[olug] Report Generator

[Mike Hostetler]

On Thu, 27 May 2004 18:28:53 -0500, Jeff Hinrichs <jlh at cox.net> wrote:

> > I did find some things with Python but I haven't had the time to check
> > them out.  I would like to learn Python because I've seen that it has an
> > interface for some GPIB instrumentation that I would like to use to
> > automate some testing.  Again I would have to learn Python first.
> >
> > I barely know the basics of bash scripting and html so almost any
> > language would be a ground up learning experience for me.
> 
> Eric,
> You can't go wrong with Python for something like this.
> To learn, start here:
>     "Introductions to Python programming for non-programmers",
>     http://python.org/doc/Intros.html
> or just Google on "learning to program in python"
>

I second Jeff's Python recommendation -- this is a good job for Python.
 
> There are a few of us on the Omaha Python User Group,
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oma-python/
> so you can email that list ( oma-python-subscribe at yahoogroups.com )
> questions specific to Python and also the standard python newsgroups are
> excellent resources.  Probably one of the friendliest newsgroups out there.

That Oma-Python group is a warm, friendly bunch.  And we could use a
little more action on the mailling list. :)

-- mikeh