2010-10-16, 15:34
Hi,
I've been programming in Python casually for several years using wxPython and even pyGame libraries. I'm also familiar with web scrapeing and wrote a tool in SageTV using python.
I recently got a softmodded xbox just because I was so thrilled to learn that python is built right into XBMC. (one of my main gripes with SageTV is that it uses Java -yuck).
So I'm ready to roll up my sleeves and start programming but it seems that python for XBMC is quite specific and I have some learning to do even though I'm an advanced Python programmer. The documentation is hit and miss and there seems to be a lot of orphan websites that start off trying to provide tutorials but are now outdated. I read the Wiki and it also seems outdated.
So do I just dive in and start by disecting some of the scripts here or are there some useful tutorials. I've learnt that no tutorial is better than bad tutorials. Therefor I am very selective when picking a learning resource.
Thanks
I've been programming in Python casually for several years using wxPython and even pyGame libraries. I'm also familiar with web scrapeing and wrote a tool in SageTV using python.
I recently got a softmodded xbox just because I was so thrilled to learn that python is built right into XBMC. (one of my main gripes with SageTV is that it uses Java -yuck).
So I'm ready to roll up my sleeves and start programming but it seems that python for XBMC is quite specific and I have some learning to do even though I'm an advanced Python programmer. The documentation is hit and miss and there seems to be a lot of orphan websites that start off trying to provide tutorials but are now outdated. I read the Wiki and it also seems outdated.
So do I just dive in and start by disecting some of the scripts here or are there some useful tutorials. I've learnt that no tutorial is better than bad tutorials. Therefor I am very selective when picking a learning resource.
Thanks