"Kyle T. Jones" <serious...@youvegottabekidding.net> writes:
> Been programming for a long time, but just starting out with > Python. Not a professional programmer, just that guy in one of those > organizations that won't hire a pro, instead saying "Hey, Kyle knows > computer stuff - let's have him do this (and that, and the other, > etc)". > > So, the higher ups want a web app that'll let them enter (from an > intranet page) a rather simple, but quite lengthy, list - details to > be stored in a MySQL database... just normal stuff here, entering, > editing, and deleting entries, sorting, etc. > > On the internet side of things, folks get the info served up to them, > can sort it in a few ways, etc - it's pretty basic stuff. > > So, normally, I'd just put something together with Javascript and some > PHP scripts on the back end - so the Javascript is used to make > requests, the php stuff makes the calls to the database then returns > the appropriate info. > > I was thinking of doing the backend using Python instead of PHP - more > just to get some hands-on experience with the language than anything > else. > > So, first - is that a non-starter? - in other words, is it just > something that lends itself more to PHP than Python? That's how I > would normally do it, just thought this would be a good opportunity to > get some "practice" with Python. And I know Python supports MySQL > interactions, which, other than returning some info, is all that > really needs to be done server-side. > > In a broader sense, any suggestions in terms of what I should be wary > of on the security side of things - the internet component I mentioned > is universally accessible... but the database itself can't be accessed > that way directly (requests have to be sent to the PHP/Python scripts, > which do have access to the MySQL stuff...) > > Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated! > > Cheers. It seems to me that it would be worth having a look at django (http://djangoproject.com), a web framework that provides a lot of functionality out of the box and easy integration with mysql (and other database engines). It has good documentation and a good tutorial as well. It has plenty of users and is actively developed. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
