RE: [OT] Programming Language

["Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One thing to bear in mind as well - John B has written a Python toolkit for
xPL, which might give you some examples to work from, and make the tricky
network stuff a little easier :D

http://www.xpl.myby.co.uk/downloads/utils/xpl-python-toolkit.zip

Ian.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ian Lowe
Sent: 27 December 2005 11:21
To: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] [OT] Programming Language


Wow - that's a toughie.

VB always had the "easiest programming language to learn" tag,
but that was
VB6, which is now old and retired - VB.Net is not as easy to get into (but
still a lot easier than, say, C++ )

I haven't used Perl and Python - I tried playing with Python at one point,
and it seemed quite easy to get to grips with: I seem to remember though
that the actual formatting of the text is significant (indents and so on) -
and that can be a bitch of a thing to debug.

I'm angling towards C# myself - it's portable between Windows and Linux,
and
seems to be pretty much Microsoft's "golden child" in terms of
the exposure
the different languages get.

Cost isn't the factor it once was, as you can download microsoft's
development environments for VB.Net and C# free of charge (although the
freebie versions are restricted and can't make (for instance) a windows
service.

I'm really not sure Frank - it's not an easy question to answer. For my
money, if you have started have a wee play with python and that's enjoyable
(because, of course, programming should be fun!) then stick with it :)

Ian.


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Frank Mc Alinden
Sent: 26 December 2005 22:01
To: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_xpl] [OT] Programming Language

Hi Guys

I would like to force myself to (at least try)  learn a programing language
so i could maybe write some simple apps for my xPL  usage....Have several
books on C ...VB........
But i was browsing the web and came across Python ...??? Is this a suitable
language for my needs and is it easy for a non programmer to pick
up.......Here ther link where im currently reading from...
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

Thanks
Frank
www.armaghelectrical.com.au