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A Quickstart to building GUI based applications in Python

Nick Gibson will show you how Python's emphasis on simplicity can get you up and running on your graphical application in no time. Read more »

Tkinter canvas: freeform GUIs in Python

The Tkinter framework provides some standard GUI widgets for use in building Graphical User Interfaces in Python. If you need more freedom you can use the Canvas widget included in Tkinter, which gives you an area where you can draw custom shapes. Read more »

Partial function application in Python

Python is not an inherently functional language, but with the help of the functools library you can write some programs in a functional style. One of the key tools do to writing functional code is partial function application, which is available through the functools module. Read more »

Python in the enterprise: Pros and cons

Python has developed quite a following among a small-but-growing cadre of self-described Pythonistas. This article highlights the pros and cons of building enterprise-class application in Python. Read more »

A Quick Start to Python

With the final release of Python 2.5 we thought it was about time Builder AU gave our readers an overview of the popular programming language. Builder AU's Nick Gibson has stepped up to the plate to write this introductory article for beginners. Read more »

Wrap your mind around Python

Python is an open source scripting language that emphasises speed and clarity in the code. Although the syntax is relatively simple, Python is powerful. Read more »

Mono 2.0: .NET goes non-Windows

We interview Miguel de Icaza, VP of Development Platforms and a founder of Mono to find out what is and is not included in the latest release. Read more »

RIFE with possibilities

Developing a web-based application is never a small undertaking. At the very best it's a lot of work just to develop the code that does whatever it is your application is supposed to do but before you even get to the point of writing your application's code, you have to decide what you going to write it in. Read more »

Java trends: Scripting languages

Java is still less than a decade old, but it's taken hold of the dev world. It's even spawned Java-esque scripting languages, such as BeanShell and Jess. Read more »

Interview with Dr Andrew S Tanenbaum

Nick Gibson caught up with Dr Tanembaum after his keynote address at linux.conf.au and spoke about microkernels, MINIX and what's coming up on the horizon. Read more »

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