Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 03:50:45PM -0500, will trillich wrote: >> RAD/rapid-application-development tool sought... (web page forms >> interface to a database we define) > > For RAD, here's what I do: write the documentation, then write the > program in Python (possibly with IDLE) so it does what the docs say, and > then see if there are any compute-bound bottlenecks. Those sections I > rewrite in FORTRAN (the translation is fairly simple). >
[nice workflow, documentation first :) -- but RAD includes RAPID. coding in python and fortran puts that out of reach. we're looking for a gizmo that reads the tables (we may need to specify which tables relate to which others -- has_a, has_many, etc) and produces web forms based on the data structures: page with the invoice table shows 'person' popup menus in place of the person_id field, for example.] > For an html front-end to postgres, try www-pgsql. I haven't tried it > but the description in aptitude looks like what you may want. It > depends on what you mean by license-free. Its free by the DFSG (its in > the main section) but I don't know specifically what licence it is. > > Whenever I've needed a database, I've turned to postgres. Ususally, > though, its a spcific problem so I write the frontend in Python (usually > CUI). > [yes, postgres rocks! rules, triggers, no license fees, and much more...] > Doug. > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RAD-tool-for-debian--tf4038105.html#a11474698 Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
