[Chicago] Marmir Initial Feedback

Thu Jan 24 16:58:01 CET 2013

TY Sheila,

I was there and downloaded Heroku but got to an overload of new and layers
so went off to try Google Apps where I got to the same place even though I
built my own HTML sites years ago.  So I went off to Dr. Chucks tutorial on
Google Apps but since Mirmar and Dr. Chuck's MOOC and everything else in
this world seems to be on Github I downloaded and began playing with it as
well.  In my spare, spare, spare time I am also going through the lectures
and exercises for said MOOC and of course the lectures and exercises for
the Rice Interactive Python class.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:31 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:

> I'll give you the same suggestions that I gave to the other person who
> showed up to python office hours the other day with similar questions.
>
> Yes to your question about version control and such. These are important
> and not just for open source developers.
>
> I enthusiastically agree with Cezar about the hitchhikers guide and have
> been meaning to link it for python office hours.
>
> I respectfully disagree that you need to use a spreadsheet, and will
> suggest other things when I'm not typing from my phone. but off the top of
> my head, if you really want tables and charts then you could store your
> records in Google tables and use Google charts. but I will disagree with
> using those for real. I just want to give an example of something that is
> spreadsheet-like to help you grok things.
>
> Since you are starting out fresh on web development I'll suggest the same
> that I suggested during office hours. First, get comfortable with git and
> command line tools and deployment by working through the heroku flask
> tutorial. but if the tutorial has concepts that are too unfamiliar and you
> need more examples then let us know and we can find or make a better
> tutorial. I'm going to be wanting something like this for my niece soon.
>
> On Jan 24, 2013 9:11 AM, "Randy Baxley" <randy7771026 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes this information is normally displayed in a spreadsheet which is the
>> first step then I would want the user to be able to decide how they want to
>> graph it.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Unless you want make spreadsheets, you do not need Marmir.
>>>
>>> If you do want to play with it, you can pip install it:  pip install
>>> Marmir
>>>
>>> Concerning your other wants, perhaps look at web2py or some other easy
>>> to entry framework.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 24, 2013, at 8:23 AM, Randy Baxley <randy7771026 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh and not just on their on computer but also on website were they can
>>> share that information with others and a database can be built so everyone
>>> does not have to hand input any data not already available.  Then too does
>>> anyone know yet of an app for scanning either the nutrition information,
>>> bar code or that squiggley thing and getting the data to use in a program?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Randy Baxley <randy7771026 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a github account.  Two days old and a Git loaded.  Then there is
>>>> a Gui for Windows and a Git Bash.  The Git Bash looks familiar from DOS
>>>> days but I suppose is really some Apple thing.  Question is, now that I
>>>> have a bit of an understanding of Python do I have to learn Git and
>>>> therefore Bash and Linux to actually become effective in the open source
>>>> online environments.  Second question is if I want to build a web site and
>>>> retain the code and the feel of the website as my own so that I can seek
>>>> investors and advertisers how does that work in the world of open source.
>>>>  But more to the here and now.  How do I use these tools to get Mirmar and
>>>> write a Python program to send it lists that would display names, weights,
>>>> foods eaten and nutrition for those foods and then be able to chose how to
>>>> graph subsets of those variables against time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Looking forward to some feedback on Marmir (
>>>>> http://brianray.github.com/mm/): Python Powered Spreadsheets. I
>>>>> presented on this in the last Loop meeting
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Oon2Bo8tE.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the meeting, improved CSS-like style support, added some Django
>>>>> (in contrib) and now supports Google Spreadsheet. Also put it on PyPI so
>>>>> would appreciate any feedback on that, as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> A beer goes to anyone who adds a valid issue (defect, improvement,
>>>>> feature, ...) on github https://github.com/brianray/mm/issues . IF a
>>>>> beer is not sufficient carrot, I can provide a sincere thank you! Pull
>>>>> requests will make you a super star.
>>>>>
>>>>> have fun!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Brian Ray
>>>>> @brianray
>>>>> (773) 669-7717
>>>>>
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