On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com>wrote:
> Alexander wrote: > >> Hello everyone. I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around a project I'm >> working on. My goal is to create a program that manages (allows its users >> to >> manipulate, search by criteria and edit) objects. There is one type of >> object, for example I'll say it's a car. >> >> There will be a central data file containing all of the cars and multiple >> users will have access to it at once. I'm having trouble here, I've done >> some research on MOO and twisted but I'm not sure where to turn. >> > > I'd forget twisted etc for this, it sounds more like a traditional database > is whats needed. > > > > Additionally I'll need a GUI! tkinter? Does anyone have any suggestions on >> how to get started with tkinter? I'm overwhelmed with the amount of >> documentation I've had to read and think I have to read to accomplish my >> goal. >> > > Learning any GUI is a painful leaning curve. If you really need a desktop > client rather than a web based solution I'd look at Dabo. > It has a GUI builder (based on wxPython rather than Tkinter) and is focused > on data oriented applications. > > But if you can go down the web root then most python web frameworks will > provide both the UI and database elements for you and you get a lot of > standard functionality (login etc) for free... > > > HTH, > > Alan G. > > > -- Thanks for the replies Alan, James, and Knacktus. I'll research Django. I've been trying to work on this project for a few months and just came across the mailing list today. I appreciate your help, thanks! Alexander
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