Thanks for all of the good feedback! At the very least I am enthusiastic about the health of this list! ;-)
@Philippe: By mid-size I mean ~70 people in a retail business (~$500K/ sales/week). Sounds like the community feels Django is a good choice for my type of project. Thanks! On Aug 12, 5:18 am, Philippe Raoult <philippe.rao...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know what you mean by mid-sized but I deployed exactly what > you're describing in a 45-strong company. We have occasional browser > incompatibilities with ajax but overall django was very much the right > tool for the job. As a bonus the company's clients can now access a > restricted part of the application to monitor their files and dealings > over https. Employees can also log in from home over https without any > software/hardware prerequisite. We're also planning on adding some > smartphone friendly pages for specific tasks (billing when employees > are working offsite). > > My app is around 25k lines of python+templates > > Hope this helps you make your mind. > > On Aug 11, 9:06 pm, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote: > > > I'm about to start a fairly large project for a mid-sized business > > with a lot of integration with other systems (POS, accounting, > > website, inventory, purchasing, etc.) The purpose of the system is to > > try to reduce current data siloing and give employees role-based > > access to the specific data entry and reports they need, as well as to > > replace some manual and redundant business processes. The system needs > > to be cross-platform (Windows/Linux), open source and is primarily for > > LAN use. > > > My experience is mostly PHP/web/app development, but I have developed > > a few LAN apps using Java/Servoy (like Filemaker). I am leaning > > towards Python/Django - but wondering whether this may be > > unnecessarily web-specific. I really felt Servoy development was very > > rapid, and it was cross-paltform, but it was not open source (not to > > mention that anything custom needed to be Java which I find too > > verbose/ slow to develop in). Or maybe Open Office Base and some > > scripting is sufficient to handle my needs. > > > So, my main question is: Does a web framework like Django sound like a > > reasonable platform to build a LAN Dashboard for a mid-sized company? > > Or am I thinking too much like a web developer? > > > Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
