Yes! You have some options:
1 Use sqlite locally, use rocket server (built-in), use py2exe to pack your app as a windows application .exe, or py2app to pack as apple application. Take a look on to this: http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/14#How-to-distribute-your-applications-as-binaries 2 Use rad2py with its gui2py http://code.google.com/p/rad2py/ On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:46 PM, luckysmack <luckysm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am curious, if there could be a way to use web2py to create an > installable desktop application. The app would be based on a web app so > would have much of the same code. I would want/hope to find a way to > bundle a local database (mongodb or couchdb if it works with web2py) and > have the local db sync to the server when changes are made. For a UI, i > would probably keep it web based and see if I could package it with a > webkit instance, or have it open in the browser as the main ui, this way I > can still use html/js for the front end as the web app is. > > Example. Say that online there is a large product catalog. each company > has their own catalog. when using the offline app, you would authenticate > with the server first, then once authenticated, it would download/sync your > companies catalog to your local server/computer. Then you could work with > it even while there is no internet. When you come back on line (or as youre > using it) it would sync/stay in sync with the server. Syncing, i know is > another task unto itself. But in this case, one could use this offline app > as a POS system for an in store purchase. when you add a product it syncs > with the server. > > Is there any way this can be done with web2py? > > -- > > > > --
