I also have made the conversion from Java/Swing/Webapp(jnlp) to Django, but I used Flex (a.k.a. Flash) for my UI because I've got a rich client background and did not want to deal with Browser inconsistencies. I'm happy with that choice. I use a very simple django template to render a very consistent XML which Flex accepts. This allowed me to initially develop my UI using XML text files which allowed me to show results very quickly.
You can get a free 60 day developer license from Adobe, which should be enough to complete most of the task and then get management to buy a licensee (~$500 depending on ???) Adobe used to sell a very pricey backend which you don't need with django. If you decide to go this route, I can help you with the initial startup issues. If so, post back here with Flex + Django as the subject. If it gets too involved we can move off the django list, but others might be interested. From: django-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:django-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Kovar Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:56 PM To: django-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Rewriting Java UI for Django? Patrick, Thank you for the insight. Thankfully, I'm trying to port rather than wrap so while I've got a learning curve ahead of me, it isn't a horrible one. -David On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Patrick McDonnell wrote: David - I'm not sure I follow exactly what you're asking. If you're trying to basically port a Java/Swing application to Django: Django is a web application framework. Python with the Django libraries are used on the back end, and HTML is used on the front end (technically it is possible to use something other than an HTML front end, but that woud be very unusual). So, in answer to your question, HTML/JavaScript/CSS/etc are used to develop your UI. Django does offer some utilities to make your job easier (see the docs for forms and templates), but the majority of the UI design must be done by hand. Also note that Django does automatically generate an admin UI for all of your database models. By default, its a pretty simple CRUD interface, but you can modify it a bit, see the docs. If, however, you're asking how to "wrap" an existing Java/Swing application inside of Django... That would be much more complicated, and probably not a very good idea. HTH On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:13 AM, David Kovar <dko...@gmail.com> wrote: Greetings, I'm fairly experienced with Python for backend, non UI/UX tasks but am very new to trying to do any UI work other than command lines. This'll come off as a very newbie question, and it is. I need to take an existing Java/Swing UI and wrap it inside of Django to provide authentication, customer support, etc. I've got a pretty good handle on most of this, except for: What is the best Python approach to writing a web UI that includes dropdown menus, radio buttons, etc? It may be that Django will do this for me, but I've not figured out how to do so yet. Thanks.... -David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.
