[nycbug-talk] twisted python resources

[pete wright]

On Jan 29, 2005, at 6:47 AM, Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Jan 28, 2005, at 20:10, <lists at genoverly.net> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:27:48 -0500
>> Pete Wright <pete at finn.nomadlogic.org> wrote:
>>
>>> so i'm looking to write a "simple" messaging client
>>> for my network in python.  it's more of an exercise to
>>> get me up to speed on programming in python,
>
>
> Also, if I were designing such an app, I would probably use SQLite or 
> PostgreSQL rather than MySQL.  At the low-mid range, SQLite 3 is 
> godawful fast and makes backup and migration really really easy.  
> Going up a few notches, PostgreSQL is more powerful than MySQL in that 
> it supports more stuff useful for development, has less stupid 
> "gotchas", and a much better license.  Also, in the case of 
> PostgreSQL, the Python DB-API adapters available are a whole hell of a 
> lot better written, and there is even a pure python implementation 
> available <http://barryp.org/software/bpgsql>.
>

yea i've been pretty impressed by SQLite (used it while testing 
bacula).  for now i'm thinking of just using a flat XML file for this 
exercise.  the main problem i am trying to solve with this exercise  is 
keeping an association between a UID and a hostname.  while i know i 
can most likely get this data from our LDAP DB, I don't feel 
comfortable enough with our systems to start exploring our LDAP 
hierarchy and implementation.  maybe by using XML it will make things 
easier to port (%99 of our inhouse code uses XML for data transport) to 
our production systems if people start using it.  on the other hand 
before i get to tied to XML I should probably speak with our LDAP pep's 
and see what they think....


> The best way to learn Twisted programming these days seems to be the 
> step by step tutorial of writing a Finger server taking advantage of 
> some of the various features Twisted has to offer 
> <http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/howto/tutorial/index>.  
> Other than that, #twisted on IRC is usually helpful, as-is the 
> <twisted-python at twistedmatrix.com> list.  Besides that, I have 
> significant (years) of experience with Twisted and I am a contributor 
> (though I don't have much time to hack on Twisted these days), so I 
> can provide some help on or off this list.
>

I started going through that tutorial on friday, altho had to stop due 
to other work related stuff.  it looks great, and again impressed on me 
how elegant python is as a language.

> It may be particularly useful if you kept a log of your learning 
> experience so that you can clean it up and write an article.  The 
> article would not only help other sysadmin/developer types looking to 
> write simple applications to better their network, but it will also 
> help the Twisted folks patch a few holes in the learning curve.
>

that's a good idea...i'll try to keep you all posted too!


-p


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