On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Gora Mohanty <g...@srijan.in> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:15:12 +0530 > Jins Thomas <jinstho...@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] >> Current requirement is like we are planning to build such an >> application which should have >> >> 1. (Web) client gui which can connect to a database, run some >> perl scripts at the back end, gives back the results in the gui >> (results can be some tabular inputs, paragraphs, charts, >> schematic diagrams etc.) > > I would definitely recommend Django over something like web.py. > Django is quite easy to get into in terms of basics, and you > can explore further features as needed. With web.py, I would > suspect that you would eventually end up writing your own framework. > > If you want to run Perl scripts, you could consider looking at > Catalyst, a Perl web framework (never used it myself, but have > heard many good things about it). > >> 2. It should have some drag and drop facility and connect the >> objects to configure some rule sets, saveas options etc. > > Drag and drop should probably be a front-end task, say jQuery > driven. Others can be done. > >> Basically there are some quite a bit debates happening whether it >> should be a web gui, or a thick client (which connects to the >> database). >> >> Would some body please advice when free on >> >> 1. Whether web.py itself is the good option for building this >> kind of framework. >> >> 2 . How easy would it be to build such an application in python >> (Currently i should rate my python skills to be almost beginner >> level) >> >> 3. I was looking for some frameworks like vaadin in a python, >> does anybody knows about such a framework. > > Not sure what vaadin is, but as mentioned above, I would go with > Django. > >> 4. For all this frameworks, we need apache like webserver right. >> I found web.py's independent sample webserver, Is it advisable to >> use such a webserver to avoid other third party installations. > > You can run Django through Apache, or other web servers. > >> 5. What's your opinion on Web client vs Thick client for such an >> application. If it's thick client, architects here are forcing >> to use TCL/Tk to build. But my feel is it's lacking look and feel. > [...] > > Ack! Tcl/Tk in this day and age? >
Django is a framework, web.py is a library. The OP is a beginner and he is not sure what exactly his final solution will look like. So, it is better to start with a library and add features as you go. With django, you get a bunch of design decisions made for you, which may or may not suite your requirements. Django is not a panacea for every web development project. Vaadin is a RIA framework much like GWT. Google would have told you that. _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
