Re: python first project

2014-01-12 Thread MRAB
On 2014-01-12 06:04, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:14 PM, ngangsia akumbo wrote: What options do you think i can give the Ceo. Because from what you have outline, i think i will like to follow your advice. If it is just some recording data stuff then some spreadsheet can do t

Re: python first project

2014-01-12 Thread ngangsia akumbo
On Sunday, January 12, 2014 5:37:41 PM UTC+1, Emile van Sebille wrote: > On 01/11/2014 09:14 PM, ngangsia akumbo wrote: > For an example of a commercially available entry level alternative costs check out: > That said, it wouldn't surprise me that the CEO hasn't already looked int

Re: python first project

2014-01-12 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 01/11/2014 09:14 PM, ngangsia akumbo wrote: From all indication it is a very huge project. Yep -- I built such a system in the late 70's with a team of seven over two-three years. Then modifications and improvements continued over the next 20 years keeping about 2-4 programmers busy ful

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread ngangsia akumbo
On Sunday, January 12, 2014 7:04:04 AM UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:14 PM, ngangsia akumbo wrote: i am not sure i will give up, i will start with a small app for stock registry. >From there i think the others will come latter. >From the info u have given me , i will c

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:14 PM, ngangsia akumbo wrote: > What options do you think i can give the Ceo. Because from what you have > outline, i think i will like to follow your advice. > > If it is just some recording data stuff then some spreadsheet can do the work. > > From all indication it is

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread ngangsia akumbo
On Saturday, January 11, 2014 11:10:20 PM UTC+1, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:55:57 -0800 (PST), ngangsia akumbo > > declaimed the following: What options do you think i can give the Ceo. Because from what you have outline, i think i will like to follow your advice. If i

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread Dave Angel
ngangsia akumbo Wrote in message: > On Saturday, January 11, 2014 2:06:41 PM UTC+1, Dave Angel wrote: >> >> I second the recommendation for version 3. And I suggest that if >> >> this is a business assignment, it's a lot harder than you think. >> >> For example, handling dollars and cent

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > Producing fancy reports for the CEO may be the last thing you > implement, as it relies upon having a stable database design, business > logic, and data entry. >From the sound of things, it might be the ONLY thing to implement, t

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> i am programming a system that will be giving details about finance, > purchase(bills pending bills and paid bill), employees record and > salary details, warehouse records. > > That is just all i intend to do this all on one GUI application > window and to make it to be able to keep records for

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread ngangsia akumbo
On Saturday, January 11, 2014 6:17:13 PM UTC+1, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:18:32 -0800 (PST), ngangsia akumbo > Do you have a requirements or use-case documentation, or even a manual paper system which you would be "duplicating" on the computer? This document

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 11/01/2014 16:31, ngangsia akumbo wrote: On Saturday, January 11, 2014 5:29:39 AM UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote: Incidentally, is there a strong reason for using Python 2 for this? If not, I'd recommend moving immediately to Python 3, as there are an increasing number of advantages. Unless s

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread ngangsia akumbo
On Saturday, January 11, 2014 5:29:39 AM UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 3:18 PM, ngangsia akumbo wrote: > > > purch_price = input("Please enter the price for purchase made: ") > > > purch_p = raw_input("Please enter the reason of this purchase made: ") > > > >

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread ngangsia akumbo
On Saturday, January 11, 2014 2:06:41 PM UTC+1, Dave Angel wrote: > ngangsia akumbo Wrote in message: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I have been around this group for some time and i saw that we have very > > helpful people here. > > > > > Welcome to the group, and to Python. > > > >

Re: python first project

2014-01-11 Thread Denis McMahon
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:18:32 -0800, ngangsia akumbo wrote: > i have been learning python just for about 5 months now and i have been > given a task to do. This will be a leap into the programming industry > for me. > > i am programming a system that will be giving details about finance, > purchas

Re: python first project

2014-01-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 3:18 PM, ngangsia akumbo wrote: > purch_price = input("Please enter the price for purchase made: ") > purch_p = raw_input("Please enter the reason of this purchase made: ") Never use input() in a Python 2 program... always use raw_input() instead. You're mostly rig