On Jul 16, 9:56 pm, gary_p <gary.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 16, 7:46 pm, uday <ukapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I need to design a simple web app that would mostly display data > > from an xml file in different forms(like graphs,charts etc) after some > > processing.I have to do this in two weeks > > I don't have any web development background.I am more of a systems > > programmer and thus use C/C++ a lot.But since i have used and liked > > python i turned to django.Have i made the right choice ? Is django too > > much complexity for what i want to do ? Are there lighter options that > > i can turn to ? > > > Udayan > > I have a question that is so similar to this that I've decided to jump > on this thread. > > I program scientific desktop apps in python, usually using the > Enthought Tool Suite. I know nothing about web programming. > I'm now considering running my apps on some kind of server and > controlling with a browser. I read data from instruments, and/or > enter parameters by hand, then run an app that crunches the data > producing graphs and, in my dreams, animations. Can Django do this > smoothly? Is it the wrong tool for this kind of thing? What would be > the right tool? > > I've never in my life needed or used a database, but most Django > tutorials I see involve databases. I store data in hdf5 files. Are > there examples of Django programing that don't depend on a database? > Are databases an essential part of using Django? (I really would > rather not learn about databases for the sole purpose of understanding > a tutorial.) Should I be looking at other solutions (pyjamas?) ? > > -gary
If anyone else finds themselves looking for a non-database starting point: I just discovered that the django book starts off without using databases. For me, much easier to get through than the tutorial on the web site. -gary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
