A Brief ConfigObj Tutorial

Python comes with a handy module called ConfigParser. It’s good for creating and reading configuration files (aka INI files). However, Michael Foord (author of IronPython in Action) and Nicola Larosa decided to write their own configuration module called ConfigObj. In many ways, it is an improvement over the standard library’s module. When I first looked […]

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wxPython: Using ObjectListView instead of a ListCtrl

The wxPython ListCtrl is a very handy widget. Unfortunately, it can be a pain to use as well. This discovery caused Phillip Piper, missionary to Mozambique, to write ObjectListView, a wrapper for the wx.ListCtrl. ObjectListView actually adds functionality because it uses objects to create its rows and thus, it makes gettings information from multiple columns

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The “Book” Controls of wxPython (Part 1 of 2)

If you’re new to GUI programming (and wxPython in particular), you may not know what a “book” control is. It may be that other languages call this control something different too. In wxPython, a book control allows the user to switch between various panels. The most common examples are browsers and system option dialogs with

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Using Multiple Databases in TurboGears 2

Last week, I embarked on an adventure into the world of web application programming. Since my work place uses Python as much as possible and my boss likes TurboGears, I chose it for this endeavor. I have worked through various TurboGears tutorials and thought it looked pretty cool. However, it doesn’t take long to discover

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Recording a Pyowa Meeting

This month, I finished uploading the videos I had recorded for May’s Pyowa meeting. I thought it would be relatively easy to do some recording and uploading, but I think I made it harder than I needed when I bought an HD camera. Here’s my story of how I go about recording our meetings right

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