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ASP.NET MVC Archived Blog Posts, Page 1

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re: Tongue Out of Cheek: A Follow Up To Learning Python and Getting Distracted

Nathan Gulick — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:06:59 GMT

Erlang is Python alright. MONTY PYTHON!

Zing!

re: Tongue Out of Cheek: A Follow Up To Learning Python and Getting Distracted

Rock Howard — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:35:26 GMT

I was paid to learn Python. My sister's boss needed a python programmer for a 2 week contract. I explained to him that although I had 15 years programming, I didn't know python. He said fine. Look it up on the internet tonight and start work in the morning. I did and easily finished the assignment (which was non-trivial) in the time allotted. I have been hooked on Python ever since.

Tongue Out of Cheek: A Follow Up To Learning Python and Getting Distracted

Peter Miller — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:58:14 GMT

My previous post, How To Get Really Distracted and Not Learn Any Python , generated enough interest

re: How To Get Really Distracted And Not Learn Any Python

Daniel — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:13:26 GMT

Sebastian: yeah, because emacs is known for being so easy to deal with.

In reality, you wouldn't have to install the python package (as it's pretty much mandatory in a GNOME-based distro), and would spend most of those 40 hours learning how to use emacs effectively in the first place.

re: The Netflix Player: The Tivo of Streaming Content?

Nathan Gulick — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:17:51 GMT

Interesting Miller. But unfortunately, I already bought the bluetooth keyboard for my laptop TV solution... however, I got one in nice piano black, intended for use with the PS3 that has an integrated laptop style touchpad and buttons.

Sill this would be nice. Maybe you can help me get parallels going so I can consume even more media?

re: How To Get Really Distracted And Not Learn Any Python

Sebastian Aviña — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:23:46 GMT

total time in ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install emacs

sudo apt-get install python

download and install pymacs, ecb, ropemacs

10 min?

you're ready, s

re: How To Get Really Distracted And Not Learn Any Python

Peter Miller — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:05:18 GMT

masklinn - I was describing my time allocation as an example of what not to do; I agree I spent too much time setting up IDEs. I'm still learning Python and now spend about zero time on these factors. I do still prefer the niceties of an IDE, such as Eclipse

anontrol - I fixed the markup on the page and now the javascript is in a seperate file that I include with a script tag, so it should look better in your RSS reader now

Scott - I will put together another post with more details, but the short version is: I am using Eclipse with PyDev as my IDE. The PyDev site has some good tips on getting it set up. Other than that, I downloaded the windows Python installer and went from there. For source control, I am using SVN, installed as a local service, with Tortoise SVN explorer integration.

re: How To Get Really Distracted And Not Learn Any Python

Scott Williams — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:40:18 GMT

Could you describe your setup then? Which IDE did you end up settling with?

monolithic pour concrete

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re: How To Get Really Distracted And Not Learn Any Python

anontrol — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:46:00 GMT

You might want to take a look at what your article looks like in an RSS reader (Sage under Firefox, for me) and then hit the books/blogs again.

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re: How To Get Really Distracted And Not Learn Any Python

masklinn — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:21:29 GMT

> as a .NET programmer by trade, I know well the important of a good IDE

If you passed as long toying with IDEs as actually learning python, then I think you don't.

Or at least you only know the importance of a good IDE in the likes of C# or Java, which mandate the use of an IDE. Python doesn't, your time spent on toying with IDEs should have been 0.

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The Netflix Player: The Tivo of Streaming Content?

Peter Miller — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:39:20 GMT

(This is not a gadget blog, but occasionally a new piece of technology is interesting enough that I want

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