On Oct 5, 4:28 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [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
Great ideas. Another approach would be to generate some simple metadata (simple text, json or xml) on the server and use a javascript libraries (like http://www.openjacob.org/draw2d.html). SVG is a more generic version of this approach. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
