Re: the general development using Python

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On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 9:45 PM, <ajetrumpet@gmail.com> wrote:

> all,
>
> I am unhappy with the general Python documentation and tutorials.  I have
> worked with Python very little and I'm well aware of the fact that it is a
> lower-level language that integrates with the shell.
>
> I came from a VB legacy background and I've already "un-learned"
> everything that I need to (I know, that language stinks, and isn't OOP or
> even useful!).
>
> I have to get back into writing Python but I'm lacking one thing ... a
> general understanding of how to write applications that can be deployed
> (either in .exe format or in other formats).
>
> So my issue is basically to understand how to go about writing programs
> and compiling them so they can be deployed to less tech-savvy people.
>  Here's what I think I have to do, in a general sense:
>
> => Pick a GUI and just run through the tutorials to learn the interfaces
> as fast as possible.
>
> This is all fine and dandy, but more than likely when I do this the people
> that I am sending solutions to will, if not receiving a simple .exe file,
> receive the package from me and say to themselves "what in the world do I
> do with this!?"
>
> Is there anyway you guys would suggest that I fix this or help them deal
> with complex languages like Python and programs written with it?
>
> thanks guys.
> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>

Why do you want to use python?  It isn't a language that can be packaged as
an executable.  Who are these people who you make software for who need to
have a single file?

-- 
Joel Goldstick
http://joelgoldstick.com

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the general development using Python ajetrumpet@gmail.com - 2013-07-08 18:45 -0700
  Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 02:59 +0100
  Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 13:07 +1000
  Re: the general development using Python Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 22:13 -0400
  Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 21:46 -0700
    Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 15:03 +1000
      Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:29 -0700
    Re: the general development using Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 02:41 -0600
    Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 23:59 +1000
    Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 22:21 +0100
      Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:38 -0700
  Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 22:13 +0100
    Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:35 -0700
      Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 01:14 +0100
        Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 19:16 -0700
          Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 12:53 +1000
          Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 05:12 +0100
            Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 21:49 -0700
              Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 06:49 +0100
                Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 16:18 -0700
                Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-11 00:57 +0100
                Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 11:37 -0700
              Re: the general development using Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 16:10 -0600
  Re: the general development using Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-07-09 19:25 -0400

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