Hi,
To start I had to find out what MDBS IV is, since it caught my attention
and I ended up learning a few things about the history of databases ;-).
Regarding your concern:
First you must be clear that there are many alternatives to develop
graphical interfaces to work with Postgres.
So, first of all:
* You must choose and master a programming language that you feel
comfortable with, Python is the one that most developers choose.
* Use a development environment suitable for the language you have
chosen, there are several, but the best known is possibly Visual
Studio Code.
* Choose which operating system you are going to develop with:
Windows, Linux, macOS, generally most people choose Windows since
you can integrate a Linux like Ubuntu using WSL.
* After you master your favorite programming language, you must select
a framework that allows you to generate a graphical interface, in
Python there are several such as Tkinter, wxPython or Qt among others.
* If the development is via the web, the options are many, the best
known in Python would be Django for the web and FastAPI for the
development of APIs via REST
* You must also have a library that allows you to connect with
Postgres, in Python there is pyODBC, psycopg2 among others.
Additional resources:
Python Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWRfhZUzrAc&list=PLWKjhJtqVAbnqBxcdjVGgT3uVR10bzTEB
Python & Tkinter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQSEXcf6s2I&list=PLCC34OHNcOtoC6GglhF3ncJ5rLwQrLGnV
Python & Postgres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miEFm1CyjfM
Greetings and luck!
El 10/04/2024 a las 06:11, John Bateson escribió:
Good morning,
The end of my working life was taken up with developing and supporting
a Scientific Research establishment near Warrington in the UK. I had a
small team of programmer who did an excellent job for me and with me.
The software was Ingres and the main program supporting user
administration on a Synchrotron was built under OpenROAD with other
developments around the on-site stores and finance using ABF since
the stores workers found this much faster than a GUI! There was also
some web development use .Net practises.
This was a quite complex system in the end with nearly 200 tables.
We ended up using Ingres Replicator with the intention of running it
from two sites 180 miles apart – at the time it was a pile of
*notquitegoodenough*! This was early this century so Actian may have
made some improvements since then…
So much for the background to establish that I am not a complete
newbie, just out of the loop for a while.
*Using Postgres and PGAdmin -4*.
So, 20 years later I am developing, (unpaid) a new project for some
historic railways in the UK and linking these to the development and
design of a range of kits for those interested in model railways. This
is getting towards 20 tables so far.
What I really need is a recommendation for the current and best
practice for an easy GUI that will allow me to press a button without
opening up PGAdmin or a black screen, i.e. the traditional .EXE file I
can put on a button on the screen on the screen on a Windows 11 based
system.
While my programming history goes back to MDBS-4 and beyond I know I
have some catching up to do and while not a complete newbie, need
something I can work on quickly and intuitively and inexpensively!
So, recommendation and possibly some consensus would be very much
appreciated.
And apologies if I have taken up too much of your time or have placed
this in the wrong forum.
John
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Saludos,
Francisco Prado
