On Nov 22, 6:06 pm, "~km" <knny.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi together, > > I'm a python-proficient newbie and want to tackle a program with > Python 2.x, which basically organizes all my digital books (*.pdf, > *.chm, etc..) and to give them specific "labels", such as: > > "Author" -> string > "Read" -> boolean > "Last Opened:" -> string > and so on.. > > Now my question is: > > Is it a better method to use a /database/, a /static File/, with some > Markup (e.g.: YAML, XML), a Python dictionary or are there better ways > I > don't know of.., for organizing my books collection? I'm sure you can > do > it in any way above, but I'm apelling to /your/ personal experience > and > preference. Please give me at least one reason, why.
If your data structure is just a list of dictionaries and you do not have any performance/security issues to consider yet, then you can use pure Python for your input, since it is pretty easy to hand-edit, and then occasionally you could use the PrettyPrinter module to format your data. YAML is another option, as it can offer a slightly cleaner syntax, but I do not think it buys you a whole lot more than that for your use case. Same for JSON--I like JSON but you do not need it right away. PrettyPrinter is batteries included. I would avoid XML and pickle. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
