Lonely Lion

GMAN: XMLRPC::Lite Perl

I was looking for an XMLRPC::Lite example, and found this one. At first glance, it looks really good. I’m going to try to use some of this this afternoon.

Jabber Perl
Jabber Python

I’d like to do some Python work in an environment without Python, but has Perl. So, instead of writing my stuff in Perl, I’m going to write a Perl XML-RPC based API, and have Python talk through it.

All the API needs to do is front for a few command line programs on the target host. I’m looking at Perl’s available XML-RPC modules. Here’s an article on one:

Using XML-RPC for Web services: Getting started with XML-RPC in Perl

I’m starting to get a fair amount of spam on my server, so it may be time for:
SpamAssassin

One of the things that initially attracted me to Python was the built in Qt GUI libraries. Then I started to work with them. It’s not that they’re hard, they’re just time consuming, and end up looking “old”. It’s a nit, but it bugs me. I want my GUI’s to look native.

So, I started exploring the alternatives. The two big ones are wxPython and pyGTK. For now, I’m going to try and put some energy into wxPython, using this tutorial:

Getting Started – wxPython Wiki

I’m choosing wxPython based on the easily installed windows libraries, and a relatively good amount of online documentation.

Documentation is a big deal for me, I like to read. I’m actually pretty dissapointed in the wxPython docs, but it’s better then nothing.

A Beginner’s Guide to Using pyGTK and Glade

For the to-read list.