choice of web-framework

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 12:26 AM, Patrick Vrijlandt <nieuws.pv at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Op 22-10-2017 om 14:05 schreef Tim Chase:
>
>> I'm not sure what "version control is required" means in this
>> context.  Is this version-control of the users' answers? Or
>> version-control of the source code.  If it's the source code, the web
>> framework won't help you there, but git, mercurial, or subversion are
>> all good/reasonable choices.  If you want to version your user's
>> answers or other aspects of your application, you'll need to design
>> it into your app.  There might be plugins/modules to facilitate this
>> on either side of the Django / Flask/Bottle/SQLAlchemy divide.
>
> The version control I was referring to, is indeed users' data. I plan to use
> Mercurial for the source code. The questionnaires being developed will go
> through many revisions. The questionnaires being filled in, are enough work
> to have a provision for mistakes. The idea is much like the "revert" option
> that MoinMoin and other wikis provide.

Then what I'd do is make sure the questionnaires are saved in a text
file (maybe use a Markdown-like notation), and then just call on
Mercurial from inside your app.

ChrisA