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2007-08-26 , 18:03
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Originally Posted by smileyninja View Post
My question is, with my vb.net mentality- what tools should I gather? I bought a couple of o'reilly books on python (learning 2.3 & programing python2.0), I downloaded pygtk as well as the latest python and sqlite.exe on my WinXP laptop. Assuming the code is as portable as I've heard, I plan on coding on laptop then copying the .py file to n800. Are there any gotchas that I am overlooking? What if anythiNg would make my journey easier?
Everyone has their own choice of IDE's. Personally I use Eclipse with the PyDev extensions to check my Python syntax. I just started learning python about 4 weeks ago, but I have yet to see a good way to design a form as you describe then plug in the code. I've tried Glade, which has Python extensions, but I never got it to work right. I ended up just coding in my UI design into the application. In other words, I'm creating my widgets at runtime.

I found GTK harder to learn than Python, tbh. I've done GTK development for years using Lazarus, but that abstracts everything so much I never realized how convoluted it seemed compared to my old Windows thought processes.

Here's some references I've found useful:
Maemo API reference for Python
The GTK Class Reference
Maemo hardware key map reference
Installing ScratchBox on your desktop

I hope one or more of those help.

Originally Posted by smileyninja View Post
Sorry about the ranDOM CApitals, posting from my n800 and they keep popping up.
Yeah, I know what you mean lol.