On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:20:43 +0100, Bulba! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20 Dec 2004 04:43:06 -0800, Paul Rubin > >I'd try to make it web based unless > >there's a good reason not to. > > Reason 1: It would be somewhat complex to develop it using > PHP (I have done some recon in that area) and using GUI > on Windows is actually faster way of entering and editing data > than via the Web browser I think. > > Reason 2: I don't want to learn yet another language > just for this app and want to avoid integration problems > as we plan to develop yet another application for other workers > that would connect to the common DB and sent the data directly > for that accounting app.
Two good reasons indeed. There are some types of data entry tasks that don't map well to the browser. Rich grid style data entry just comes to mind, it requires a ton of Javascript code, not to mention XMLRPC, if you want it to be dynamic and responsive. But if the data entry forms are simple, I recommend you to check some lightweight approaches for Web development in Python. I personally used CherryPy (www.cherrypy.org); you can also check Quixote or Snakelets. All three are much lighter than Zope. CherryPy in particular is extremely light and easy to work with, and includes a reasonably powerful embedded Python-based webserver; it's not Apache, but it's much easier to set up. And all three options are free. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com blog: http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
