Archive for the 'Python' Category

New Python UI Toolkit

December 10th, 2007

For a long time now I have wanted to (easily) develop a cross-platform UI for my Python applications. At first I went for Tkinter but quickly found it was limited and that the rest of the community had moved to wxWidgets.
Let’s not even get me started on wxPython. While I have gotten several quick little […]

WBXML -> XML for Python (PyWBXML)

November 28th, 2007

Steps I’ve had to take to get a working lib on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon:
EDIT: Turns out this will only work with the WindowMobile version of WBXML and not with the Nokia/Symbian version.
install Expat XML Parser, automake, autoconf, and libtool (required for libwbxml)
sudo apt-get install libexpat1-dev automake libtool
download, compile and install latest version of libwbxml (wbxml2)
Use […]

Weather Geekery

February 13th, 2007

And now a summary of my recent weather geekery…
Wind Speed Software
I am currently working on a new piece of software for InSpeed’s Vortex anemometer. It’s going to be completely written in Python to ensure that it’s platform agnostic. Currently the backend is written to properly read and calculate the wind speed. I’ve cross referenced my […]

Py-TOC v2.5 Released, works with TOC2

February 9th, 2007

When it comes to communicating to AOL’s instant messenger servrices using Python we have several options.
You can get a load of information on the TOC protocols at the Wiki page. The document that describes the nitty gritty of the new protocol can be found here in the TerraIM CVS.
First you have Twisted. Mind you, I’ve […]