Re: [Gnumed-devel] XPCOM and XUL [was: how to configure gnumed to use not just "localhost"]

[Thilo Schuler]

Ian Haywood wrote:
> Thilo Schuler wrote:
>
> > What do you think about that? I am happy to discuss this and still can 
> > switch to more suitable technology. One thing that irritates me is the 
> > relatively small degree of XUL propagation.
>
> I agree XUL is an under-used technology, hopefully with Firefox taking 
> off this will change.
>
> > As a proof of concept I envision builing such a small system. Maybe 
> > archetypes and templates could be produced that are compatible with 
> > parts of the Gnumed backend. The generated interfaces could then be 
> > linked to the backend by writing a web service wrapper for some 
> > middleware routines.
>
> Can I suggest PyXPCOM 
> (http://www.mozilla.org/catalog/architecture/xpcom/pyxpcom/)
> which would essentially let you use the gnumed business objects directly.
>
> Ian

Yes, I actually got myself a hardcopy of the book "Creating Applications
with Mozilla" and I was QUITE HAPPY to find the Chapter 8.7 about
PyXPCOM. This is a even more direct way and it seems worth a try.

What is a good way to tackle the quite massive db schema? I looked at
the graphic output of trialversion DBSchema and you don't know where to
start... I know that the business objects are more important for my task
but I would like to understand the DB at least in principle. What are
good white-paper like docs on both the DB schema and the business
objects calls?

Thilo


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