[BangPypers] 2D plotting libraries.

2010-06-03 Thread Shiv Shankar
Hello, I have a finite 2 dimensional plane. I have a set of co-ordinates, which is basically the movement of an object. The co-ordinates are derived from a set of equations considering various factors. After a set of initial research and tryouts i *quickly *decided on using * pygame* to plot the c

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Senthil Kumaran wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:49:59PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > I have been commissioned to create and implement a course (compulsory with 2 > > credits for first semester) on computer programming for business managers > > for > >

[BangPypers] ReadError: opening tar file

2010-06-03 Thread murugadoss
Hello, I am trying to extract a tar file. while doing this i check the valid tar file using is_tarfile( ). It is working fine in a 32-bit linux machine with python 2.5.4 version and when i try it out in a 64-bit linux pc, i end up saying file is invalid(false). This machine was using python 2.4 an

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:49:59PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > I have been commissioned to create and implement a course (compulsory with 2 > credits for first semester) on computer programming for business managers for > MBA's in a new B school that is starting up. I envisage something lik

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Friday 04 June 2010 08:37:07 Siddharta G wrote: > Agree with Noufal. The course should be tailored to how we expect them to > use it later on. > > The goal shouldn't be to make them programmers. I would think it should > focus on helping them solve bits and pieces problems that they might > enc

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Siddharta G
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Venkatraman S wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: > > > What's the intention of the course? The structure of the course would > > depend on that methinks. Is it to > > - Give the students some programming skills so that they can use t

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 03 June 2010 23:04:01 Pradeep Gowda wrote: > > I have been commissioned to create and implement a course (compulsory > > with 2 credits for first semester) on computer programming for business > > managers for MBA's in a new B school that is starting up. I envisage > > something like th

Re: [BangPypers] [IndiChix] [X-post] The InfoLadies of Bangladesh

2010-06-03 Thread स्वक्ष
hi, On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 07:12, Kadambari Devarajan wrote: > > I wish we had more such programs like these in India. I think I know what I > can do when am back there. Using FOSS for such a program in India would be Fwiw, something like this, tailored to city dwellers needs, would be good for

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: > What's the intention of the course? The structure of the course would > depend on that methinks. Is it to > - Give the students some programming skills so that they can use them > if needed for their actual work. > - Appreciate the finer

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > hi, > > I have been commissioned to create and implement a course (compulsory with 2 > credits for first semester) on computer programming for business managers for > MBA's in a new B school that is starting up. I envisage something lik

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Pradeep Gowda
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Pradeep Gowda wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: >> hi, >> >> I have been commissioned to create and implement a course (compulsory with 2 >> credits for first semester) on computer programming for business managers for >> MBA's in a

Re: [BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Pradeep Gowda
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > hi, > > I have been commissioned to create and implement a course (compulsory with 2 > credits for first semester) on computer programming for business managers for > MBA's in a new B school that is starting up. I envisage something like t

[BangPypers] python for management studies

2010-06-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, I have been commissioned to create and implement a course (compulsory with 2 credits for first semester) on computer programming for business managers for MBA's in a new B school that is starting up. I envisage something like the nltk tutorial. Ideas and suggestions please. I will, of cours

Re: [BangPypers] Regarding web framework in Python

2010-06-03 Thread Pradeep Gowda
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Jins Thomas wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Pradeep Gowda wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:47 AM, Jins Thomas wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > Would like to ask one suggestion from bangpypers. >> > >> > I have a oracle  database in Unix and need to cr

Re: [BangPypers] Regarding web framework in Python

2010-06-03 Thread Pradeep Gowda
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:15:12 +0530 > Jins Thomas wrote: > [...] >> Current requirement is like we are planning to build such an >> application which should have >> >> 1.  (Web) client gui  which can connect to a database, run some >> perl scrip

Re: [BangPypers] Regarding web framework in Python

2010-06-03 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Jins Thomas wrote:[..] > Would some body please advice when free on > > 1.  Whether web.py itself is the good option for building this kind of > framework. web.py is nice an it has it's own niche. You should really spend a while evaluating the options before you st

Re: [BangPypers] Regarding web framework in Python

2010-06-03 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:15:12 +0530 Jins Thomas wrote: [...] > Current requirement is like we are planning to build such an > application which should have > > 1. (Web) client gui which can connect to a database, run some > perl scripts at the back end, gives back the results in the gui > (result

Re: [BangPypers] Regarding web framework in Python

2010-06-03 Thread Jins Thomas
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Pradeep Gowda wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:47 AM, Jins Thomas wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Would like to ask one suggestion from bangpypers. > > > > I have a oracle database in Unix and need to create a web based GUI to > > execute some queries/scripts (vi