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Python Programming on Win32 Mark Hammond Andy Robinson Publisher: O'Reilly First Edition January 2000 Despite Python’s increasing popularity on Windows, Python Programming on Win32 is the first book to demonstrate how to use it as a serious Windows development and administration tool. This book addresses all the basic technologies for common integration tasks on Windows, explaining both the Windows issues and the Python code you need to glue things together. |
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Python is growing in popularity; based on download
statistics, there are now over 450,000 people using Python, and more than
150,000 people using Python on Windows. Use of the language has been growing at
about 40% per year since 1995, and there is every reason to believe that growth
will continue.
Despite Python's increasing popularity on Windows, Python
Programming on Win32 is the first book to demonstrate how to use it as a
serious Windows development and administration tool. Unlike scripting on Unix,
Windows scripting involves integrating a number of components, such as COM or
the various mail and database APIs, with the Win32 programming interface. While
experienced Windows C++ programmers can find their way through the various
objects, most people need some guidance, and this book is it. It addresses all
the basic technologies for common integration tasks on Windows, explaining both
the Windows issues and the Python code you need to glue things together.
Topics include:
This is a vital and unique book. Python Programming on Win32 is an excellent presentation of Windows application development and a solid illustration of how to use Python in the Windows environment.
Mark Hammond is an independent Microsoft Windows consultant working out of Melbourne, Australia. He studied computer science at the South Australian Institute of Technology (now the University of South Australia), and then worked with several large financial institutions in Australia. He started his consulting operation in 1995.
Mark has produced many of the Windows extensions for Python, including PythonWin, Active Scripting, and Active Debugging support, and coauthored the COM framework and extensions. He is also a leading authority on Active Scripting and related technologies and has spoken on this subject at Microsoft¹s three most recent Professional Developers conferences.
Apart from being a father to his teenage daughter, having an interest in live music, and providing way-too-many free Python extensions, Mark has no life!
Andy Robinson is a London-based consultant specializing in business analysis, object-oriented design, and Windows development. He studied physics and philosophy, then Japanese studies at Oxford. He spent a year in advertising in Tokyo, two more in investment banking, and a long spell as the finance director of a startup in the sports industry. Observing that in all these positions he always ended up having to rewrite software, he moved to full-time computer consulting four years ago. He is currently helping one of the world's largest fund managers to internationalize their systems to handle Asian languages, developing Python systems for financial analysis, and reporting.
Back when Andy had spare time, his passions were track and field, and rock climbing. Right now his two sons, Tim and Harry, are taking up all of his time.