Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-21 Thread Russell Finn
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:40 PM, John Velman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also appreciate the advice about Bento and FileMakerPro -- will file > these for future reference if they are ever needed. Note that Bento is Leopard-only. -- RSF ___ Pythonmac-

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-20 Thread John Velman
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 04:15:02PM -0700, John Velman wrote: > I'm a bit out of my depth here, new to Mac, comfortable with Python, > comfortable with SQL, but lots left to learn. > > Problem: > > My daughter is starting a small business renting a certain kind of prop to [snip] Many thanks to al

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-20 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 19, 2008, at 7:15 PM, John Velman wrote: My current thinking is (but I've a lot to learn) something like this: Python as the application platform. SQLite as an embedded database. Would be nice to use QT for user interface. Outputs needed in PDF format, and possible PDF with fillabl

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-20 Thread DeanG
Would Dabo work well here? http://dabodev.com/ On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:15 PM, John Velman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a bit out of my depth here, new to Mac, comfortable with Python, > comfortable with SQL, but lots left to learn. > > Problem: > > My daughter is starting a small business r

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: If you don't need to create an proper application, you can just install all the needed modules on your daughters Mac, then you can develop platform independent. And if you do, you can use py2app with the python.org build of python2.5, and you'll get a self-contained

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-20 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-06-20 um 01:15 schrieb John Velman: Python as the application platform. SQLite as an embedded database. Would be nice to use QT for user interface. Outputs needed in PDF format, and possible PDF with fillable forms. I can probably get my daughter to upgrade to Leopard, but if an ap

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-19 Thread John Velman
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 05:13:31PM -0700, Tom Weir wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM, John Velman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm a bit out of my depth here, new to Mac, comfortable with Python, > > comfortable with SQL, but lots left to learn. > > > > Problem: > > > > > > > > > Am

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-19 Thread John Velman
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 01:49:35AM +0200, Georg Seifert wrote: > I think it is much easier to do this with cocoa. You can use use xCode to > start with a cocoa python app, use interface builder to set up the > interface. So you can code in a known language but can benefit from the > rich macosx

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-19 Thread Tom Weir
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM, John Velman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a bit out of my depth here, new to Mac, comfortable with Python, > comfortable with SQL, but lots left to learn. > > Problem: > > > Am I out of my mind? > I think it really depends on how fast you need a solution, h

[Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

2008-06-19 Thread John Velman
I'm a bit out of my depth here, new to Mac, comfortable with Python, comfortable with SQL, but lots left to learn. Problem: My daughter is starting a small business renting a certain kind of prop to the movie industry. She needs to a) keep track of her stock, b) keep track of rentals, c) issue