27 Aug
2003
27 Aug
'03
8:28 a.m.
Dear All,
I am a computer engineer working as network consultant based in Mumbai.
Recently, my school administrators, have asked me to propose a solution for
automating the entire "student progress report" creation & maintenance
setup.
I could have gone with "Win2K-SQL 2K-VB" plateform,
But I also want to explore the possibility in Linux based solution as
essentially it will be free for school.
I am looking at LAMP architecture...
Linux + Apache + MySQL + (Perl/PHP/Python)
Am I thinking right?
Please guide me
Regards,
Kamlesh Parmar
27 Aug
27 Aug
10:27 a.m.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:58:51PM +0530, Kamlesh Parmar wrote:
I am looking at LAMP architecture...
Linux + Apache + MySQL + (Perl/PHP/Python)
I am not DB expert myself, but it would be good for you to get your
exact requirements fixed first. For example, deciding between MySQL
and pgsql ... things like transactions, referential integrity etc
appear to be important, but I hope someone else can give more info on
that.
About selecting the "P" part ... basic question is whether you want a
web-based interface at all. You mentioned your other option to be VB,
so that indicates creating a desktop application. In that case you
should be looking for a programming toolkit that allows you the
correct backend access ...
Anyway, if you are comfortable with a web-based design, I would
recommend PHP, since its the easiest to quickly learn and develop in,
entirely IMHO.
For a useful intro, look at
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/LAMP/frames/frames.html
Sameer.
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28 Aug
28 Aug
4:31 a.m.
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
Anyway, if you are comfortable with a web-based
design, I would
recommend PHP, since its the easiest to quickly learn and develop in,
Unfortunately, PHP doesn't have built in security checks that are
important for web based apps.
I'd suggest Python with wxPython (not web based), and use Boa
Constructor as your IDE. If you're at all familiar with the VB IDE,
you'll love Boa.
Philip
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"And what will you do when you grow up to be as big as me?"
asked the father of his little son.
"Diet."
29 Aug
29 Aug
6:47 p.m.
On 28/08/03 10:01 +0530, Philip S Tellis wrote:
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
Of if you can handle Perl and work without an IDE, gtk-perl,
and Perl/Tk
are pretty good too.
Perl integrates *very* well with databases as well.
Personally, I would not go with MySQL (referential integrity is
important in this case -- I prefer full ACID compliance).
Devdas Bhagat
Anyway, if you are comfortable with a web-based
design, I would
recommend PHP, since its the easiest to quickly learn and develop in,
Unfortunately, PHP doesn't have built in security checks that are
important for web based apps.
I'd suggest Python with wxPython (not web based), and use Boa
Constructor as your IDE. If you're at all familiar with the VB IDE,
you'll love Boa. 
27 Aug
27 Aug
11:46 a.m.
On Aug 27, 2003 at 13:58, Kamlesh Parmar wrote:
Recently, my school administrators, have asked me to
propose a solution for
automating the entire "student progress report" creation & maintenance
setup.
I am looking at LAMP architecture...
Linux + Apache + MySQL + (Perl/PHP/Python)
Am I thinking right?
Yes.
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