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What's in python for me?
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Hi, I am just wondering about python. As C/C++ programmer I think I am proficient in my language. As Symbian C++ isn't mystery for a long time and its my proffesion I doubt,is there any reason why should I learn Python for S60?  I don't like www stuff and don't wont do such things. Searching in google shows me a lot of crap and masots written in Python on Symbian.... Why should I need it??? Can you show me any example of python script helping developement of serious utility??? Is it safe/reliability?? I've seen that Civilization 4 by Sid Mayer's is using python as a scripting language on PC. Its works like hell and hang up one in a while (from python side...). As CPU on Symbian is low I think LUA if any would be better choice as game scripting language for symbian... So is there something needful for Me in Python? Thanks, Wojtek Wojciech Freliszka |
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Forum posts: 24
http://www.mobilenin.com/pys60/menu.htm
Check this url. I guess u should get answers to all your question here.
Anywas also check python,org and u should know where python is used.If
u r still not satisfied .
Read the URL 's bellow
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882
Of crz in terms of mobile programming Python hasen't evolved much buTr check out a few pojects @ sourceforge.net I have seen a program which if installed on ur mobile phone can be used as a remote control to
Symbian Develpoer
Forum posts: 1058
As fwojtek, I am a little skeptic, mainly because of two reasons:
1) I did not yet encounter a substantial Symbian application written in Python, only a lot of small things. Given that Python is without doubt a powerful language per se, why so far nobody uses this powerful language to write a "real" program?
2) As far as I know Nokia made one initial version of the Python interpreter, but then nothing followed, for quite a long time already. So, is Nokia committed to Python or not? If I use it, will I be able to port my works to the next-gen Nokia phone that I will buy in 2 or 3 years time, or will the Python intermezzo already be over by then?
René Brunner
Forum posts: 695
Nokia has released multiple versions/updates of S60 Python already. Latest is a release for S60 3rd Edition (S60 3.0).
And as it is open source, its development can continue without Nokia doing anything more than it already has (not that there has been any signs that it wouldn't continue):
http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/pythonfors60/index.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pys60
Forum posts: 1058
Also the Python forum was more lively than I expected it to be.
Concerning Python being open source, with the possibility that somebody picks up should Nokia leave the party at some time in the future: Did anybody here have a look at the source code?
I ask because something similar to Python - OPL - currently struggles, despite being open source. One of the main reasons might be the complexitity of the code. I think it is too difficult for the majority of Symbian programmers, and the little group that could work on it mostly seems to have other priorities...
René Brunner
Forum posts: 53
I can't see the way of using python for making money in mobile developement. Nowbody pays surious cash for something that (prodobly) could also work. Also don't see anything simple and small I could do not "just for fun"...
Wojciech Freliszka
NinthBit