Thanos Panousis wrote: > I was about to start with a JSP solution for my web interface. But a > short tutorial convinced me that writing this thing in java/jsp is > simply crazy!!!! My god, coming from everyday python development it > just shocked me to see how much code these guys are actually > writing.... Just to do the most obvious of tasks.
Yes. And then they look at you crazy if you suggest there might be a better way. I'm a refugee from Java myself. > > I am now seriously considering a matplotlib/python web framework > solution. I just hope that matplotlib > plays well with the web, and that I can integrate it to play with an > MVC architecture that is employed by turbogears for example. I am using matplotlib and Django to create dynamic charts, it works fine. Maybe you missed my earlier pointer to a recipe for this: http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Django The recipe creates a chart in memory and returns it as a string. Something very similar should work with other web frameworks. > > On 5/11/07, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanos Panousis wrote: >> > I 'm going to need some hardcore graphing functionalities. And for >> > that reason alone, I think jfreechart is the only thing that provides >> > free and decent solution, also designed with the web in mind. >> >> jfreechart is a Java library so it will not integrate easily into a >> Python web framework. >> >> Did you look at matplotlib? It is a very capable graphing library. You >> can see examples of its output here: >> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html >> >> > So everybody seems to prefer some framework even for not complicated >> > (business) logic. I 'll try to go for something lightweight. >> >> web.py is pretty light, I think: >> http://webpy.org/ >> >> Kent >> > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
