[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there > > I currently have a Python program outputing to the command line, > durations of 'completed Steps' and 'data items' in relation to time > i.e. > > > --------------jfh > ---------kl //kl started after jfh finished > % Ds //new data arrived at this point in time > -------pl (1) //Details error with finsihed Step > *kl // This step is now outputed but > due to error with pl is cancelled (no duration) > > I am new to doing any web based development and don't have a clue > where to start! I just wondered what is the best way to output this > program to a web page graphically. > > I want to be able to represent these durations "-----" as rectangles > and as the program runs the page will refresh every 10 seconds, thus > the boxes will expand with time until they have finished. New data > will also be represented in boxes with a different colour. I believe > some kind of script will have to be run which constantly updates the > html page after x seconds which then causes the web page to refresh > with the updated data. > > Is there any way this web programming can be done in python. Or > perhaps I can use soemthing such as ajax? > > As mentioned previously, I have never done any web based development > so don't really know what I'm talking about when trying to understand > how I can go from this Python program output to producing some > graphical output on a web page.
You certainly need to get on speed with webdevelopment. Otherwise you will fail miserably. There are several options here: - rendering a server-side image, deliver that embedded in a html-page - render using html tags like DIV and the like, which allow for positioned colored rectangles and text, in pixel coordinates - canvas tag, to render 2D-drawing-commands - embedded SVG All that can be enriched with AJAX to have that fancy realtime-update-thingy. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
