In 2011 and 2012 I had released 3 commercial Python training tutorials, using Maya as a target platform. Now enjoy them free of charge!

This is an overview describing my approach to creating C++ bindings around a Go library.

There are a number of sources of information on the usage and behavioral differences of the many “smart pointer” options offered by Qt. But one thing I couldn’t find enough information on were the performance characteristics.

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PyQt4 UI Development for Maya #

Just released my 3rd python-based online training video through cmiVFX.com

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In a recent python project where I was sending multiple messages per second of data over a basic socket, I had initially just grabbed the cPickle module to get the prototype proof-of-concept functioning properly. cPickle is awesome for easily serializing more complex python objects like custom classes, even though in my case I am only sending basic types.

A recent project of mine involves research and development with an XBOX 360 Kinect Sensor. Being a python guy, I started searching for python bindings to some OSX-supported framework. When you just get started looking into this area it can be a little confusing. There are a number of layers to the software stack to enable one to accomplish anything meaningful. This is just a short and general blog post outlining the basics of what I have discovered thus far, to help anyone else that might also be getting started.

Permalink – writemycode.net

In the spirit of a very similar blog post, I decided to expand upon a specific area of that article…

Consider a question like this:

I want to do this. Create 10000 files, (filename can be just combination of time and random number). File size should be 4k. And I want to time this. say how many seconds it will take.

How can I do this on bash?

Thank you.

A question came up in the Maya-Python mailing list that I thought was a really good topic, and should be reposted.

Someone asked how you can create maya UI objects and embed them within your main PyQt application. Specifically he wanted to create a modelPanel and embed it so that he would have a camera view within his own PyQt window.

Second video in the python for maya series, just released through cmiVFX!

Python For Maya – Volume 2 #

If you watched the first video, you now have a good grasp on Python. Sweet. Let’s plow through some more involved concepts like python juggernauts!