On 07/01/2013 02:40 AM, Ron Allen Smith wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie to Python, but not programming. However, my problem is
replacing an antiquated web-based classroom-attendance oriented
software app.
I need to serve out an environment where teachers can sign in and
take attendance for students in their classrooms. That's the general
idea. Python was recommended, but I've not used it before. So, I'm
looking for directions on what the best overall components would be.
I just so happened to have started with the web server first--Twisted
Web was at the top of the list on the
http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebServers page and seemed intriguing.
I love Twisted, but... consider carefully if an asynchronous webserver
is what you need. A more traditional framework, like Django running
under Apache/mod_wsgi, may suit your needs. Then again, it may not...
That's the background on my search/inquiry.
I think I'll need components to help with authenticating people, a
database to capture attendance data, components to help with
presenting data back to the user's browser, etc.
In which case for Twisted you'll need to research:
* core twisted concepts like async/nonblocking patters, the "deferred"
pattern and use of the reactor
* web, of course
* cred, for authenticating users
* adbapi, for talking to SQL
* template, for generating HTML
See here:
http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/web/howto/web-in-60/index.html
...for a really good start.
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