done in OOP can be done without it. But OOP makes many things easier. But OOP only really becomes useful in bigger programs. If your biggest program is less t

Re: [Tutor] Code example

2005-03-12 Thread Alan Gauld
> Can someone please show me an example of two programs - you run one in > console one - then when you run one in console two - it talks to the > first program = sending a specific string instructing the first one to > close. Look at the socket examples in the Python web pages. The sender and rece

Re: [Tutor] and once i have learned how to program ?

2005-03-12 Thread Jacob S.
In IDLE, go to File, New Window. Type in your scripts there. Go to file, click save, and save it with a py extension ex. "myscript.py" Since you're on XP, you should be able to double click on it... If you can't, then you have to go into file associations and junk like that.

[Tutor] Code example

2005-03-12 Thread Mike Wagman
Trying to work on two programs that talk to each other - and just not getting the basics. Can someone please show me an example of two programs - you run one in console one - then when you run one in console two - it talks to the first program = sending a specific string instructing the first one

[Tutor] Cannot use 'Browse PythonPath' in PythonWin

2005-03-12 Thread Richard Dybowski
I have installed PythonWin 2.4 via ActivePython 2.4.0.244 . My OS is Windows 98 SE. When I try to use the 'Browse PythonPath' menu item in the PythonWin IDE, I get a long error output starting with >>> Failed to execute command: from pywin.tools import browseProjects;browseProjects.Browse() Tra

[Tutor] python>data>sqlite>python>data>paper

2005-03-12 Thread Jan Ekström
I have looked through a lot of tutor documentation. But I would ask someone to show me python code for putting som data in a sqlite database and code showing how I get data out of such a database and finaly code for printing data on a special part of a paper. Anybody knewing? Jan   __

Re: [Tutor] Whats so good about OOP ?

2005-03-12 Thread Brian van den Broek
Mark Kels said unto the world upon 2005-03-12 08:04: Hi list ! I want to know whats so great in OOP... I have learned some of it, but I don't understand why everybody like it so much... Can anyone give me an example for a task that could be done only with OOP or will be much simpler to do with it

Re: [Tutor] Installing Python....Getting Started (fwd)....sorry

2005-03-12 Thread Jan Ekström
I didn't understand. But now I think I have done right. Answer all is an alternative to answer. Sorry for your trouble. Jan - Original Message - From: "Danny Yoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tutor" Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 12:38 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Installin

Re: [Tutor] Whats so good about OOP ?

2005-03-12 Thread Kent Johnson
Mark Kels wrote: Hi list ! I want to know whats so great in OOP... I have learned some of it, but I don't understand why everybody like it so much... - One of the great challenges in programming is managing complexity. A program of any size is too complex to hold in your brain all at once. Techniq

Re: [Tutor] Whats so good about OOP ?

2005-03-12 Thread Bill Kranec
Hi Mark, In my brief experience with OOP, I would say that the main advantage is organization of code. All functions and attributes that you need to work with an object are wrapped up nicely inside the object. Also, object inheritance provides a great framework for easy customization. For examp

[Tutor] Whats so good about OOP ?

2005-03-12 Thread Mark Kels
Hi list ! I want to know whats so great in OOP... I have learned some of it, but I don't understand why everybody like it so much... Can anyone give me an example for a task that could be done only with OOP or will be much simpler to do with it ? Thanks in advance. -- 1. The day Microsoft makes