On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:24 AM, David Smith <d...@cornell.edu> wrote:
> Kyle T. Jones wrote: > > Bruno Desthuilliers, my dear, dear friend, there was this time, oh, > > 4/29/2009 3:02 AM or thereabouts, when you let the following craziness > > loose on Usenet: > >> Kyle T. Jones a écrit : > >>> 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. > >>> > >> (snip) > >> > >> I can only second Arnaud and Emile : Django is very probably what > >> you're looking for, and by all means better than any PHP thingie - > >> wrt/ both development time and security. > >> > >> You'll indeed first have to learn the framework (and Python of > >> course), and learn how to deploy your app in production (which can be > >> a bit tricky if you're not familiar with server admin), but there's a > >> good documentation and a very helpful community around both the Django > >> framework and the Python language. > >> > > > > Thanks everyone! Wow, pretty much a consensus - a rarity with these > > "types" of questions, at least in my experience. > > > > Ok, sounds like I need to be looking at Django. Thanks for the advice! > > > > Cheers! > > Consensus?! ... that just won't do. :-) > > I've started with Pylons and have found it very nice. Loose enough to > tinker with the inner workings but complete and working right out of the > box (or paster in Pylons case). > > --David > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list This Kyle T. is starting with Python as well.
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