Moving on to Python

I hesitate to say that I've decided to move to Python from PHP. I got plenty of emails from people telling me that PHP would surely solve my XML programming problems, but it doesn't seem to be able to do it for me. There are lots of great tools written in PHP, so it must be a personal issue. I'll know when I've found the right language, because I'll be able to do XML programming without repeatedly getting random errors. I plan on working my way through the "Hacking RSS and Atom" by Les Orchard, and "Beginning RSS and Atom Programming" by Danny Ayers and Andrew Watt. Both books use Python for their examples, so that should give me the background I need to see how the pros do it. After Python comes XSLT, which I also get lots of emails about. The funny thing is that I can get everything I need done with each language I try, except for XML parsing. Reading and writing files from the Web, parsing for hyperlinks, etc. are no problem. This blog is generated with my own FoxPro code and it seems to be working fine. I may be rusty when it comes to serious coding, but I still think there is something missing in the area of XML that isn't my fault.