On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 2:07 AM, Monte Milanuk <memila...@invalid.com> wrote: >> So I guess I'm asking for advice or simplified examples of how to >> go about connecting a client desktop app to a parent/master desktop app, >> so I can get some idea of how big of a task I'm looking at here, and >> whether that would be more or less difficult than trying to do the >> equivalent job using a web framework. > > Easier way: Don't have a "master desktop app", but instead have a > master database. Since you're posting this to python-list, I'll assume > you currently intend writing this in Python; you can make a really > simple transition from single-user-single-desktop to a networked > system, although of course you'll want to think in terms of multiple > users from the start.
So... if everybody is using the same application to access the same database, how would you prevent say, a data entry user from accidentally breaking something above their pay-grade? Set up some sort of role-based privilege system to limit them to write access for some portions and read-only for others? Thanks, Monte -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
