Re: Planning a Python Course for Beginners

2017-08-09 Thread Verde Denim
On 8/9/2017 9:25 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram): > >> Steve D'Aprano writes: >>> There's a word for frozen list: "tuple". >> Yes, but one should not forget that a tuple >> can contain mutable entries (such as lists). > Not when used as keys: > > >>> hash

Re: Need reviews for my book on introductory python

2017-01-26 Thread Verde Denim
You would like us to volunteer to "review" your book that you'd like us to buy from you and that has already been published and used as a curriculum guide... If you'd like it reviewed by the Py community, how about making it available to us and allow us to edit it or suggest changes as needed?

Re: Odd msg received from list

2013-11-16 Thread Verde Denim
On 11/16/2013 08:18 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Verde Denim wrote: >> Chris >> Yes, I mean precisely that. The password was sent to me in the body of >> the message in plaintext. That is what has me very concerned about the >> list

Re: Odd msg received from list

2013-11-16 Thread Verde Denim
at 12:30 AM, Gregory Ewing > wrote: >> Verde Denim wrote: >>> The message also listed my >>> account password, which I found odd. >> >> You mean the message contained your actual password, >> in plain text? That's not just odd, it's rather

Odd msg received from list

2013-11-14 Thread Verde Denim
I got an odd message this morning from the list telling me that my account was de-activated due to excessive bounces. I've only sent a handful of messages to this board, but do read an awful lot of the posts in order to learn more about the language. The message also listed my account password, whi

Re: Working with XML/XSD

2013-08-06 Thread Verde Denim
On 08/05/2013 06:56 PM, David Barroso wrote: > Hello, > I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. I > would like to develop some scripts to manage Cisco routers and > switches using XML. However, I am not sure where to start. Does > someone have some experience working with

Re: LiClipse

2013-03-22 Thread Verde Denim
On 03/22/2013 04:26 PM, Wanderer wrote: > I just updated PyDev and I got this message that they are looking for funding > for a new flavor of Eclipse called LiClipse. The description of what LiClipse > will be is kind of sketchy. No offense intended, but why? There is already a > bunch of downlo

Re: I made a small reddit console feed with python last night

2013-02-13 Thread Verde Denim
On 02/13/2013 04:40 PM, Jared Wright wrote: > If you would like to get a copy of it, instructions are here on Github > > https://github.com/jawerty/AlienFeed > What's a "reddit" console feed? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: import of ttk

2013-01-05 Thread Verde Denim
On 01/04/2013 11:39 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 1/4/2013 11:02 PM, Verde Denim wrote: >> In reading through one of the learning articles, I have a bit of code >> that imports ttk, but I apparently don't have this installed. I've >> looked up the svn checkout for pyt

import of ttk

2013-01-04 Thread Verde Denim
In reading through one of the learning articles, I have a bit of code that imports ttk, but I apparently don't have this installed. I've looked up the svn checkout for python-tk, and have checked it out (read-only), but still get the same error. I'm running 2.6.6 python, if that helps. The article

Re: learning curve

2012-12-28 Thread Verde Denim
On 12/27/2012 09:32 PM, alex23 wrote: > On Dec 28, 11:20 am, Verde Denim wrote: >> Just getting into Py coding and not understanding why this code doesn't >> seem to do anything - > > Is that the sum total of your code? You're not showing any > instantiation of

learning curve

2012-12-27 Thread Verde Denim
Just getting into Py coding and not understanding why this code doesn't seem to do anything - # File: dialog2.py import dialog_handler class MyDialog(dialog_handler.Dialog): def body(self, master): Label(master, text="First:").grid(row=0) Label(master, text="Second:").grid(row

running gui py script

2012-12-26 Thread Verde Denim
I'm learning py in this environment - PyCrust 0.9.5 - The Flakiest Python Shell Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Dec 26 2010, 22:31:48) [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2 When I type a tkinter program in pycrust (or pyshell), it executes as expected, but when I call it from a command line, it doesn't. What I'm gettin

Re: loops

2012-12-02 Thread Verde Denim
On 12/02/2012 04:43 PM, Mitya Sirenef wrote: > On 12/02/2012 04:39 PM, Verde Denim wrote: >> I'm just getting into py coding, and have come across an oddity in a py >> book - while loops that don't work as expected... >> >> import random >> >> M

loops

2012-12-02 Thread Verde Denim
I'm just getting into py coding, and have come across an oddity in a py book - while loops that don't work as expected... import random MIN = 1 MAX = 6 def main(): again = 'y' while again == 'y': print('Rolling...') print('Values are: ') print(random.randint(MIN,

Re: The way to develope a graphical application to manage a Postgres database

2012-08-02 Thread Verde Denim
Sounds like you have enough pieces-parts... is it a question of the development process? On Aug 2, 2012 3:08 PM, "Csanyi Pal" wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to python. > > I'm searching for a way to develope a Python graphical application for a > Postgresql database. > > I have installed on my Debian G

Re: network protocols

2012-06-13 Thread Verde Denim
On 6/13/12, John Sutterfield wrote: > > Tarek, > > There doesn't appear to be a function in stdlib to cover that particular > case. > > Doug Hellman has a nice section on finding service info here: > > http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/socket/addressing.html > > It wouldn't be "built-in", but it

Py and SQL

2011-11-30 Thread Verde Denim
All I have a sql script that I've included in a simple Py file that gives an error in the SQL. The problem is that the SQL code executes correctly in a database IDE environment (in this case ora developer). So, I'm concluding that I'm doing something amiss in the Py code. Does anyone see why this c

Re: dpkg

2011-08-26 Thread Verde Denim
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Ken Watford wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Verde Denim wrote: > > Looking for this with find / -name libclntsh.so.11.1 -print produces > > /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client64/lib/libclntsh.so.11.1 > > > > I'm confused

dpkg

2011-08-26 Thread Verde Denim
I downloaded cx_oracle for installation to Ubuntu 11.04 64bit this morning, and the alien and dpkg operations worked fine, but on testing the import, the error msg shows that the oracle client lib is missing. I found a thread that mentioned installing the oracle instant client on 11.04 to resolve t

Re: smtp

2011-08-08 Thread Verde Denim
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Verde Denim wrote: > > and it returns - > > "TypeError" with no other information... > > It appears to be generated from the line > > > > msg = ("Fr

smtp

2011-08-08 Thread Verde Denim
I'm working on learning various aspects of Py coding, and happened to review the smtplib docs this morning. I entered the sample code from http://www.python.org/doc//current/library/smtplib.html import smtplib def prompt(prompt): return raw_input(prompt).strip() fromaddr = prompt("From: ")toad

Re: Looking for Coders or Testers for an Open Source File Organizer

2011-06-15 Thread Verde Denim
I'm interested in helping out, but I'm also curious to know how this application will differentiate itself from those already in development (i.e. more robust feature set, tighter functionality, better security, or just because it is developed in Py)? Regards Jack On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:53 AM

Re: Kind of OT - Books on software development?

2011-05-25 Thread Verde Denim
Hey everyone, I am looking at some projects coming up, which may or may not involve python. So I figured I would throw the question out there and see what everyone thinks. I am looking for some books on software engineering/development... something that discusses techniques from ideation, up throug

Re: Python IDE/text-editor

2011-04-16 Thread Verde Denim
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 10:39 AM, craf wrote: > Look this: > > http://portableapps.com/apps/development/geany_portable > > > Regards. > > Cristian > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > All good suggestions. I think it may depend on the level of expertise you're at. Win

Re: Can you advice a Python library to query a lan subnet with SNMP and collect MAC addresses of nodes?

2011-04-15 Thread Verde Denim
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Aldo Ceccarelli wrote: > Hello All, > in my specific problem I will be happy of a response where possible > to: > > 1. distinguish different operating systems of answering nodes > 2. collect responses of Wyse thin-clients with "Thin OS" to get node > name and MAC a

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio from Microsoft - Free & Open Source

2011-03-10 Thread Verde Denim
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:54 AM, roland garros wrote: > > FYI... > > http://pytools.codeplex.com > > Enjoy! > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > There goes the neighborhood...:P -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: n00b formatting

2011-02-24 Thread Verde Denim
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Chris Rebert wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Verde Denim wrote: > > hi, all > > i can't believe i don't see this, but > > python from the command line: > >>>> x = '0D' > >>>&

Re: n00b formatting

2011-02-24 Thread Verde Denim
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:49 PM, MRAB wrote: > On 24/02/2011 16:41, Verde Denim wrote: > >> hi, all >> i can't believe i don't see this, but >> python from the command line: >> >>> x = '0D' >> >>> y = '0x'

n00b formatting

2011-02-24 Thread Verde Denim
hi, all i can't believe i don't see this, but python from the command line: >>> x = '0D' >>> y = '0x' + x >>> print "%d" % int(y,0) 13 content of testme.py: x = '0D' y = '0x' + x print "%d" % int(y,0) TypeError: 'int' object is not callable what am i not seeing here?? -- http://mail.python.org/m

C12

2011-02-22 Thread Verde Denim
Anyone on the list have decent knowledge of C12 ? Please send me an email if you've got knowledge in this area. Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Suggested editor for wxPython on Ubuntu

2011-02-17 Thread Verde Denim
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Cousin Stanley wrote: > > usenet.digi...@spamgourmet.com wrote: > > > Ok, I've decided that Boa Constructor is too buggy to be useful > > under Ubuntu, so what would the team recommend for developing > > Python projects with wxPython? Preferably with some GUI desig

Re: encoding

2011-02-14 Thread Verde Denim
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:46 PM, MRAB wrote: > On 14/02/2011 17:10, Verde Denim wrote: > >> All >> I'm a bit new to py coding and need to setup some code to encode/decode >> base 128. >> Anyone here have some info they can point me to do get this done? I'

Re: encoding

2011-02-14 Thread Verde Denim
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Verde Denim wrote: > > All > > I'm a bit new to py coding and need to setup some code to encode/decode > base > > 128. > > Anyone here have some info they can point

encoding

2011-02-14 Thread Verde Denim
All I'm a bit new to py coding and need to setup some code to encode/decode base 128. Anyone here have some info they can point me to do get this done? I've been looking around on the web for a few days and can't seem to lay my hands on anything definitive. Thanks in advance for your help. -- http

Re: Which non SQL Database ?

2011-01-23 Thread Verde Denim
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:19 PM, John Nagle wrote: > On 1/22/2011 10:15 PM, Deadly Dirk wrote: > >> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:42:36 -0600, Jorge Biquez wrote: >> >> Hello all. >>> >>> Newbie question. Sorry. >>> >>> As part of my process to learn python I am working on two personal >>> applications

dpkt

2010-11-18 Thread Verde Denim
Hi I'm looking to find some help working with dpkt. As you probably know, there really isn't any documentation, and not being astute at Python as of yet leaves me with a lot of gaps. Is there anyone here that can point me in a direction toward writing some test code for parsing gre packets? Thanks