Before anything else, I would like to introduce myself. I am a passionate computer programmer. I started to learn programming thru Turbo Pascal and learned the essential concepts in C.
I learned C++ and Java in school but sad to say, I haven’t got a firm grip on those languages even thinking in object-oriented Manner. I have basic knowledge in RPG, VB.NET and SAP ABAP. I’ve decided to be more serious in my craft and upgrade my skills and learn most of technologies used to day. I decided to focus on learning python before learning Java and C++/ directive C. So I am here to seek your help and assistance in learning web2py. I will be working on a mini-project to create a simple project management tool for our team. To give you a basic idea of our requirement, our metrics database (in excel format) is coming from a website. We download the excel file and extract data to it to come up with a meaningful information. Our team also update excel files which are stored in a shared network drive to put updates on the development assigned to each one of and submit it to our clients. So my basic requirements can be summarized into two: 1. Download excel file from a website and extract and move the records in a RDBMS database (for easy report generation ). I’m planning to solve this using irobotsoft and let python do the data extraction and database updates. Is there a better idea? 2. A website that will let users meaningful information from this database such as charts and excel grids. 3. A website that will allow each use enter data in forms (like creating an inventory system) I only put the basic requirements since if I made these 3, the other features will not a problem. I made a research and decided to put my trust in web2py. However, this is my first time to create a useful website and I have no knowledge in Python as well. I’ve tried to skim the web2py book but can’t think how to put things together to create a full working website. I’m here to ask for you help how can I get started building this website. I have basic knowledge in HTML only and know C. Starting today, I will be learning python by reading Wesley Chun’s Core python book and will try to read some books related to OOP (most of them are Java books). I’m giving myself 2 weeks to learn python and will start to work on this website and October and planning to finish it in a month. Any help and suggestions is highly appreciated. In this thread, I’ll be sending updates on the progress and ask questions in case I get stuck. Thank you in advance for all your support!
