Re: A few questions

2007-05-22 Thread Urban, Gabor
Jay wrote: " 1. What are your views about Python vs Perl? Do you see one as better than the other?" They are different languages. Perl is very powerfull if you use it knowing potential problems. Python is definitely much easier to learn and use. "2. Is there a good book to start with while learni

Re: Python Newbie Suggestions

2007-05-21 Thread Urban, Gabor
Stephen wrote: " For a newbie any material referenced should be current and include what is available in Python 2.5." I disagree. A newbie should learn Python and and Python programming . Not the latest should be the best choice Gabor Urban NMC - ART -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/li

RE: unittest dependencies

2007-05-04 Thread Urban, Gabor
Hullo! I have several questions about this problem. Do you have more test scripts using the unittest framework? My blind idea would be the following: run test b first, and go forward when no errors are found. To do this you could change the TestRunner component. The official documentation is g

IDLE problem

2007-04-02 Thread Urban, Gabor
Hi, I have a strange problem with the latest 2.4.4 on MS XP. If I rrun a test script in DOS window, it is ok. From the Python shell I got error: Python 2.4.4 (#71, Oct 18 2006, 08:34:43) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

Re: XML Parsing

2007-03-28 Thread Urban, Gabor
HI, I could suggest you to use the minidom xml parser from xml module. Your XML schema does not seem to complocated. You will find detailed descriptions, and working code in the book: Dive ino Python. Google for it :-)) Gabor Urban NMC - ART -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyth