Alarm bells usually go off for me when I am required to purchase a license for code I have written. Maybe I'm just an open source kinda guy, but if I'm going to write code, I should be free to run it without paying a license fee. Flex is a life choice ... I won't be making it.
Brian On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Sells, Fred <fred.se...@adventistcare.org>wrote: > I also have made the conversion from Java/Swing/Webapp(jnlp) to Django, > but I used Flex (a.k.a. Flash) for my UI because I’ve got a rich client > background and did not want to deal with Browser inconsistencies. I’m happy > with that choice. I use a very simple django template to render a very > consistent XML which Flex accepts. This allowed me to initially develop my > UI using XML text files which allowed me to show results very quickly. > > > > You can get a free 60 day developer license from Adobe, which should be > enough to complete most of the task and then get management to buy a > licensee (~$500 depending on ???) Adobe used to sell a very pricey backend > which you don’t need with django. > > > > If you decide to go this route, I can help you with the initial startup > issues. If so, post back here with Flex + Django as the subject. If it > gets too involved we can move off the django list, but others might be > interested. > > > > *From:* django-users@googlegroups.com [mailto: > django-users@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Kovar > *Sent:* Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:56 PM > *To:* django-users@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: Rewriting Java UI for Django? > > > > Patrick, > > > > Thank you for the insight. Thankfully, I'm trying to port rather than wrap > so while I've got a learning curve ahead of me, it isn't a horrible one. > > > > -David > > > > On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Patrick McDonnell wrote: > > > > David - I'm not sure I follow exactly what you're asking. > > > > If you're trying to basically port a Java/Swing application to Django: > Django is a web application framework. Python with the Django libraries are > used on the back end, and HTML is used on the front end (technically it is > possible to use something other than an HTML front end, but that woud be > very unusual). So, in answer to your question, HTML/JavaScript/CSS/etc are > used to develop your UI. Django does offer some utilities to make your job > easier (see the docs for forms and templates), but the majority of the UI > design must be done by hand. > > > > Also note that Django does automatically generate an admin UI for all of > your database models. By default, its a pretty simple CRUD interface, but > you can modify it a bit, see the docs. > > > > If, however, you're asking how to "wrap" an existing Java/Swing application > inside of Django... That would be much more complicated, and probably not a > very good idea. > > > > HTH > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:13 AM, David Kovar <dko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm fairly experienced with Python for backend, non UI/UX tasks but am very > new to trying to do any UI work other than command lines. This'll come off > as a very newbie question, and it is. > > I need to take an existing Java/Swing UI and wrap it inside of Django to > provide authentication, customer support, etc. I've got a pretty good handle > on most of this, except for: > > What is the best Python approach to writing a web UI that includes > dropdown menus, radio buttons, etc? > > It may be that Django will do this for me, but I've not figured out how to > do so yet. > > Thanks.... > > -David > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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