On Dec 2, 2007, at 3:31 PM, John Weller wrote:
> I've followed your advice and successfully installed Python and
> Dabo. I
> must say I am incredibly impressed with the amount of work you and
> Paul have
> done! I do however have a small problem - what do I do next?
>
> I've never had any dealings before with Python - should I get a
> book on that
> first so that I can learn the python syntax?
There are lots of resources online to learn from; I tend to prefer
those, and then get a book for quick lookups when Google isn't
available.
There is an excellent tutorial on python.org: http://docs.python.org/
tut/tut.html - this can be a good starting point.
One favorite site for experienced programmers who are new to Python
is Dive Into Python:
http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html
> The various screencasts show a text editor in use - which do you
> recommend
> for Windows (I'll get on to Linux when I have learnt a bit more in a
> familiar environment)?
Most decent Windows editors support Python. However, Windows is the
one platform that I didn't have a favorite editor before starting on
Dabo, so I've grown to like the Dabo Editor. You can launch it by
running the Editor.py file in the ide directory.
> How do I start the GUI/IDE?
We don't have an IDE just yet; rather, we have several visual tools
that run separately. I plan on creating an IDE, but first I need to
be able to spend a month or so without worrying about earning a
living! ;-)
These tools are all in the ide directory. To run the Class Designer,
run ClassDesigner.py. Other tools are CxnEditor.py (to visually
create database connections) and ReportDesigner.py for laying out
reports. There's also MenuDesigner.py, but it's still *very* rough
around the edges; it works, and creates working menus, but there are
lots of redraw/refresh issues in the tool itself.
-- Ed Leafe
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