On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 03:42:40PM -0700, Ken Koster wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > Contesting? Difficult to build a program that does both contesting
> > and casual logging well I think.
>
> One frontend yes, one database no.
Agreed. I don't think a web front end would be fast enough for
contesting.
> I can see a front end optimised for casual loggins, one for contesting, one
> for detailed logging, one for Net operations, etc. All from the same database
> so I can be a casual logger with one interface, and still have a seperate
> interface to handle Net operations or the occasional contest.
That will require a lot of design work on the database, but I think it
is well worth the effort.
> Shawn (kb7pwd) has mentioned his nettebook program. While I've not had
> a chance to actually run it yet, it looks like maybe a good starting point.
> Besides. he obviously understands this database stuff better than I do. :-)
> I'm an embedded systems guy, it's not often I need a fancy DB.
Well, I'm a hardware designer fresh enough out of university to still
remember database design (I think so, anyway :-)
Now I'm inspired to start coding. The more I think about it, the more
I like the web interface, because it simplifies the UI design so much.
(No need to do battle with any windowing toolkit; just generate HTML
and let the browser worry about rendering it.)
Some things will be challenging to implement. Radio control, for example.
Certainly possible, but not as easy to link in perhaps using the web
method. Lots of Javascript or Java perhaps. DX cluster support might also
be challenging.
Hamish
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