(moving over to Python list... please send Python-related replies there) On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 at 16:03, Migs Paraz wrote: > Yeah I guess, I just haven't been exposed to it. I quit programming > GUI's during college.
My only GUI "programming" experience is with Microsoft Access. And I doubt that counts. I'd like to get into cross-platform GUI programming with Python, actually. Aside from Tkinter, what's a good toolkit to use for this? Also, would anyone know if it's possible to get Python talking to a PostgreSQL server on Windows? I know it can be done in Linux, but I wonder about the dark side of life that I'd like to support too (for ease of migration). > I think the problem is more fundamental - why are people programming > GUI's and not servers? As long as people are skewed towards working on > GUI's and desktop apps they would naturally favor Windows because that's > where the users are! That I'd like to change. Linux isn't less gooey. Let's move the users over! ;> > Now, if they had to do real problem-solving, that's where the > programmer- friendliness of Linux will shine. Agree. Agree. And again I agree. But you may want to note that even our sales personnel prefer Linux to Windows already. It's so darned easy for them. Turn on computer in the morning, load up StarOffice and Mozilla. Use whole day. Shut down computer in the afternoon. That versus open computer, crash. Reboot. Crash. Reboot. Crash. Reboot. Believe me, they -FEEL- the stability. It's not just programmer-friendliness and freedom. The boost is real. :) > Cool. So maybe we could get going on the Pinoy 'Sourceforge' with real > projects. Hehe. Pinoy 'Sourceforge'? BTW, I'm hoping to be able to develop a cross-platform database-driven Python project for our job order management, production planning and production scheduling, all in one. Current "patchwork" exists in Excel but should be moved over to something better. I hope to be able to work out a decent database schema, after which it'll be interface development time. Initially it seems like a job for PHP, but I'd rather use Python and avoid the web so I don't have to work with sessions because of its statelessness. But then I don't know if Python on Windows will work well with PostgreSQL. Big project, I know. Maybe I'm over my head, but I have to give it a shot anyway. Any tips from the gurus out there? --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator :: The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key: <http://jijo.leathercollection.ph/jijo.gpg> _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
