Python Noob - a couple questions involving a web app

[Carl Banks]

On Apr 28, 1:47 pm, "Kyle T. Jones"
<serious... at youvegottabekidding.net> wrote:
> Been programming for a long time, but just starting out with Python.
> Not a professional programmer, just that guy in one of those
> organizations that won't hire a pro, instead saying "Hey, Kyle knows
> computer stuff - let's have him do this (and that, and the other, etc)".
>
> So, the higher ups want a web app that'll let them enter (from an
> intranet page) a rather simple, but quite lengthy, list - details to be
> stored in a MySQL database... just normal stuff here, entering, editing,
> and deleting entries, sorting, etc.
>
> On the internet side of things, folks get the info served up to them,
> can sort it in a few ways, etc - it's pretty basic stuff.
>
> So, normally, I'd just put something together with Javascript and some
> PHP scripts on the back end - so the Javascript is used to make
> requests, the php stuff makes the calls to the database then returns the
> appropriate info.
>
> I was thinking of doing the backend using Python instead of PHP - more
> just to get some hands-on experience with the language than anything else.
>
> So, first - is that a non-starter? - in other words, is it just
> something that lends itself more to PHP than Python?  That's how I would
> normally do it, just thought this would be a good opportunity to get
> some "practice" with Python.  And I know Python supports MySQL
> interactions, which, other than returning some info, is all that really
> needs to be done server-side.
>
> In a broader sense, any suggestions in terms of what I should be wary of
> on the security side of things - the internet component I mentioned is
> universally accessible... but the database itself can't be accessed that
> way directly (requests have to be sent to the PHP/Python scripts, which
> do have access to the MySQL stuff...)
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!

I will echo the recommendations for Django.

I looked at Django hoping to write a personal little app to manage
some personal data.  It turns out I didn't have to write an app at
all.  Django comes with a spiffy and versatile content editor, all I
had to do was input the database schema and configure the data entry
fields.

I figure you and your bosses can do the same thing to manage your
private Wolverine image stash.


Carl Banks