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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Abdoul, and others,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m also interested to learn python. I have experience of some prehistoric programming languages from 20 years ago. Do you know about some introduction manual to get a picture of the program and command structure of Python?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jake<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> forestrytools-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:forestrytools-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Abdoul O. Dia<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> ForestryTools List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ForestryTools] Forestry tools<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><pre><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Hi Lee,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I'm not a specialist of Python. I do have just basic skills of it. It seems that it's not a big deal to learn it in depth (i.e. OOP). So let's move forward with Python. As I said previously in my other postings, I'll start focusing on task A as starting point. In the meanwhile, it'll be great to have an idea on the framework that you'll provide.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Let's move forward.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Abdoul</span><o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>Le 2013-05-22 11:39, Lee a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I'll play with the wiki page further over the holiday (memorial day) weekend. Hopefully that will give us a little bit more framework to move forward. I'll concentrate on a minimum for a usable tool that can be released, with the hope that will attract additional interest and participation in the project.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>From my basic thought process I think that's:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A. Ability to enter data and link it to plots/stands.<br>B. Generate simple stand/stocking reports with a minimum set of options.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>At a basic level, I'll leave software design decisions to those more capable than myself. In this effort, I'll make a far better soldier than a general. That said, I'm happy to provide more leadership on the design/use/project management side.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Abdoul, what's your familiarity with Python over C++? For QGIS plugins (our initial intention) Python is the way to go and offers better accessibility via the plugin installer. C++ <i>may</i> have some benefits, but would be a bit more difficult for the average user to install.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>--<br>All the best,<br>Lee<br>ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A<br>Registered Forester #46043<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Abdoul O. Dia <<a href="mailto:dia.abdoul@gmail.com" target="_blank">dia.abdoul@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Lee,<br><br>I think that's a good idea to formalize the project further. I believe that we should start from what you already suggested regarding the different tasks. We can work from that starting point. Can you take the lead so everyone can add his (her) suggestions ? This will help obviously to get on truck and to make sure that<span style='font-size:13.5pt'> </span>we are moving on to the right direction.<br><br>I was wondering about the design of the software / system / plugin : e.g. building classes, inheritance, ...Or maybe it's to early?<br><br>In the meanwhile, I'll start looking at A1.<br><br>All the best <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-- <br>Abdoul Ousmane DIA, Ing. f., MSc., Biol.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Co-founder OpenGeomatica<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Forestrytools mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Forestrytools@lists.osgeo.org">Forestrytools@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/forestrytools" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/forestrytools</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>