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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>I'm starting to make a code-generation suite in python, customized
to the way we ASP.NET at my company, and I'm having some trouble finding a good
way to organize all the code.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
keep writing it, but it feels more and more spaghetti-<span class=SpellE>ish</span>
every day.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>I'm going to look at the other stuff in site-packages to
see if I can glean any wisdom, and have <span class=SpellE>googled</span> a
bit, coming up mostly blank or with trivial examples.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Are there any helpful links or advice
anyone has for building larger systems?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Courier'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>My background is mostly C#, so I'm used to the ridiculous
rigidity of strongly-typed languages. I have been using python for helper apps
for a few months now, so am pretty familiar with the syntax now, but I don't
know any of the patterns yet.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>My
nefarious goal is to supplant C#/ASP.NET with Python, but I need to figure out
how to make programs clients want to pay for before I can make any reasonable
argument.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks,<br>
Ryan<br>
----<br>
Ryan Davis<br>
Director of Programming Services<br>
<a href="http://www.acceleration.net/">http://www.acceleration.net/</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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