So many things that need to be decided....

Anand S Bisen vmlinuz at abisen.com
Tue May 3 12:05:24 EDT 2005


Hi

I see everybody talking about Eclipse and PyDev i have not used it but
just wanted to know how does it compares with Activestate Komodo?

thanks

Anand

Maurice LING wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems that you are just starting on Python, same as my situation a 
> year ago. After almost going down the same route as you do, I tell 
> myself.... just start on something. You can decide on everything but by 
> the time you've decided, everything changes again.
> 
> Initially, I started on Java then came to Python. Ok, now you've decided 
> on Python, GUI library and Editor isn't an issue. Despite all the 
> negativities with PyDev with Eclipse, I am still using it.
> 
> I really don't see why you should lay everything in stone before you 
> start. Things may or may not fall into place. Worry about it when it 
> worries you.
> 
> "do not distress yourself with imaginings" -desiderata
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Cheers
> maurice
> 
> Heather Stovold wrote:
> 
>>Wow - deciding to program in python sure requires a lot of decisions!
>>
>>So far:
>>
>>I've decided on python for the programming language.
>>I've decided on wxpython for the GUI....
>>I've decided on DrPython for the Editor....
>>
>>I still need to decide on a database........   I've really only used Access,
>>and my SQL skills aren't that great.  It would also need to be free....
>>Any suggestions??
>>
>>Am I going to need a program/package for a report writer?  or that might
>>depend on the database I use?
>>
>>I've never had to make so many decisions to program in my life, because I've
>>generally only had a couple of options, or those options were decided by
>>other people.
>>
>>I really appreciate the help this newsgroup has provided - both for my
>>previous post - and for the reading of other posts I've done.   I'm sure
>>I'll have a million more questions soon!
>>
>>Thanks for the help!
>>
>>Heather
>>
>>
>>
>>



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