On 9/8/06, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am interested in setting up a modest invoicing system for some > consulting I am doing. I like the idea of managing this on the web and > creating invoices and printing them from a browser. However, I'm not > really sure where to start. I've played with some CMS applications, but > they seem more for blogging (mamba, wordpress, etc.). Ideally, I would > like to interface with mySQL (or whatever the favorite web-flavor > database app is these days). I would like to be able to use my python > skills. > > I confident that if I set out to write this from scatch, I will be > seriously re-inventing the wheel, perhaps several times over. > > So, my question is, does anyone know of a book and/or some kind of > framework that would make the best sense for what I am describing here? > I've heard of Zope, but I would like to make sure its appropriate for > the job before I spend 2 or 3 days getting acquainted with it. I'm adept > at HTML, python, CSS, python-CGI, and interfacing with mySQL through > DBI. I'm sure I could get something to work with these skills, but I > want to minimize wheel re-invention as much as possible. > > Basically, I want a jump start on data-base oriented web development > with a focus on applying my python skills.
I think that Karrigell might do what you want, and you can read all the (excellent) documentation in a few hours. Otherwise, specially if you think you might get deeper into web-based stuff, with more complex/special/whatever needs, I'd probably try Pylons (which has also very nice and well organized docs). I have no direct experience with Django or TG, but I find them "overwhelming", specially compared to Karrigell; Zope I find even more overwhelming. HTH, R. > -- > James Stroud > UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics > Box 951570 > Los Angeles, CA 90095 > > http://www.jamesstroud.com/116 > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list117 > -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Bioinformatics Unit Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) http://ligarto.org/rdiaz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
