wxPython 2.9 introduced the world to a new type of sizer that can take widgets and automatically make them “wrap” around as you resize the frame. That sizer is known as wx.WrapSizer. For some reason, it is relatively unknown, so we’ll spend a few minutes going over how to use it in this article. To […]
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The Python programming language added the super() type back in version 2.2. For some reason, it’s still a topic that a lot of beginners don’t understand. One of my readers recently asked me about it and since I don’t really use it, I decided to do some research in the hopes of understanding its usage
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Python has a neat little concept called a property that can do several useful things. In this article, we will be looking into how to do the following: Convert class methods into read-only attributes Reimplement setters and getters into an attribute In this article, you will learn how to use the builtin class property in
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I’ve been reading a lot about Python’s magic methods lately and recently read about a couple of ways to create an immutable class. An immutable class does not allow the programmer to add attributes to an instance (i.e. monkey patch). It’s a little easier to understand if we actually look at a normal class first.
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The Real Python: Advanced Web Development, featuring Django 1.6 KickStarter campaign released a preview chapter today called “Software Craftmanship”. It is the first chapter from the book. The PDF download consists of 33 pages. You can go get it too by going to the following address: http://www.realpython.com/preview/. If you haven’t already, you can still support
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Python’s first mainstream package was the .egg file. Now there’s a new format in town called the Wheel (*.whl). A wheel “is designed to contain all the files for a PEP 376 compatible install in a way that is very close to the on-disk format”. In this article, we will learn how to create a
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Really Simple Syndication (RSS) has been with us for a long time and allows us to see new articles on our favorite website easily. Python doesn’t have an RSS reader module in the standard library, so we’ll be using the Universal Feed Parser 5.1.3 to do our parsing. If you do not have it already,
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The other day I had an interesting task I needed to complete with Reportlab. I needed to create a PDF in landscape orientation that had to be rotated 90 degrees when I saved it. To make it easier to lay out the document, I created a class with a flag that allows me to save
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Happy New Year! It’s the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014, so it’s time to see which articles made it into the top ten list this year. I ran the statistics on December 31st and came up with the following list: Python: A Simple Step-by-Step SQLite Tutorial (37,658 page views) Python 101: How
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Packt Publishing contacted me today to let me know that they are having a $5 eBook sale on all of their eBooks. They have a lot of Python books, so I thought I should let my readers know about the offer. I have reviewed some of their books in the past, so feel free to
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The other day I was trying to figure out a way to monitor the print queue on Windows. The task at hand was to keep track of what documents went to the printer and completely successfully. The idea was that when the print completed, the document would then be archived. To do this sort of
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I recently received a copy of Kivy: Interactive Applications in Python by Roberto Ulloa. This is currently the only book about Kivy. Kivy is a cross-platform GUI toolkit that will run on Linux, Windows, and OS X as well as Android and iOS. In fact, the people behind Kivy emphasize that this is aimed primarily
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This week I saw a question on StackOverflow about putting two grids into a SplitterWindow which itself was in a Notebook page. Personally I think that’s a little convoluted, but I thought it was an interesting challenge and I came up with a solution. Then the fellow wanted to know how to sync the scrolling
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Last night I received an email about a new Python-related Kickstarter. The Real Python crew added a new author to write a book entirely about Django 1.6. This is a subject that I keep meaning to get into and haven’t had the opportunity to do so. Hopefully by backing this project, I’ll finally learn Django.
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The other day I was working on a project where I was using the fabulous ObjectListView widget (a wrapper around wx.ListCtrl) and I wanted to add the ability to double-click an item in the control to make it open a PDF. I knew I had read somewhere on the internet about how do this sort
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