[Pythonmac-SIG] Novice Just Starting

[Charles Lloyd]

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I am an unsophisticated programmer just starting to learn Python.  I 
have been a "ham and bean" programmer for quite a fews years but always 
worked in high level languages.  I have programmed in APL, Basic, 
Visual Basic, and applications such as Paradox, 1-2-3, and Access so I 
know how to use IF, WHILE, and other such functions.  I like Python 
because of its simplicity and the fact that you can start programming 
and "learn as you go".    I'm looking for answers to problems and not 
the beauty of a well written and structured program.  My son, who is a 
professional programmer and writes tools for the other programmers, 
cringes at my spaghetti code.

I am currently using a Mac computer running OS X 10.2.1 and I 
downloaded MacPython (I think that is what it is called), but I have 
not installed the Apple Developer files when I upgraded to 10.2.  
Should I install these files?

I feel I am ready to start writing the code I need to solve a 
particular problem but I need a good input/output GUI for the user of 
my soon to be written program.   I tried to access Tkinter which was 
downloaded with Python but I can't seem to import it to try it out.

Is there a GUI program available that I can use with Python and if so 
what do I need to do to acquire it?

Thanks,

Charles Lloyd
The Woodlands, TX
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I am an unsophisticated programmer just starting to learn Python.  I
have been a "ham and bean" programmer for quite a fews years but
always worked in high level languages.  I have programmed in APL,
Basic, Visual Basic, and applications such as Paradox, 1-2-3, and
Access so I know how to use IF, WHILE, and other such functions.  I
like Python because of its simplicity and the fact that you can start
programming and "learn as you go".    I'm looking for answers to
problems and not the beauty of a well written and structured program. 
My son, who is a professional programmer and writes tools for the
other programmers, cringes at my spaghetti code.


I am currently using a Mac computer running OS X 10.2.1 and I
downloaded MacPython (I think that is what it is called), but I have
<underline>not</underline> installed the Apple Developer files when I
upgraded to 10.2.  Should I install these files?


I feel I am ready to start writing the code I need to solve a
particular problem but I need a good input/output GUI for the user of
my soon to be written program.   I tried to access Tkinter which was
downloaded with Python but I can't seem to import it to try it out.


Is there a GUI program available that I can use with Python and if so
what do I need to do to acquire it?


Thanks,


Charles Lloyd

The Woodlands, TX
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