> > I've decided on DrPython for the Editor.... > > An editor for each language? Is that the kind of tower you get when > you start using IDEs? I just kept right on using the same text editor > I'd been using for the last 20 (now 30) years.
I have programmed in the past with a plain text editor too did it for years. - but I much prefer programming with tools that have syntax coloring, code completion, and the ability to run from the editor. Debugging tools are a bonus too. > > > I still need to decide on a database........ I've really only used Access, > > and my SQL skills aren't that great. It would also need to be free.... > > Any suggestions?? > > Access is just a way of talking to a database. Which is what most > Python database tools are - ways to talk to a back-end database. If MS Access is also a file-based relational-database program in Windows, which you can access the database files either through the program, or the database directly through other tools - including most MS programming languages. > You might be better off with something that doesn't require a separate > server. Gadfly appears to qualify. There are probably other packages > that give you a DB-API or SQL interace to an internal database that > will serve your purpose. At this point, it would be the best to not require a seperate server. There will be only 1 or a handful of people accessing the database at once. > That won't depend on the database. It will depend on what you want > your applications to do when it comes to generating reports - assuming > you generate any at all. Some reports are a definate requirement. Thank you Heather -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list