[COLUG] Open Source Application Development

[Zane C.B.]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:41:43 -0400
Mark Erbaugh <mark at microenh.com> wrote:

> What OS tools are people using for developing desktop database
> applications?  I'm currently using wxPython, Python and Psycopg2
> (for access to Postgres).  I consider myself competent with these
> tools, but development of moderately complicated screens is taking
> longer than I would like. 

This is one area where Perl reigns supreme. Look into it and DBI some
times.

In regards to a UI toolkit, I am fond of Gtk2. If it is taking awhile
to develop each each screen, I would begin writing a function, or a
few, that can be used to generate the various combinations
automatically if all screens can be reduced to a fairly common set of
features or etc.

> I'm working on a system based on models in Len Silverston's 'The
> Data Model Resource Book' and have one screen where the data
> updates or looks up data from 14 separate tables.
> 
> I'm competent with and have written a lot of SQL. Would an ORM
> (Object Relational Manager) help?

You may DBIx and Class::DBI stuff interesting for Perl.