Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed web interface

[syan tan]

mod_python is fairly simple, and it seemed to be the easiest to learn. 
Much of the styling can be outsourced to css files I'm assuming, but 
some things would require a rewrite ( for instance, the use of frameset 
for the multiple panel idiom , the easiest ("hack") was to use a
frameset from the initial login page, with other frames sized minimally,
and then to resize them as required with javascript, prior to jumping
with  &lt a href='' onclick="javascript:.." ; this most probably is
present in the frameworks , but seemed more easily done with 
basic html / javascript api , and cut and paste as each use case 
is done.  I'm assuming the frameworks would make the cut and paste part
less needed, but mod_python seemed to give the right amount of
needed minimal function, like a session store and configurable 
debugging output. 

On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 07:32 +1100, Tim Churches wrote:
> Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
> > Hi ,
> > 
> > Thanks to some source code I have been sent by Syan I have been able to 
> > test 
> > what we have always proclaimed. It is possible to use our business objects 
> > such as gmLog, gmPG2 and so on from a web interface.
> > 
> > Although I cannot comment on how well it works or if it is an ugly hack or 
> > not 
> > I can tell it is possible to use a webinterface and a number of rich 
> > clients 
> > at the same time.
> > 
> > Since a web client is yet another client to design and maintain I wonder if 
> > it 
> > makes any sense to borrow html from other webbased open source emr 
> > applications.
> > 
> > Can anyone comment on where webframeworks such as django or turbogears 
> > touch 
> > this subject ?
> 
> The thing about the latest Web app development environments is that they
> tend to assume that you will do things their way, which includes using
> their object-relational SQL mapping layers etc. Not sure how well that
> plays with the GNUmed business objects, but I suspect it may be
> problematic as they are both doing similar things. However, of Django
> and Turbogears, the latter seems to be the more modular.
> 
> However, there are many other more lightweight Web app frameworks for
> Python, including the ones used in Django and Turbogears eg CherryPy.
> Pylons is also good, I hear. In NetEpi, we have used Albatross (see
> http://www.object-craft.com.au ), which predates most of these but has
> stood the test of time rather well. It helps that our lead NetEpi
> developer is also the maintainer for albatross, and its original author
> is a colleague. However, it is beginning to creak a bit at the seams,
> and a more recent Web framework might be a better choice.  Perhaps the
> GNUmed business logic can be grafted into Turbogears?
> 
> Tim C
> 
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