Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-23 Thread Aseem Bansal
I know that there are many online ways to do what I am trying to do but this was something I wanted to make. I have learnt Python myself and wanted to learn a way to make apps in Python. GUI development in Python has given a lot of headache while trying to find an appropriate framework with th

Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-23 Thread Aseem Bansal
The project is not a browser but a app for managing the bookmarks. Only managing by categories. A replacement for the bookmarks made in webbrowser. I wanted to make bookmarks easier to use. Hierarchical structure of bookmarks gives a lot of problems. I wanted to solve that for my use. On Friday

Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-23 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark H Harris wrote: > On 5/22/14 1:54 PM, Aseem Bansal wrote: >> >> I am working on a hobby project - a Bookmarker{snip} > > > hi, no django is not really the correct tool-set. Django is for server-side > content management That's a common misconception. Django

Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-22 Thread Ethan Furman
On 05/22/2014 11:54 AM, Aseem Bansal wrote: I am working on a hobby project - a Bookmarker https://github.com/anshbansal/Bookmarker. Take a look at delicio.us -- it seems to be a similar type of experience. -- ~Ethan~ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-22 Thread John Gordon
In Ian Kelly writes: > > My web browser works just fine with links such as this: > > > > foo.html > It works if the document that contains the link is also opened from > the local filesystem, but browsers will refuse to follow the link if > it was served over http. Aha! I didn't know that.

Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-22 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:28 PM, John Gordon wrote: > In <6a3c5b20-bce5-4c95-b27f-3840e9cc7...@googlegroups.com> Aseem Bansal > writes: > >> But I hit a snag today that webbrowser's won't allow client to open >> hyperlinks with file protocol. I have both offline and online bookmarks >> so that w

Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-22 Thread Mark H Harris
On 5/22/14 1:54 PM, Aseem Bansal wrote: I am working on a hobby project - a Bookmarker{snip} hi, no django is not really the correct tool-set. Django is for server-side content management, but who knows, you might come up with a great hack (I don't want to discourage you). But, a straight p

Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-22 Thread John Gordon
In <6a3c5b20-bce5-4c95-b27f-3840e9cc7...@googlegroups.com> Aseem Bansal writes: > But I hit a snag today that webbrowser's won't allow client to open > hyperlinks with file protocol. I have both offline and online bookmarks > so that was a problem for me. What do you mean by saying "webbrowser'

Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

2014-05-22 Thread Aseem Bansal
I am working on a hobby project - a Bookmarker https://github.com/anshbansal/Bookmarker. Basically bookmarks like in webbrowser stored in a app. The twist is storage by categories. I have spent some time on choosing the correct tech for making this project but it seems it would be better to ta