In my opinion writing it in django/html/... is a lot easier and faster than doing it in a real python GUI tool. Also you have the networking in your LAN taken care of by the browser.
snfctech wrote: > One more question: Any advantage to just using a Python GUI toolkit > instead? > > On Aug 12, 9:18 am, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote: > >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
