> I would like to develop a small internal tool in my company for
> telesales agents to fill in orders of different products then finance
> can approve them and send them to the shipping department. I was going
> to use php and dreamweaver but I have some python and django
> knowledge. My impression is that Django mainly works like a CMS. Is it
> possible to use it for the purpose I have? Are there better suited
> Python frameworks? or should I stick with PHP?
Russell has already addressed the "Django is mainly for CMS
development" myth.
I've done this in Django -- just created a simple
finite-state-machine of available states and the transitions
available between those states. Attributes on the states &
transitions drive the workflows. All state-changes get logged to
a state-history table so the flow is tracked. The models look
something like:
class State(Model):
name = CharField()
# ... other attributes germane to a State
class Transition(Model):
from_state = ForeignKey(State)
to_state = ForeignKey(State)
# ... other attributes germane to a transition
class MyThing(Model):
state = ForeignKey(State)
state_last_changed = TimeStamp(...)
def get_available_states(self):
"Returns the states to which this thing can transition"
# good for populating dropdown fields
available_ids = Transition.objects.filter(
from_state=self.state).values_list('id', flat=True)
return State.objects.filter(id__inavailable_ids)
def save(...):
# implement state-changed tracking and history logging
class StateHistory(Model):
thing = ForeignKey(MyThing)
state_changed = TimeStamp(...)
from_state = ForeignKey(State)
to_state = ForeignKey(State)
who = ForeignKey(User)
# ... other attributes you want to log re. the change
Hope this gives you a good place to start.
-tkc
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