[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac User Python Newbies

[Andrew Meit]

On Feb 13, 2005, at 6:11 PM, Hudson wrote:

> And that's the whole crux of the matter: Most people who come to 
> Python aren't interested in learning IDEs, or Python, or anything 
> else. The only thing they're interested in doing is creating cool 
> software to do useful stuff, and every second they're having to sit 
> and learn some tedious crap before they can do that is a second 
> they're being kept from achieving that goal.
-- This is me. I am also fighting with my body. With my disabilities, I 
have to work smart than just work hard. Tools that allow me to type 
less, think more; design gui more, and redoing less. 
>

> Sure, there'll be some who enjoy all that "learning for learning's 
> sake", but most are primarily task-oriented so you either directly 
> help them reach that goal - e.g. by providing a completely intuitive 
> drag-n-drop GUI builder so they can whip up that 2-minute UI when they 
> need it - or you keep the hell out their way so you don't hack them 
> off. Because if you do hack them off, or they think they can get 
> better help by moving to another platform, then another platform is 
> just where they're gonna go.
-- Yup. that too is me. I am at a turning point in my programming life. 
I am tried of paying for upgrades to a company that doesn't understand 
testing and good documentation. I want to embrace open source but will 
open source embrace the newbie??

Let me know when you have that editor, with auto completion too ;-)
And for the record, when I can get my brain around Python, I will give 
back, I promise!

Andrew
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