Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-16 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 15 May 2013 21:44, Tim Brocklehurst t...@engineering.selfip.org wrote: On Wednesday 15 May 2013 20:57:47 Peter Collins wrote: Hi Phil On 15 May 2013 19:13, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: My question is, what can I use that will be no more complicated than PHP/HTML, will run on

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-16 Thread Vic
I don't know if there really is an answer, but I thought I would put it out there in case I have missed something. I usually use Xataface for this sort of thing - but if you've set your heart against[1] running a WAMP or LAMP stack, that's a non-starter. Vic. [1] Which decision I would

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread James Bensley
There is a solution to your problems that meets all your requirements, that I can think of; Download Xampp for Windows from the following URL; http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html It is a single installer that installs Apache, MySQL and PHP (and an FTP server) with phpMyAdmin so you have

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Richard Bensley
As James mentioned you can run the Apache/MySQL/PHP stack on windows. Which is a great solution. Mysql, PHP, and Apache are all cross compiled to run natively on most platforms. WAMP server currently provide the whole stack at 64bits! http://www.wampserver.com/en/#wampserver-64-bits If that's

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 15 May 2013 19:56, Richard Bensley richardbens...@gmail.com wrote: As James mentioned you can run the Apache/MySQL/PHP stack on windows. Which is a great solution. Mysql, PHP, and Apache are all cross compiled to run natively on most platforms. WAMP server currently provide the whole

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:17:15 +0100, phi...@stuphi.co.uk said: I want something like Python or PHP, and a really simple UI construction like HTML/CSS. I don't know how well it will fit what you want, but I use http://www.web2py.com/ for database-backed web applications. There's some pretty good

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Peter Collins
Hi Phil On 15 May 2013 19:13, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: What I would rather do is use something like Sqlite for the database, and then create a simple UI with something as simple as PHP/HTML. Have a look at AutoIt, I haven't used it for a while but I'm sure it will work with

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Peter Collins
Hi Phil On 15 May 2013 19:13, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: My question is, what can I use that will be no more complicated than PHP/HTML, will run on Windows /Cygwin, and be available on Linux too? Ideally for my simple database type app, Also have you thought about LibreOffice

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Richard Bensley
I am not a programmer, but I can fudge things when I try. Some simple C or Python is not a problem, but I always hit a wall when it comes to UI. Seems there is lots of code required to build and operate the interface. So really, I want something like Python or PHP, and a really simple UI

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Tim Brocklehurst
On Wednesday 15 May 2013 20:57:47 Peter Collins wrote: Hi Phil On 15 May 2013 19:13, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: My question is, what can I use that will be no more complicated than PHP/HTML, will run on Windows /Cygwin, and be available on Linux too? Ideally for my simple

Re: [Hampshire] Simple Database apps

2013-05-15 Thread Richard Bensley
Heh, I just went through this tutorial, that was a doddle! http://www.speqmath.com/tutorials/couchdb_tasklist/index.html On 15 May 2013 21:41, Richard Bensley richardbens...@gmail.com wrote: I am not a programmer, but I can fudge things when I try. Some simple C or Python is not a problem,