Sort-of OT: Learning Python

[Geoff Canyon]

Those of you who know me know that I am always fascinated by  
different programming languages. I've programmed in more than a few,  
but read up on dozens. Lately I've been taking a stab at Python.

I'm keeping track of progress at http://learningpython.wordpress.com/

So far it's mostly gripes and rants ;-)

The reason I say sort-of off topic is that I'm making no secret of  
the fact that I come from a Revolution background. The latest post  
compares the out-of-the-box experience between Rev and a Python IDE.  
In Rev, installation and building a standalone application takes 16  
steps, including retrieving and entering the demo license code. In  
Python, after 10 steps I have downloaded nothing, installed nothing,  
and built nothing, have gone down a blind alley or two, and have more  
questions than I started with.

When I get past the install and start describing actually programming  
in Python, it should be better.

In any case, feel free to have a look and post feedback, even if it's  
just to point out where I went wrong in the Python install process ;-)

regards,

Geoff