Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.octanews.net!indigo.octanews.net!auth.beige.octanews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Rubin Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: simple client data base References: <9543c9b1-d3ea-4930-af73-6659878e0077@qa3g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:11:27 -0700 Message-ID: <7xd31wff68.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> Organization: Nightsong/Fort GNOX User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QGk2PtRxwnPs56of7wJbfojWaqs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Date: 08 Sep 2012 15:11:28 CDT X-Complaints-To: abuse@octanews.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:28740 Mark R Rivet writes: >>ones for a few dollars. You're reading about lists, tuples, and >>dictionary data? Great, but other home accounting businesses have >>their client databases automatically synced with their smart-phones >>and their time-charging and their invoicing. > Well I have to say that this is most discouraging. I should give up > learning to program. I don't have a chance at all. Thanks. I think the idea is just to start with something simpler. If you are interested in mechanical engineering, then building an automobile from scratch, machining all the parts yourself etc., would be an ill-advised choice as a first project. It's the same way with programming.