Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-21 Thread Simon John
I'd go with a MySQL / Python / Apache route, but if it's Windows, maybe not. Also, you shouldn't store images in a database - images should be on the filesystem with their paths stored in the database. I'd definitely say going the web application route would be easier (and more portable) than the

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-14 Thread McBooCzech
Sorry, I have forgotten to mention binding for Firebird to Python: kinterbasdb http://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/ Petr Jakes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-14 Thread McBooCzech
I am trying to find answers to the similar problem for nearly two months. After this time it looks for me like this: language: Python 2.3 or 2.4 IDE: Eric3 GUI toolkit: Qt (commercial but free under GPL for Linux and Mac) http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/index.html (version 4 will be release

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-14 Thread Nick Vargish
Grumman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If running on a Mac really is a goal, ditch Access, its windows > only. You'd want to look into MySQL, PostgreSQl or some such for > inter-platform use. Depending on how large the dataset is likely to get, SQLite may be a good choice for the data-handling bac

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-13 Thread Grumman
I would want the program to run in Windows for sure. If it could work on a Mac and other systems, that would be a plus. btw - I have the database designed (and the program info database filled) in Access If running on a Mac really is a goal, ditch Access, its windows only. You'd want to lo

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-13 Thread sjm
Heather Stovold wrote: > I am a "retired" programmer, that started in the DOS world. (Well, I guess > I started pre-DOS...). I learned C++ (for DOS), and Pascal (for DOS) when I > was in school - and programmed for several years in Basic. (Ok - it wasn't > my choice - but it was what I was hire

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-13 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Heather Stovold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>I need to make a GUI interface. Some of the screens need to be dynamically >>created, with the screen information in a database. Included in the database >>will be pictures (.

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-13 Thread Maurice LING
Hi, I feel that you have a consideration if Python is suitable from the perspective that you hadn't programmed for a long time. Assuming that you had been convinced that Python is a suitable language in terms of functionalities you need, please allow me to ensure that Python is simple enough to

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-13 Thread Tim Roberts
"Heather Stovold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I need to make a GUI interface. Some of the screens need to be dynamically >created, with the screen information in a database. Included in the database >will be pictures (.gif or .jpg) that need to be displayed. A second >database would hold the us

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-12 Thread Benji York
Heather Stovold wrote: I need to make a GUI interface. There are many to choose from. I prefer wxPython (wxpython.org). It is portable, has native look-and-feel, comes with good documentation and an excellent demo application. I would really love it to be able to also be able to be run on the int

Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-12 Thread Heather Stovold
Hi all... I am looking at writing a little program for my own use, and probably for a bunch of other people too, and I am trying to decide what would be the best language to use. I am a "retired" programmer, that started in the DOS world. (Well, I guess I started pre-DOS...). I learned C++ (for