Marc Tompkins wrote:
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Mark Young <marky1...@gmail.com
<mailto:marky1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I'm now fairly familiar with Python, so I'm thinking about starting
to learn a second programming language. The problem is, I don't know
which to learn. I want a language that will be good for me to
learn, but is not so different from python that I will be totally
confused.
May I suggest (some dialect of) SQL? It _is_ quite different from
Python, but learning it will familiarise you with some concepts that
will be very useful if you want to use your Python skillz in a
data-driven application. It's true that you can use Python modules to
interface with databases, and maybe never write more than a line or two
of real SQL - but those modules are a lot easier to understand if you
know what they're doing under the hood.
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I like this suggestion. A language is fairly useless without some work
to do and for me personally, all of my applications access databases. I
have been programming since 1970 and I have used many languages in my
work. After you learn a few you notice the similarities and can pick up
a new language quicker. Most of the languages suggested use SQL in some
form or fashion. So I would recommend installing PostgreSQL and
learning to work with it using the Python you already know. I recommend
PostgreSQL because of the cost (free), licensing, and ease of use.
One other thing that is important to me is packaging an application for
distribution and updating existing applications. That "language" would
be Inno Setup.
HTH
FWIW, Python is my favorite language to use for too many reasons to list
here!
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Jeff
Jeff Johnson
j...@dcsoftware.com
Phoenix Python User Group - sunpigg...@googlegroups.com
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