Re: [NF] Python: 2.x vs 3.x

-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Mon, 21 Aug 2017, at 06:00 PM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > If you're building Windows database apps, what's wrong with VFP? > > Laurie > > On 21 August 2017 at 08:04, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote: > > > If you just want to build Windows desktop apps, learn something else. > > Something like Xojo, or C# and one of the .NET presentation frameworks. > > > > Python is an excellent general purpose language and has many fantastic > > frameworks for web apps. > > > > > > -- > > Alan Bourke > > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > > > On Sun, 20 Aug 2017, at 05:49 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote: > > > Gotta say, right now it is all very confusing. From all the different > > > frameworks and ide's and modules and platforms and licensing and versions > > > I'm making myself crazy trying to figure out how to proceed. > > > > > > All I want to do is find a language and/or platform to build windows > > > desktop (for now, web later) applications with strong easy database > > > support and distribute the applications commercially that doesn't cost an > > > arm and a leg though I'm willing to give a leg. > > > > > > I need another Foxpro I guess. > > > > > > Paul Tarver > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On Aug 19, 2017, at 11:18 PM, Ed Leafe ed@leafe.com wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 3:55 PM, Paul H. Tarver paul@tpcqpc.com wrote: > > > >> > > > >> I guess that was part of the question. The installation for Python > > 3.x sets > > > >> up paths and other stuff that I thought would be exclusive to one > > version or > > > >> the other. But I guess you are saying they coexist happily, correct? > > > > > > > > Python has virtualenv, which is a sort of sandbox which prevents > > different versions of software from colliding with each other. You can > > create a virtualenv, and when it is activated, it makes it so that only the > > version of Python and any installed libraries are available. Switch to a > > different virtualenv, and its like you moved to a different machine with > > different versions and installed stuff. Tip: install virtualenvwrapper to > > make working with virtualenvs a breeze. > > > > > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > > > multipart/signed > > > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > > > application/pgp-signature > > > > --- > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]