On Apr 28, 1:47 pm, "Kyle T. Jones" <serious...@youvegottabekidding.net> wrote: > 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!
I will echo the recommendations for Django. I looked at Django hoping to write a personal little app to manage some personal data. It turns out I didn't have to write an app at all. Django comes with a spiffy and versatile content editor, all I had to do was input the database schema and configure the data entry fields. I figure you and your bosses can do the same thing to manage your private Wolverine image stash. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
