What's step 4? On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Mac Ryan <quasipe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:18:14 -0700 (PDT) > Adam Carr <adamlc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Good Morning: > > > > I am very new to Python but I am enjoying the learning process. I > > have a question about the application of Python to a problem at the > > industrial business where I work. My two main questions are: > > > > 1. Can Python be used to achieve the goals of the possible project? > > 2. Where are the best places to look (books, blogs, websites, etc.) > > for programming examples or modules that would help me begin to > > assemble and test some code? > > > > We currently have a Windows-PC based safety training program that was > > put together in MS Access around 2001.... > > <snip> > > > Thanks in advance for taking the time to read my long note. I > > appreciate any help or direction that can be offered. > > Hi Adam, > > from the way you describe your problem, to me the obvious > answer would be "web application". This way you will be able to: > > 1. Make sure all employees will use the latest up-to-date training > material and software version. > > 2. Have a central DB able to track employees' activity (this opens up > the possibility for extra functionalities like sending a "gentle > reminder e-mail" to those who are not taking tests frequently > enough, statistics on what topics employees struggle most with, > etc...) > > 3. Be platform independent. > > 5. Save time on developing the GUI (which - done properly - is a very > time consuming part of desktop projects). > > That said, python is a great tool for web apps too. I personally looked > a bit into Django (www.djangoproject.com), which is one of the python > web frameworks and I was impressed by the speed you can prototype a > fully working application. > > As for presenting the training material, for iteration #1 I would > simply make them available as a download link. But in following > iteration of the project I would also integrate them with the web (so > as to make the entire application truly portable. I once used S5 for a > project. Here you can see a presentation of it that is - coherentely - > done with the standard presented: > http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html#slide1 > However an alternative I did not experiment with is XOXO, which I read > has python code examples available (see > http://microformats.org/wiki/xoxo-sample-code-python) > > HTH, > Mac. > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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