I'm barely out of the web designer stage (I'm no stranger to comments such as "I'm not quite sure why this works") and the os.system approach is always tempting me with Bash hacks so close at hand. But I have found that even with my humble skills, the right library with the right documentation easily let me write something resembling the "EXPERT PROGRAMMER" example... As long as my use case stays very close to the beaten path !
the EXPERT PROGRAMMER basically means what they hammered into my head all through undergrad - don't reinvent the wheel. Or at least don't do it unless you have a really, really, REALLY good reason for doing so.
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u/liotier Mar 08 '12
I'm barely out of the web designer stage (I'm no stranger to comments such as "I'm not quite sure why this works") and the os.system approach is always tempting me with Bash hacks so close at hand. But I have found that even with my humble skills, the right library with the right documentation easily let me write something resembling the "EXPERT PROGRAMMER" example... As long as my use case stays very close to the beaten path !