Hi all,
1. OSX already has GnuCash via X11 and Fink (there could be licence problems
with a native Cocoa port and it is not being considered).
Ok.
2. KDE can run GnuCash if the Gnome libraries are installed. KDE also has it's
own alternatives to GnuCash.
Just a thought.
3. The web page idea is FAR more difficult than you may imagine and NONE of
the work above even comes close to a HTML/PHP/Perl front end. I've done work
on QSF (XML) which *could* be used to render GnuCash (and other QOF) data as
HTML for purposes of data mining and customised reports but that's definitely
as far as it goes.
Hmm, I was hoping it would be possible to use
Gnucash via the desktop for one user
and via a webpage for another user
simultaneously--maybe that is a longer way off than
I thought.
2. Mozilla designed for plugins from the very earliest stages, it's not easy
to build a system into an existing program.
True.
3. Plugins can only go so far and still won't meet everyone's needs. IMHO, it
is better to provide easier, more robust access to the data itself and let
users handle it in Perl or PHP, Python or whatever. QSF is a flavour of XML
that has a Schema and is intended to provide this simple and flexible data
access.
http://www.data-freedom.org/
Well, the site explains the theory pretty well.
However, I am throwing out ideas for
consideration to make Gnucash "tasty" to an
enduser/small business owner who isn't
a Linux guy--e.g., avoids the command-line and
doesn't want to code.
What functionality do you want in your module?
Well, for one it would be really awesome if the
invoice template was similar to iBiz,
http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibiz/index.html . My
wife uses iBiz. I don't like a lot of it--(it
is to click-happy for me), however the invoice
template creator is pretty good. It uses a
"web template" like method of specifying where
everything goes for an invoice template.
Highly flexible, but using a GUI and a template
creator.
It seems very daunting
and time consuming.
There's no escaping that one. Developing in gnucash could quite easily consume
150% of your available time. The discipline to control that must come from
you, as must the motivation to persist.
Most any project is similar that way, isn't it?
So I guess it depends on your motivation, your perspective and your "itch".
...
We each need our own "itch" for motivation.
Are you happier in GUI development or CLI or both?
Web dev and backend stuff is where I am most
comfortable.
What's your itch?
Well, I am not sure other than above on invoices
and what others have mentioned in
this thread.
My primary purpose is speaking up is because I
want to help enable more productivity
and more small business users and hence a better,
stronger Gnucash.
Derek mentioned that there were enough web
programmers. Is there a need for people
to port documentation from the dev list and
doxygen to the web to help enable new
programmers with Gnucash to be productive more
quickly?
Sincerely,
Brian
--
Contagious Design!
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Brian Rose . web programmer
(604)-630-2426 . brianATcontagiousdesignDOTnet
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