On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:06:33 -0500, Jeremy Dunck wrote: > On 7/12/07, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Using a database is assumed, > > Not true. URL dispatch, forms, and views still work. It very must > depends what kind of site you're making. > > Though I raise my eyebrow at the idea that making something accessible > via web service somehow makes it more secure than, say, a bog-standard > secure DB connection. > >>and if I removed it from the picture, I'd >> need to write a lot of code and probably use SOAP, XML or JSON for data >> transfer over the wire. > > soapy, simplejson. > > Do you need querying? They made databases for that, and made them > accessible to Internet Services. They're the new hot thing. ;-) > >> "Newforms" library seems flexible, but how feasible is it without >> instances of a model and a database? > > Yep, you can use them without HTML, too. What would you do with the > resulting data? > > Are you asking for a web-service backed Model? If so, using your own > service protocol avoids the common ground upon which it could be built. > > I hear there's a SoC to do REST stuff. Maybe this would help: > http://www.amazon.com/RESTful-Web-Services-Leonard-Richardson/ dp/0596529260 > > You could use HTTPS with digest auth... > >> Is it even worth considering or are there better alternatives than >> Django for this type of a web application? > > I dunno what kind of web application this is. :) >
Unfortunately, I can't give you more details about the security aspect, except that it has to do with prolonged physical storage of large amounts of data online, which is "insecure". The exact details are not known to me yet. I'm a developer that has been told to make a web app instead of a desktop program that works with a pretty old system :) I know it sounds a bit contradictory, but at this point I'm exploring possibilities. It might be that a database would be the best option in the end. It would be so much easier. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
