Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-04-02 Thread Steve Hayes
On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 05:42:18 -0700, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > >- >On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 10:00 AM CEST Mark Lawrence wrote: > >>On 01/04/2015 05:27, Andrew Farrell wrote: >>> You should follow Rustom's advice before just diving into the blog post >>> I linked to. Otherwis

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-04-02 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
- On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 10:00 AM CEST Mark Lawrence wrote: >On 01/04/2015 05:27, Andrew Farrell wrote: >> You should follow Rustom's advice before just diving into the blog post >> I linked to. Otherwise you risk blindly following things and losing your >> bearings when

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-04-01 Thread sohcahtoa82
On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 3:34:15 PM UTC-7, catperson wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody > wrote: > > >On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 8:57:15 AM UTC+5:30, catperson wrote: > >> I am new to programming, though not new to computers. I'm looking to > >> teach myself

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-04-01 Thread catperson
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:17:38 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody wrote: >On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 8:57:15 AM UTC+5:30, catperson wrote: >> I am new to programming, though not new to computers. I'm looking to >> teach myself Python 3 and am working my way through a tutorial. At >> the point I'm at in

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-04-01 Thread Burak Arslan
On 04/01/15 06:27, catperson wrote: > I am new to programming, though not new to computers. I'm looking to > teach myself Python 3 and am working my way through a tutorial. At > the point I'm at in the tutorial I am tasked with parsing out an XML > file created with a Garmin Forerunner and am jus

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-04-01 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 01/04/2015 05:27, Andrew Farrell wrote: You should follow Rustom's advice before just diving into the blog post I linked to. Otherwise you risk blindly following things and losing your bearings when you run into bugs. Sound advice, but would you please be kind enough to intersperse your an

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-03-31 Thread Andrew Farrell
You should follow Rustom's advice before just diving into the blog post I linked to. Otherwise you risk blindly following things and losing your bearings when you run into bugs. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 8:57:15 AM UTC+5:30, catperson w

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-03-31 Thread Andrew Farrell
> I am new to programming, though not new to computers. One quick tip: when starting a new project, it is sometimes is useful to see if others have done the same thing and use their approach to guide yours. In your case, googling "Garmin Forerunner xml python" results in this blog post which is re

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-03-31 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 8:57:15 AM UTC+5:30, catperson wrote: > I'm hoping with enough reading I can experiment and work my way > through the problem and end up with a hopefully clear understanding of > the ElementTree module and Dictionairies. Also: If you are not familiar with dictionar

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-03-31 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 8:57:15 AM UTC+5:30, catperson wrote: > I am new to programming, though not new to computers. I'm looking to > teach myself Python 3 and am working my way through a tutorial. At > the point I'm at in the tutorial I am tasked with parsing out an XML > file created wi

Re: New to Programming - XML Processing

2015-03-31 Thread Ben Finney
catperson writes: > I am new to programming, though not new to computers. I'm looking to > teach myself Python 3 and am working my way through a tutorial. Congratulations! Python 3 is a fine language to be your first. Which tutorial are you following? It may be relevant. > At the point I'm at