Thread: Are recipes doable for a programming noob?
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Old 02-16-2011, 04:10 PM  
thearr
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Are calibre recipes the sort of thing that someone with little or no programming background can grok, or does one need to spend a few hours/days/months/years studying Programming 101?
Hi, I'm also have very little programming background, but I found out that python recipes are very easy to write. It took me less then one day to learn python basics, study BeautifulSoup and BasicNewsRecipes classes, and create a very short, but properly working recipe for my Kindle web bookmarks collection (site, recipe and fetched book)

All you need to do in order:
1. Install python. I used this portable all included version 2.6.1.
2. Study python basics. I'm reading Dive Into Python and highly recommend it. Chapters 2-8 are enough to start.
3. Read the introductory manual to news fetching here.
4. Study BeautifulSoup and BasicNewsRecipes documentation.

After this you can start coding your first recipe and will be satisfied with results.
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