On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 04:32:46PM +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> (moving over to Python list... please send Python-related replies there)

I hope my mail to ph-python made it coz I'm not getting replies... I'm 
probably on the mailman bounce list for some reason...

> My only GUI "programming" experience is with Microsoft Access. And I doubt
> that counts. 

Ah, that falls under drag-and-drop 'RAD'.  I vaguely remember doing that
with Oracle something back in SAD class...

> That I'd like to change. Linux isn't less gooey. Let's move the users
> over! ;>

Well that won't happen overnight.  I think getting programming students to
make REAL PROGRAMS that solve REAL PROBLEMS is better.  We are wasting so
many student brain cycles on useless projects, imho.  Maybe the campus-
based Linux orgs can help there.

> > Cool.  So maybe we could get going on the Pinoy 'Sourceforge' with real
> > projects. Hehe.
> 
> Pinoy 'Sourceforge'?

Someone proposed that before during a discussion on how to get local
programmers organized.  I got some reusable code over here and with most
of my development switching to Python, they are even more reusable, so we
want to maximize people's time and effort.

> 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.

Have fun with the algorithms :)

> 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.

I don't know the state of the Pg client in Windows, but I think you can
put the db calls on the Linux server side and make the Windows side make
high level queries over say, XML/RPC.

> 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?

Yup, code reuse :)
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