[python-win32] Is Mark Hammond going to produce a new Python Programming on Win32 book?
happybrowndog
happybrowndog at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 27 21:20:37 CET 2008
Actually I'd like to add one more thing about Mark's book.
You know what brought me over to Python? I was sick and tired of
writing desktop applications for Windows with VB, VFoxpro, and all those
moronic language/containers that were not very consistent and felt like
the programmer was being spoon fed like a baby. Then I took my server
side Java knowledge and decided to apply it client side with Swing, and
it resulted in a failed project because it took way too long to develop
in, and the results were horrible for the users. I wasted a lot of time
on Swing and at the end of it all, my fingers were killing me because of
Java's horrid verboseness - and the lack of code generators client side
as there are server side ones for J2EE (in retrospect, a language that
requires code generation of the language itself has got to be one of the
most ridiculous things I've ever come across).
I desperately searched for solutions, and found Mark's book on the
shelves at Chapters books. I was very intrigued with his discussion on
using Delphi and writing python business logic against it. It took me
on a detour into writing a pure Delphi app, but something about his book
made me curious. A week later I went back to the store and bought the
book. I looked at the python code in his book and began learning python
because it seemed so clear and made so much sense (especially compared
to VB, VFoxpro, and Java) and ... best of all, reminded me of my early
post-college days programming in C. In fact, I realized that
programming python was like scripting C. I abandoned Delphi and went
with what Mark wrote about re: WxPython. I've developed over 20 full
fledged apps in WxPython since, with the added advantage of integrating
them into windows applications through automation.... all thanks to
Mark's book.
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