On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, alexbottoni<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > I have to develop an application that should be used BOTH as a web > application (by multiple users, working in different locations) AND as > a desktop application (used by a single user,while traveling). Even > worse, each user should be able to work both offline (when traveling > by train, airplane, etc.) and online (when in his office). This > strange set of requests came from the fact that each user has to > collect data on the field and feed a central database. The Internet > connection cannot be taken from granted on the field. > > Anybody has any experience in developing oline/offline capable > applications with Pylons and Google Gears? Any suggestion for me?
We had that exact problem, and solved it with a wxPython/Pylons application rather than Google Gears. The GUI application embeds a local Pylons application, PasteHTTPServer, and the platform's native browser (IE on Windows, Safari on Mac). It's all packaged using Py2exe/Py2app for a one-click installer. It doesn't behave exactly like a normal desktop application but with some tweaks we managed to get it closer. You can google "bils application" (Browser Interface, Local Server) for a video of my colleague's PyCon talk and a PDF of the slides. -- Mike Orr <[email protected]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
