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Comment on Gripe: XML in Python by Nick Hofstede

Nick Hofstede — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:01:00 +0000

You might also want to look at lxml over at http://codespeak.net/lxml/ which looks a lot like ElementTree, but has more complete xml support.

Comment on Gripe: XML in Python by Pete

Pete — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:52:41 +0000

I must agree with the ElementTree comment. It is probably the most powerful, fastest, and the most Pythonic.

Unfortunately becomes frustrating to use when it comes to xml namespaces. You can find little corner case helpers, but to read, parse, and write xml with namespaces you are better to go with anything else (weep).

Comment on Gripe: XML in Python by Oolis

Oolis — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:54:38 +0000

“Example: Where’s the Python equivlent to CPAN or gems?”

The cheese shop/easy_install?

Comment on Gripe: XML in Python by Brad

Brad — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:24:30 +0000

Aye, I’ve run into this issue a few times while writing one-time-use XML pull scripts… I’ve always ended up locking my door and sheepishly writing an incredibly Q&D sgmllib.SGMLParser while nobody’s looking.

Note though that Python import/export of JSON is so incredibly beautiful that it makes me tear up just thinking about it.

Comment on Gripe: XML in Python by Paddy3118

Paddy3118 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:23:54 +0000

Have you tried elementtree?

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-xml.etree.ElementTree.html

- Paddy.

Comment on Confirming everything that’s ever been said about Python by Brad

Brad — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:06:33 +0000

*facepalm*

PS – The label/input layout of your comment form confused me.

Comment on Confirming everything that’s ever been said about Python by Gripe: XML in Python — CS and the City

Gripe: XML in Python — CS and the City — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:55:32 +0000

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Comment on Confirming everything that’s ever been said about Python by Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:37:05 +0000

Hey Sean, you just described my recent experience as well. Python+Django is a refreshing cool breeze. Now if only more hosting companies would get with the program and explicitly support it.

Comment on Confirming everything that’s ever been said about Python by Darb

Darb — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:48:43 +0000

I fell in python/django about two years ago…I started a custom project and looked if I could build it on an existing web cms like joomla, drupal, etc. ended up with the decision to use a framework (they were buzzing all over), and finally decided to learn a new language, so I settled on RoR. I struggled for over a month to grasp how I could get what I wanted done. A friend pointed out Django, so I decided to dedicate a weekend to exploring it (I had been itching to try python for a while). One weekend later I had caught up the work I had done in rails, and shot off on a productivity binge.

We recently started using Redmine for our SCM (source code management?) which is a RoR app. We needed some customizations, and I decided to dive in and do them. Shew but RoR makes Django/python look and feel easy.

Comment on Setting up a Professional Python Development Environment by Confirming everything that’s ever been said about Python — CS and the City

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:42:59 +0000

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