Re: Windows vs. Linux
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 04:21:34PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >offer. I eventually moved over to Microsoft's Visual Basic. It was I'm very sorry. >Long story short, I want to get back into programming, and Python looks >like a good choice for me to start with, and maybe become advanced >with. Right now I run Windows as my main operating system. On my old A good choice. I write Python code both at home, on a Linux box, and at work, on Windoze. I find it slightly easier to write Python on Linux only because I can interact so easily with the OS from the command line - there are more itches to scratch and Python is one of the best backscratchers. Python on Linux lets me automate huge swathes of my life with ease. That said, there is a heck of a lot I can easily do on Windoze too. The real selling point for me is that I can work on code for work at home, on a completely different platform, and then take it to work and I know it'll Just Work(TM). As a Linux zealot, I'd say use Linux :-) As a pragmatist, use what you find more comfortable, and enjoy yourself. -- yours, William woolgathering.cx -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Windows vs. Linux
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 04:30:50AM -0700, Andy Dingley wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Is Windows >> an okay enviornment in which to program under Python, or do you >> recommend that I run a dual-boot of Linux or maybe a VMWare install >> to >> program under Python? > >Python is one of the best languages I've found for >platform-independence - significantly better than Perl. Right now I'm >coding Python that runs happily under Redhat, Windows /Cygwin and >Windows native. It also integrates closely with command line tools like >subversion, including piping their output into Python-based XML >parsers. This really wouldn't be easy with Perl. No, it's easy with Perl too - but this is a Python list, so use Python :-) >Find yourself an editor that's pretty similar under both Unix and >Windows. jEdit is a good place to start. This is very good advice. I would recommend vim or emacs (mostly vim, but I don't wish to start a holy war) as the text-editing power tools of choice, but you should find something that suits your style. This list can probably provide some guidance there, too. >You might also like to look at running Cygwin under Windows. It's a >Unix-like command shell that provides nearly every command-line Unix >tool you could want on a Windows box. Can be a little awkward at times, >but it's a huge advantage over raw Windows. Ditto. -- yours, William woolgathering.cx -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
