Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.011 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'coding,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:skip:a 10': 0.09; 'tcl/tk': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'gui': 0.12; 'assume': 0.14; 'windows': 0.15; 'message-id:@4ax.com': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:GUI': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.18; 'app': 0.19; 'subject:need': 0.19; 'programming': 0.22; '(in': 0.22; 'pre': 0.24; 'url:home': 0.24; 'sort': 0.25; 'equivalent': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'installed': 0.27; 'generally': 0.29; 'requests': 0.31; '(on': 0.31; '+0100,': 0.31; 'etc.).': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'quite': 0.32; 'building': 0.35; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'application': 0.37; 'received:76': 0.38; 'system,': 0.38; 'server': 0.38; 'nov': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'moving': 0.39; 'visual': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'called': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'office': 0.60; 'high': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'great': 0.65; 'goal': 0.75; 'designer.': 0.84; 'friendly,': 0.84; 'jet': 0.84; 'touching': 0.84; '2013,': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Access database - GUI - Python - I need architectural advice Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:05:13 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn References: <52966592$0$3640$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-249-16-130.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1385600709 news.xs4all.nl 15997 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38221 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:60653 On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 22:35:13 +0100, "jm.almeras" declaimed the following: >Access, and more generally VB, is excellent for building the GUI (forms, Technically, that IS all that Access is -- a form/report designer. The "native" database engine is JET (and in pre Office 2013, one had things called Access Data Projects -- Access forms/reports using MS SQL Server as the database engine in place of JET). JET is a file server database (each application is opening the database file directly) rather than a client/server system (in which the applications send requests to the server -- the server is the only program physically touching the database file[s]). SQLite3 is also a file server system and is packaged with Python (on Windows at least; other systems may assume that, like the tcl/TK system, it is installed as part of the OS) >widgets etc.). Python is a great for coding, and it comes with high >quality libraries... Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can >build my database app with nice Access-like GUI, and programming with >Python ? > Not quite as friendly, and sort of a moving target: Look at Dabo [the creators' goal was to create a Python equivalent of Visual FoxPro]. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/