The Mouse Vs. The Python

If you’re a long time reader of this blog, then you will know that I really like the wxPython GUI toolkit. Something that seems to stump new wxPython users is how to find out what styles and events each widget has though. It does take some practice to learn how the documentation works, but there’s a nice little program that Andrea Gavana put together that he calls the Windows Styles and Events Hunter. It was released a couple years ago on the mailing list, but I don’t think it was very popular. I use it for answering questions on the wxPython mailing list or on their IRC channel, so I know it’s pretty handy.

Here’s what it looks like in action:

Let’s take a look and try it out! (more…)

Another week is over and we have a new set of articles for you to check out this weekend. You can learn new things, try modules, and be productive. Or you can go party. Don’t forget about all the different PyCons going on this year around the world. There are local ones and International conferences.

• Multiple reviews for the Python Testing Cookbook” target=”_blank”>Python Testing Cookbook are out now. See Jacob Perkins or Doug Hellman’s reviews
• Learn why SqlAlchemy rocks and how it’s different from Django’s ORM in Armin Ronacher’s article
• Speaking of Django, this article is an introduction to sessions in Django
• Python Application in the Cloud
• Re-load modules or import them without import with Exocet
• A Python 4 Kids Tkinter tutorial
• PyOhio

is next weekend!

• Read-Ahead and Python Generators
• How to convert Python UTC datetime to UNIX timestamp

That’s all for this week. Let me know if you find anything cool that you think I should highlight next time.

I’ve been kind of lazy about putting these out lately, but I have decided to try to do this more regularly. This week covers a lot of different topics including a controversial article from Steve Holden! You can also learn about an exotic location for a Python Conference, Sage and Meta-programming. If you’re new to Python, then you will be amazed at the diversity of the topics. These don’t even begin to scratch the surface of what is going on in the Python world, but they may whet your appetite. Enjoy!

• Ever wanted to learn a little about Meta-programming in Python? Now’s your chance!
• Don’t know Sage? Well, there’s a Beginner’s Guide for it out now and here’s a review by John Cook.
• Steve Holden talks about Childish Behavior regarding the naming of a certain Python module
• PyCon Australia’s schedule has been announced! Now you too can learn about Python and see Kangaroos in their natural habitat. I call that a win/win!
• There’s an update on the Python African tour
• For up to the minute Python news, check out Twitter
• NWSGI 2.1 for IronPython 2.7 out now

There was a recent post on StackOverflow that I thought was interesting. It asked how to get the event name from the event object, such as EVT_BUTTON, rather than the event’s id number. So I did some investigation into the subject and there is nothing builtin to wxPython that does this task. Robin Dunn, creator of wxPython, recommended that I should create a dictionary of the events and their ids to accomplish this feat. So in this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to go about that. (more…)