Re: Is Django Right for Me?

2012-05-29 Thread KevinE
Thanks for all the posts - the more I look the more overwhelming web 
development is getting. Seems every sentence I read requires starting 
another search to found out WTF this term or that term means grr

Just one question - why would django avoid an offline mode - is that a 
completely unreasonable/undo-able extension? It seems to me that 
smartphones may eventually take over normal computers on the web but with 
the inherent distinction that on a smartphone you are not always guaranteed 
a data connection. I have been looking at all the mobile development 
systems and very few (if any) have really dealt with offline mode (not sure 
how powerful html5 is and whether you could support it for a complete 
database?) 

So if I uncouple my client app am I not losing all the advantages of using 
django? Seems to me I will be rewriting alot of my code...

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Re: Off-line Django apps / Caching and synchronizing data

2012-05-27 Thread KevinE

>
> Just posted a similar question - sounds like we need a "DjangoOffline" 
> component. Does such a beast exist? 
>

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Is Django Right for Me?

2012-05-27 Thread KevinE
Not a web developer but have a bit of software savy and looking to develop 
a custom app for use in my business which is consulting engineering. I want 
to develop application that helps me in documenting inspections I make on a 
jobsite. Basicly what happens is I would go out with a tablet and use my 
webapp to collect and document construction progress mainly to document 
construction deficiencies and monitor progress of construction. From the 
data collected on the job site I would push this data through a reporting 
engine to prepare a pdf style site review report which would get emailed to 
the project architect, all the consultants, owner and contractor - the 
intent is to have this happen while on the job site. On the office side I 
want to develop a basic project based document management system where I 
can document when field reviews were conducted, summarize deficiencies and 
also ensure that deficiencies are completed and signed off on (as the 
engineer I take legal responsibility for all the deficiencies). I also want 
to be able to manage all my projects find projects by client, owner, 
architect etc. 

By the looks of it Django should be able to do all this but the one issue 
that I am unsure about is an offline mode. The idea is to have a tablet 
with a data connection but if there is no data connection I still need to 
complete the forms and cache the data until it can be sync'd later on. From 
what I have read, data syncing can get a bit knarly, something I don't want 
to get into myself. 

I envision a custom android app for the tablet - for this I need access to 
the GPS and camera (my ultra cool feature will be my tablet automatically 
pulling up a project page as I drive up to the job site based on the GPS 
coordinates!). Will this be a web page or will it be an actual app?

Guess I am looking for some basic advice on how to architect this with the 
above issues in mind. 

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