[Pythonmac-SIG] A simple app: Develop on Leopard, use on Tiger

[John Velman]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 01:49:35AM +0200, Georg Seifert wrote:
> I think it is much easier to do this with cocoa. You can use use xCode to 
> start with a cocoa python app, use interface builder to set up the 
> interface. So you  can code in a known language but can benefit from the 
> rich macosx framework.
>
> you will find tons of tutorials if you search for "pybjc tutorial".
>

Thanks, I'll check this out.   Sounds promising.

> I did this with a small project earlier this year and got i running on 
> Tiger, don't know if I really needed xcode 2.5 or not
>
> Georg
> Am 20.06.2008 um 01:15 schrieb John Velman:
>
>> I'm a bit out of my depth here, new to Mac, comfortable with Python,
>> comfortable with SQL, but lots left to learn.
>>
>> Problem:
>>
>> My daughter is starting a small business renting a certain kind of prop to
>> the movie industry.   She needs to a) keep track of her stock, b) keep
>> track of rentals, c) issue invoices, and other stuff not yet fully 
>> defined.
>>
>> She has a powerbook with Tiger.  I have an iMac with Leopard (10.5.3 as of
>> this afternoon).
>>
>> We looked into Quickbooks (which was recommended by lots of people), but 
>> it
>> is clearly not adapted to her needs.
>>
>> It looks to me like a database, sql, form, view, and report problem.   For
>> starters (time was short), I set up some spreadsheets on NeoOffice,
>> installed NeoOffice in her machine, and did the paperwork she needed by
>> manual sorts, filters, and so on.  OK, but for the long term...
>>
>> My current thinking is (but I've a lot to learn) something like this:
>>
>> Python as the application platform.  SQLite as an embedded database.  
>> Would
>> be nice to use QT for user interface.
>>
>> Outputs needed in PDF format, and possible PDF with fillable forms.
>>
>> I can probably get my daughter to upgrade to Leopard, but if an app could
>> be developed on Leopard and run on Tiger, it would be preferable.
>>
>> Am I out of my mind?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John Velman
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