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

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2008-06-20 um 01:15 schrieb John Velman:

> 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.


I strongly suggest dabo, it's a three-layer framework that wraps  
wxPython for GUI, database access and ReportLab - like made for your  
task.
See dabodev.com and the mailing list - the docs are a bit weak...

Don't know if ReportLab can create PDF forms, I'd use ConTeXt* for such.

If you don't need to create an proper application, you can just  
install all the needed modules on your daughters Mac, then you can  
develop platform independent.


* an alternative to LaTeX, see wiki.contextgarden.net

Greetlings from Lake Constance!
Hraban
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