Python: Count on It
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Python Strings: Spinning Yarns
Monday, February 11th, 2008As the students used to say to Mr. Kotter Welcome back welcome back welcome back. In our previous article we talked some more about how to manipulate strings in Python leaving off with indexing and slicing. Here we will pick up again with ...
Python: More Fun with Strings
Monday, February 4th, 2008In our last article we left off discussing ways to manipulate strings in Python like concatenating repeating escape characters and so forth. In this episode we will pick up where we left off and learn some more ways to work with strings starting with the ...
Python: Stringing You Along
Monday, January 28th, 2008If you have ever programmed before or are a ninety-year-old lady or a cat then you know how useful strings are. If you have been reading these articles you will know that a string is a character a sentence a paragraph a book ...
Python Operators
Monday, January 14th, 2008In the previous two articles on Python I promised to tell you about Operators but I lied. Instead I covered such things as conditionals sets lists dictionaries and so forth. Now at last I am going to cover the various operators that ...
Bluetooth Programming in Python: Network Programming using RFCOMM
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007In the last article I discussed various Bluetooth profiles. If one wants to create a client-server based application using Bluetooth then one should program for the RFCOMM profile. RFCOMM offers a socket-based client-server paradigm for providing services.... Refurbished and Used Networking Equipment Network Liquidators sells refurbished and used networking equipment ...
Python SetsFoodieBytes Helps You Fill Your Cravings
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Have you ever said to yourself “I’m in the mood for a chicken souvlaki sandwich but not sure where I can get one”? That’s the problem FoodieBytes tries to solve through a new restaurant search engine launching a public beta in 5 different metro areas. The site has indexed more ...
Python Sets
Monday, December 3rd, 2007In our last article we left off discussing Python s version of arrays the list and dictionary . I also gave you a brief introduction to some Operators. In this tutorial I will tell you about Python s remaining data holder Sets and prepare you for a ...
Python Conditionals, Lists, Dictionaries, and OperatorsCould IPO Trouble Force Classmates.com to Go Free?
Monday, November 26th, 2007Classmates Media, the United Online subsidiary that includes both Classmates.com and Mypoints, is moving closer to its IPO filing, which was first announced a few months ago. It expects to make its initial public offering to total 12 million Class A shares and price between $10 and $12 each. ...
Python Conditionals, Lists, Dictionaries, and Operators
Monday, November 26th, 2007In our last article we learned how to get input from the user store data in a variable and work with some basic operators to manipulate that data. In this article we will learn to use Conditional Statements and possibly create functions. So wipe that mustard off your ...
Python: Input and VariablesbeRecruited Gets Funding Weeks After Acquisition
Monday, November 19th, 2007You typically see startups being funded and then being acquired. And they’re usually acquired by a larger company hoping to integrate a niche offering into its suite of consumer sites or advertising networks. But beRecruited did it the other way around. After being acquired by RVS ...
Python: Input and Variables
Monday, November 19th, 2007In our last article we covered the history of Python the print command working with strings and variables and how to comment your code. In this episode we will learn how to retrieve input from users work with variables and if you are lucky ...
Introduction to Python Programming
Monday, November 12th, 2007Python has very little to do with Eric Idle or John Cleese. It s an interpreted object-oriented scripting language. Designed for clarity and simplicity it s useful for creating large programs and for gluing pieces of other programs together. Keep reading to add Python to your personal programmer ...
Mobile Programming in Python using PyS60: Getting Started
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Smart phones are becoming a common sight nowadays. Above all the smartness of smart phones come from the fact that they can be programmed. In other words one can develop custom applications for these mobile devices and use them in the devices. This article covers the ...
Bluetooth Programming using Python
Monday, September 10th, 2007Bluetooth is a way to connect devices wirelessly. This technology has a variety of uses. Python is an easy to learn scripting language that has been growing in popularity. The two can work well together as will be explained in this article.... Refurbished and Used Networking Equipment Network Liquidators sells ...
Data Structures in Python: Lists and Tuples
Monday, January 29th, 2007Different languages use different kinds of data structures to handle the way data is arranged in memory. This article looks at two of the more common data structures used by Python.... Application hosting with customized solutions. Rackspace offers custom Linux and Windows configurations with a Zero downtime money-back guarantee.
Windows Programming in Python: Creating COM Servers
Monday, January 22nd, 2007In an earlier article I discussed accessing COM components from within Python programs. However I left a question dangling namely can COM servers be created in Python and can they be accessed by applications created in other languages or platforms such as Visual Basic The ...
Windows Programming in Python
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006This article shows you how to call COM components from Python and shows you how to use COM extensions to access the mail merge functionalities of MS Word in Python.... (Advertisement) Refurbished and Used Networking Equipment Network Liquidators sells refurbished and used networking equipment for up to 95% off list, ...
Using SQLite in Python
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006SQLite is a small C library that implements a self-contained SQL database engine. This article examines pysqlite one of a number of libraries in Python that is used as an interface with SQLite.... (Advertisement) Advanced Reuse and Component-Based Development Free MKS whitepaper. Component based development and component re-use is ...
Python and OpenOffice.org
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006OpenOffice is a free open source office suite with an API that allows developers to work with it in a number of languages. Python-UNO lets you work with the API in Python. This article gives you a taste of what you can do with it.... (Advertisement) Refurbished and Used Networking ...
Python for PDF Generation
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006The Portable Document Format PDF lets you create documents that look exactly the same on every platform. Sometimes a PDF document needs to be generated dynamically however and that can be quite a challenge. Fortunately there are libraries that can help. This article examines one ...
Database Programming in Python: Accessing MySQL
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006While data storage for applications is no longer considered complex it is now simplified to the point that flexibility is sacrificed. There is a good compromise however. In this article you will learn how to access a a MySQL database with Python.... (Advertisement) Refurbished and Used Networking Equipment ...
Databases Programming in Python: Accessing MySQL
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006While data storage for applications is no longer considered complex it is now simplified to the point that flexibility is sacrificed. There is a good compromise however. In this article you will learn how to access a a MySQL database with Python.... (Advertisement) MKS for SEI Capability Maturity ...
Karrigell for Python
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006Since Python is not specifically designed for web development a number of technologies created by Python users exist that aim to provide a web development environment. While the exact approach to the situation varies among each framework a few of these frameworks really stand out in the crowd. ...
