Black Hat Python
This review was originally printed in the June 2015 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Black Hat Python (1st edition)Authors: Justin SeitzISBN: 9781593275907 As a developer…
A simple accounts package in Python
Recently I've been working on 125 Accounts, a simple accounts package written in Python. The main goal is to have an extremely simple system for generating business documents, tracking who owes…
From Perl to Python
As part of the process of relearning Python, I tried converting my csv2qif script from Perl. It took me a while to get round the different syntax, particularly for reading from…
Programming language proficiency
As a freelancer, I have a degree of control over which languages I invest the time required to achieve a level of proficiency -- albeit somewhat guided by the market…
Relearning Python
A few weeks ago I posted about the trials of choosing a language and GUI toolkit. The requirements I had meant that I was leaning towards Java -- particularly because…