Strange error in wxpython List Control

During a recent manipulation to delete elements of WxPython's ListControl object, the application gave the following strange error as a pop up:
Could not retrieve information about list control item #Number
The number was always the last element of the list control.
The list control wiki also does not explains this issue.
This question was discussed before, but was wrongly asked.
The error is actually in finding the last element of the list control; asthe self.logwin.GetItemCount()  results in an error. The last correct element is actually at self.logwin.GetItemCount()-1
Hopefully this solves the problems of others who stumble upon here.

Introduction towards using Ruby enVironment Manager

As I have been using RVM for quite a while during recent times, I felt it was necessary to give a quick introduction of it.

Similar to bundler, the dependency management tool, this sort of has become the de-facto method of setting up development environment in the ruby community.

Basically , this is a bundler for the entire ruby platform, or the ruby application stack. By using this, at a given project, we can specify the version of ruby that application runs upon (yes,  even its different ports like jruby and ironruby) and its different gems.

To install, it is recommended that you install from the default location as mentioned from the website itself as the bleeding edge projects tend to migrate and change their locations quite often.

After a single step installation and setup, you can perform different steps, some of which are :


Installation of platforms

rvm install

for eg : rvm install ruby-1.9.3

This will install the given version of ruby platform by fetching its source tarball into your .rvm/archives folder at home location and build that ruby from source

Testing of all platforms managed by rvm

rvm do ruby [filename.rb]

This will run the ruby command on all installed

Selection of an installed platform

rvm use

for eg : rvm use 1.8.7

This searches for an appropriate version of ruby and specifies steps for installation of that version if it is not present in the rvm.

Gemsets

In line with the compartmentalization introduced at platform level, rvm also provides the same at gem level. We can create different 'schemes' containing specified gems of specific version.

The gemsets are namespaces having different combinations of gems. This solves a lot of headache from developers as newer versions can be tried without compromising on stability of existing systems.

Creating gemsets
rvm gemset create 

This creates different gemsets which are used in the following manner :

rvm @[gemsetname]

This sets our current gemset and now we can install any gems that we like using the gem install -v version gemname here.

The version@gemset name is unique and will have these configurations saved.

Using gemsets
After the creation you can load a gemset configuration through:

rvm use version@gemset

rvm use gemset

There are host of other options that we may use, but these are enough to get started (as in git, where the necessary commands are a breeze once we understand its intent). Since I am currently working on only hobby projects based on ruby, I have not used rvm's advanced topics yet. I would update here as I come across other exciting facets of this technology.

Experiences as a software engineer

I will soon be completing my first year working as a software engineer. An year ago, I was an eager college student and was dabbling in open source stuff heavily to make up of the extra time that I had spent in college. I had the prerequisite knowledge to be a developer even before college, but in India, you are worthless if you do not have anything on paper, but are deemed to be knowledgeable if having degrees and certifications.

To start off with, I consider myself lucky to be in my present job, last year during my fifth semester, a trip to various local companies to 'test the waters' proved out to be an opportunity in disguise. I was interviewed and then selected without much fanfare. During the first day as an intern(my last semester involved industrial training) I jumped headfirst into connection pooling using spring, which was required here and there was no looking back (In direct contrast to people working in multinationals, who with much fanfare start their training - but later migrate to management as growth as a developer is restricted).
Among other things, I was having a java and ruby background and was started as a java developer. One of the perks of being in a product company is you have time and opportunity to try out, learn and explore new stuff all while doing your job.
After working considerably in the RnD over product development, I was put to test in scaling web scraping applications, porting of our product in .net platform and creating a keyboard/mouse capture application for assembling a test management mashup during the course of the previous year. Although I miss web applications a wee bit, the middleware and logic is what keeps me busy. On a parallel basis, I am into lot of books involving me to be a better developer. The Clean Coder, The passionate programmer,
With regards to updating my blog with the new stuff once every month, I learnt and made some interesting excercises during my free time, but paucity of time as well as my frequent forays in dzone and other knowledge portals led to cancellation of various blog posts. I am thinking of reverting to small posts providing a high level overview of technology practices that I consider important in current scenario instead of writing tutorial like posts.
Am having quite a few of these items in my mind, and will post them as the time allows.