wxPython (Posts about General)

New wxPython Discussion Forum

Robin — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT

I've recently had need to read and post to some forums implemented using Discourse, including Python's Forums. I've been very impressed with it, so I decided to try it out. You can see the result at Discuss wxPython.

Some of the things I like are:

New wxPython Website

Robin — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:14:08 GMT

"The 2000s called, they want their website back..."

Not any more! I finally gave the old clunky site back to the dinosaurs and have implemented a brand new site (using the awesome static site generator Nikola) which you are gazing at with much adoration now. The new site combines most of what was on the old site, plus a news feed (you're reading a news post right now) and I also resurrected my old wxForty-Two blog from the wordpress graveyard and added it here too. Being a static site I no longer have to worry about the perpetual stream of wordpress security issues.

Fun with QtWebKit HTML5 Video

Robin — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:43:00 GMT

See my post at the Enthought Blog about one of the things I've been working on there.

It's Alive!

Robin — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:52:00 GMT

Watch as the Phoenix spreads her wings over Python 3:

http://wxpython.org/Phoenix/ItsAlive/

Need any wxWidgets or wxPython Help?

Robin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:02:00 GMT

My current long-term consulting project will be coming to an end soon, so I am currently looking for some short-term paying projects to fill in while I'm looking for my next long-term gig. Anything ranging from a few days to several weeks worth of work would be fine. So if you would like some help with your wx-related projects, would like to have specific bugs fixed or new features added to wxWidgets or wxPython, or would like to sponsor some of my work on Phoenix, then please send me an email and we can discuss the details.

Of course if you have or know of a long-term position available that would fit my skill set then please let me know about that as well.

Thanks!

Happy Towel Day!

Robin — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:08:00 GMT

Do you know where your towel is?

Python Book Deals

Robin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:54:00 GMT

While browsing around on the Packt Publishing web site after looking at the page for Cody's book I saw that there are currently a couple promotional deals that may interest some of you. There is the Python Month deal that will give you 20% off any Python book they publish, or 30% off of any Python eBook. The other deal is that you can currently get any 5 eBooks from Packt for \$40.

New wxPython Book

Robin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:35:00 GMT

The wxPython community now has a 2nd book about our favorite UI toolkit. The book is "wxPython 2.8 Application Development Cookbook" written by Cody Precord and published by Packt Publishing. Cody is the creator of the awesome Editra source code editor and a frequent participant on the wxPython-users mail list. There is an eBook version of the text available from Packt Publishing, and you can get the printed version from Packt or from other booksellers such as amazon.com.

I haven't read all the recipes yet, but from what I've seen so far I can say that they are informative and do a good job of explaining the demonstrated techniques and the concepts used or implemented in the sample source code. I think that there will be something for everyone in this book, from newbies all the way up to experienced users.

Congrats Cody!

Tweet, Tweet!

Robin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:47:00 GMT

A number of people have asked me about it and so I finally decided that it is high time that I give the whole twitter thing a try. Of course I've gotten into it late enough that my usual user name, RobinD is already taken, although that page returns an error. (I suspect that somebody got their account suspended...) Strangely enough somebody has already registered the wxPython name, although they haven't tweeted anything since last July... Anyway, if you'd like to follow me or send me messages on twitter I am known there as RobinD42. Bear with me while I take my first steps in this new environment...

This is really cool (Brr!)

Robin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:07:00 GMT

I found out last week at the OSCON conference that my software is being used at the South Pole by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory project currently being constructed about a kilometer from the Pole. They are using wxPython for the controller user interface of the machine that is drilling holes 2.4 kilometers down into the ice. There isn't anything on their website about that piece of software, but it's real interesting anyway ;-) Here is a bit more about the drill. There are also these pictures, videos and blog from one of the scientists that gave the presentation I attended where he shows a bit about what life at the Pole is like. (Where a nice warm summer's day might get up to -31F. Brr!!)

This news means that I now have reports of wxPython being used from every continent on this planet. Yay!