Eli, I'd highly recommend Python. I've used Perl, PHP and Python. Python is hands-down the winner. After getting ahold of the elegance of Python, PHP feels like a hack job. Perl is "executable line noise". Python is very mature and very nice. It has a far cleaner implementation of just about everything, especially OO than Perl and _way_ better than PHP. I would also avoid Microsoft specific technology like the plague.
APSW is not DBAPI compliant but it's close enough that migrating to a bigger database (PostgreSQL, _not_ MySQL!) would not be difficult at all. APSW is very nice. I've used it and PySQLite and I'd recommend APSW. It's "thinner". You should look at www.cherrypy.org for a nice little web server written in Python to get you going. It's really slick. Check out Snakelets also (http://snakelets.sourceforge.net). I prefer CherryPy because Snakelets has a templating language that is too-closely bound to the web server. CherryPy 2.0 (beta currently but works well) unbound the templating language for the 2.0 release so you can use your own. I built my own templating language because I couldn't find one that I like out there. With Python you do have a LOT to choose from so it can be daunting. If you have experience with PHP then you've learned how to embed source code in HTML. This is not a very good idea. Separation of the logic and the presentation make for a cleaner design in my opinion. Some would debate this but it's Ok if they're wrong! :) I'll be happy to chat with you. You can find me on Jabber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cordially, Scott On Monday 07 March 2005 01:22 pm, Eli Burke wrote: > I've been working on a project using sqlite3 since last fall. At the time, > I knew that it would need a web-based front-end eventually. I have a very > small bit of experience with PHP, and I assumed that PHP would support > sqlite3 sooner or later. Well, it's later, and as far as I know, PHP > is still using the 2.x branch. > > So, I was wondering if any of the more opinionated among you would care > to suggest an interface language. It'll be on a Linux box, presumably > running apache although I'm open to alternatives. The app itself uses > sqlite3 for scheduling jobs and storing job data, so the web interface > only needs to be able to insert some data and do visualization > (pretty standard stuff I think). > > Ease of learning is a plus as I need to get something basic up and > running fairly fast. I've heard good things about Python in that respect. > Does anyone have alternative suggestions, or if you agree that Python Is > Good, would you suggest using APSW, pysqlite, or something else? > > Thanks, > Eli
