Thanks, Jonas. And do you think Django's ORM will be able to handle my multiple DB connections, with read/write fields from different DB producs/ servers on the same view (most of which will hopefully be ODBC compliant, but some might not)?
On Aug 12, 11:32 am, Jonas Obrist <ojiido...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my opinion writing it in django/html/... is a lot easier and faster > than doing it in a real python GUI tool. Also you have the networking in > your LAN taken care of by the browser. > > snfctech wrote: > > One more question: Any advantage to just using a Python GUI toolkit > > instead? > > > On Aug 12, 9:18 am, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote: > > >> Thanks for all of the good feedback! > > >> At the very least I am enthusiastic about the health of this list! ;-) > > >> @Philippe: By mid-size I mean ~70 people in a retail business (~$500K/ > >> sales/week). > > >> Sounds like the community feels Django is a good choice for my type of > >> project. > > >> Thanks! > > >> On Aug 12, 5:18 am, Philippe Raoult <philippe.rao...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> I don't know what you mean by mid-sized but I deployed exactly what > >>> you're describing in a 45-strong company. We have occasional browser > >>> incompatibilities with ajax but overall django was very much the right > >>> tool for the job. As a bonus the company's clients can now access a > >>> restricted part of the application to monitor their files and dealings > >>> over https. Employees can also log in from home over https without any > >>> software/hardware prerequisite. We're also planning on adding some > >>> smartphone friendly pages for specific tasks (billing when employees > >>> are working offsite). > > >>> My app is around 25k lines of python+templates > > >>> Hope this helps you make your mind. > > >>> On Aug 11, 9:06 pm, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote: > > >>>> I'm about to start a fairly large project for a mid-sized business > >>>> with a lot of integration with other systems (POS, accounting, > >>>> website, inventory, purchasing, etc.) The purpose of the system is to > >>>> try to reduce current data siloing and give employees role-based > >>>> access to the specific data entry and reports they need, as well as to > >>>> replace some manual and redundant business processes. The system needs > >>>> to be cross-platform (Windows/Linux), open source and is primarily for > >>>> LAN use. > > >>>> My experience is mostly PHP/web/app development, but I have developed > >>>> a few LAN apps using Java/Servoy (like Filemaker). I am leaning > >>>> towards Python/Django - but wondering whether this may be > >>>> unnecessarily web-specific. I really felt Servoy development was very > >>>> rapid, and it was cross-paltform, but it was not open source (not to > >>>> mention that anything custom needed to be Java which I find too > >>>> verbose/ slow to develop in). Or maybe Open Office Base and some > >>>> scripting is sufficient to handle my needs. > > >>>> So, my main question is: Does a web framework like Django sound like a > >>>> reasonable platform to build a LAN Dashboard for a mid-sized company? > >>>> Or am I thinking too much like a web developer? > > >>>> Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
