Year: 2003

I had to learn Python this week for a little project at work. (OK, I guess I didn’t have to learn Python, but it seemed like the best tool for the job.) Just for reference, here are some key sites, if you’re going to try to pick up Python:

• Main Python site: http://www.python.org/
• wxPython – a GUI toolkit for Python: http://www.wxpython.org/
• py2exe – a tool to turn Python programs into Windows EXEs: http://py2exe.sourceforge.net/

I’ve also found that the Python 2.1 Bible is a decent book to get started with.

Check out phpmac.com for information on running PHP on a Mac.

I’ve just started playing around with PHP a bit, since there’s a chance we’ll need to do something with it at work. Everything else we’re doing is ASP.NET, but we’re outsourucing something that’s liable to be done in PHP. As usual, I’ll probably end up supporting it after it’s delivered. I’ve got nothing against PHP, but it sure would be nice if I didn’t have to learn yet another scripting language!