mc python library

[dtolj]

How can I load the mc boxee python library in a stand alone python app, I am trying to run some tests and its very tedious to do it from Boxee application each time.

[phikai]

not possible...been covered multiple times

[loge]

Thats more than ugly. Thinking about giving up developing an app for boxee. As a developer i expect something like an SDK (which seems simply not there) and of course a testing environment besides of boxee itself (which means importable boxee modules in normal python apps). I mean, learning python (and its ugly syntax) is evil enough but boxee doesnt provide that much so that you can immediately get up to speed.

Just my 2 cents.

Marc

[bartsidee]

Ever seen a SDK for XBMC? You can expect a SDK from a multi million dollar company, but boxee has just a small group of developers that are focussed on the development and bugfixes of boxee.

Like XBMC, boxee is has opensource/gpl history and is generally supported by a great community. Actually I think boxee has even better support for developers by using the special apps sections. Also there is some great documentation on developer.boxee.tv. If you still can't find it, have a look in the forum or some examples of xbmc, especially the xml syntax is almost simular. The idea of having a community based application is that you just have to put a bit more effort in it than usually, it is not always presented on a dish like google/apple might do.

I have developed quite some apps now and the python part is really not that complicated. What is the problem with testing it in boxee itself? I generally edit the files directly form my boxee user application folder. (just make sure you open and close boxee to refresh *.py files) Further just use print to dump your variables to the boxee log for debugging.

Another tip, have a look at the link below for a nice tutorial to use a boxee with a python IDE:
http://www.greatboxee.com/index.php/...rst-boxee-app/