| Python, Random Numbers, and Monte Carlo Simulation |
| June 29, 2000 - webmaster |
As Python becomes more widely accepted and the Python community broadens, it becomes more difficult for one side of the community to see what the other is doing. In response to one comment we received about Python only being useful as a web programming language, we decided it was time to write about the Python random number module, and use it for a couple of simple Monte Carlo simulations.
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| Games: The Boundary of Open Development? |
| June 28, 2000 - webmaster |
Computer games represent an interesting frontier for Open Source development. Unlike other desktop applications, games tend to be hybrid organisms -- half software program, half artistic work.
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| GUI Python: All This and Good Looks Too? |
| June 27, 2000 - webmaster |
"Can I use Python for Web development?" "Can Python do serious programming?" "Is there anything Python can't do?". Since the answers to those three questions in 99% of the cases are "Yes, Yes and No", Python has probably earned its reputation as the coolest and most useful programming language today. In this series of articles, we'll show you how Python can be used for GUI development.
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| Better OOP with Python |
| June 21, 2000 - webmaster |
I'm a pretty good programmer, now. I'm not Richard Stallman or Linus Torvalds good, but I understand the issues involved in creating and running a large software project. I wasn't always a good programmer, though. You see, I'm a scientist (a quantum chemist, of all things), and often scientists aren't taught to program as much as they are thrown into a sea of old code and told to swim.
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| Developing Python-Based CGI-Scripts: Preparations |
| June 14, 2000 -webmaster |
Python is rapidly gaining popularity in the Open Source community. Maybe the best proof of this is all the
Python modules that are in development. People simply want to use Python in a wider range of programming
areas. In a previous article from BeOpen.com, we showed you how to use the Gnome-Python module for
developing Gnome applications. In this article series, you can learn how to integrate the Python interpreter
into the Apache web server as a module, and then use Python's CGI module for writing Python-based
CGI-scripts (note the distinction between Apache modules and Python modules).
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| BeOpen Interview with Warrick Allison of Troll Tech's Qt Library |
| June 12, 2000 -webmaster |
"They had just posted their newest version to the 'Net and were about to announce it," he recalls. "Because I
was all the way around the world, I had a full day to look at the code before they made the announcement. It
must have been strange for them to wake up and find these bug fixes in their mailbox even before telling
anybody about the new version."
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| Geeks404.com: Setting Up an Internet Database II - Basic Functions |
| June 12, 2000 -webmaster |
In this article, we will make some SQL calls for creating and manipulating your database. SQL is a very
straightforward language that is extremely easy to both use and understand. And, while those parts of SQL
that we'll cover for this article will be enough for now, it's always a good idea to dig deeper. Take a look at
the MySQL documentation at mysql.com to get a fuller understanding of how SQL works.
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| Fashionably Late: Eazel Founder Hopes to Shake up the Linux Party |
| June 7, 2000 - webmaster |
Listening to legendary Macintosh developer Andy Hertzfeld wax about the beauties of the Open Source development community is a bit like listening to an old Winterland-era hippie describe his experiences after stumbling into an all-night rave.
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| Does Programming in Python Marginalize You? |
| June 7, 2000 - webmaster |
"I love Python. Of the 10-15 programming languages I know, Python is the only language which I actually look forward to using. I wake up in the morning, ask myself, "Will I be using Python today?" and if the answer is "yes" I know that it's going to be a good day."
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| Writing Gnome Panel Applets III: Advanced Features |
| June 6, 2000 - webmaster |
Session saving makes it possible to save information to file, so that it can be accessed between sessions. Exactly how it can be used is up to your own imagination and need, but our example may give you some ideas. In the last section of this article, we'll show you how to install an applet into the GNOME environment so that users will be able to add your applet to their panel.
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| GNULinux.com: Debian 2.1 Review |
| June 6, 2000 - webmaster |
"After the installation is finished you will be left at a command prompt where you will be asked your login and password (set earlier in the install program). From there you are on your own to explore the system. Debian does not start you in a graphical interface immediately, which is good and bad. It's good because it forces the new user to learn the system and get to know the internals of Linux. but it's bad for the same reason. You still need to configure X, set up sound and customize your environment."
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| The Profits Speak: Real World for Tech Startups |
| June 6, 2000 - 21:55 PST - webmaster |
Call it investor backlash or a simple return to sanity after months of outrageous dotcom excess, but whatever you do, don't call it temporary. Among both Wall Street and Sand Hill investors, the new watchword when it comes to Linux is "profitability." Either companies have it or they better figure out a way to get it fast.
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| Open Source: Is it Safe? |
| June 5, 2000 - webmaster |
The list of mission critical systems that are highly reliable and freely developed is impressive. FreeBSD, Linux, SendMail, Gimp, Apache are well known names (to name a few) among e-commerce veterans, start-ups and ISPs, mainly because of their stability and attractive price (free). These products have a acheived a reputation for security that has outstripped their commercial counterparts.
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| Interview with Hans Reiser of ReiserFS |
| June 5, 2000 - webmaster |
"What would lead an American programmer to forsake the hallowed ground of Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area for the harsh winters and Dodge City business environment of turn of the century Moscow? For Reiser, the namesake behind the Reiser File System, or ReiserFS, one of the three main file systems currently vying for standard status in the Linux developer community, the answer is simple: Opportunity."
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| GNULinux.com: Commentary on Linux Community |
| June 2, 2000 - webmaster |
"Which Linux distribution (distro) is the best? Ask the wrong person this question and you're liable to get an ear/eye full with their response. This can result in a virtual "war" about the virtues of XYZ Distro compared to ABC Distro. We can only imagine what new users think when they pose this question and receive conflicting answers, or rage instead of reason. Why is something that seems so inconsequential to non-Linux users such a big deal to those who do use Linux? It's a matter of preferences and of personal loyalties."
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