On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Jeff Johnson <j...@san-dc.com> wrote: > On 07/02/2010 06:32 PM, David Hutto wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:31 PM, David Hutto<smokefl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Well, it was mainly that he said he was a beginner and was only using >>> this for a single banking project, I do believe. >>> >>> Not that learning a new package would >> >> wouldn't >> >> >> be helpful, I like >> >>> >>> experimenting, and failing/succeeding, but if this is all he needs to >>> accomplish, then not using more than is necessary would be beneficial. >>> A simple script, with simple sqlite fields to maintain. >>> >>> > > David: Experimenting, failing and succeeding is the life of a programmer. > I have been programming for many years in assemply, FORTRAN, COBOL, Basic, > RPG, FoxPro, C, but I am now totally committed to Python. It is the best of > all worlds. Coming from the Microsoft side, open source and Python creates > a whole new set of problems. Do I use Windows? Do I use Linux? Do I use > my Mac Book Pro? You do have to make some decisions before moving on. The > choices are endless. > > I have found Dabo and Django to be beneficial for me because they target > what I want to do. > > Your mileage may vary. ;^)
In the end, there might be so many packages, I might not be able to handle it all(for my own uses). But, I would think, you would agree that a simple account balance app, would be no more than tkinter with a few functions to write and retrieve data from a sqlite db. To quote Sherlock, 'Sometimes, after eliminating the impossible, what ever is left, no matter how improbable, must be the solution.', or something like that. > > -- > Jeff > > --------------- > > Jeff Johnson > j...@san-dc.com > (623) 582-0323 > > www.san-dc.com > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
