| I come from a background of static typing and rigid languages: C, C++, C#. I’m seeing more than one trend at work here. For the longest time I felt something of a warm, fuzzy sensation when it came to my programming. The data type on the left matched the data type on the right. All was well. Then Python walked through the door.
Python’s not the only game in town to use dynamic typing (also known as duck typing, which you will learn about in due time), but it did catch my eye and challenged my perspective as a programmer. “What is this? How does one accurately program anything in this fashion? Five hundred lines of code and not one duck! Python’s a liar.” A little unsettling, you can imagine. |
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 IronPython in ActionIn 2005, Microsoft quietly announced an initiative to bring dynamic languages to the .NET platform. The starting point for this project was a .NET implementation of Python, dubbed IronPython. After a couple years of incubation, IronPython is ready for real-world use. It blends the simplicity, elegance, and dynamism of Python with the power of the... | | | | Maximizing Your Sales with Salesforce.comWith more than 1,000,000 active users, Salesforce.com is the most widely used online CRM application worldwide. Targeted to busy sales professionals, Salesforce.com can be used to manage sales, accounts, contacts, correspondence, activities, and more. If you’re one of these busy sales professionals, you need an easy reference tool to maximize... |
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