Web based interface

[Robin Munn]

On Sat, 09 Nov 2002 at 02:33 GMT, Tetsuo <member at dbforums.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm a n00b at programming of any kind. I only made one working program
> in my life, it created a temperature conversion table, I got guidance
> from my mom (who has coded for 25 years, although not in Python or any
> scripting language), and I have thoroughly forgotten whatever I learned
> from reading Mr. van Rossum's tutorial in August. Well, I sorta remember
> something... But despite all this, I have a big dream. It requires a
> database and a Web interface. It's hard to explain, but it's like a
> message board. I found a database (MySQL), a graphic interface for it
> (MySQLGUI), a module (MySQLdb), and they all even actually work. I also,
> after some struggle, found a magazine article that explained how to
> connect Python to MySQL. But I don't even know where to look to find out
> how to create dynamic Web pages with information from a database, read
> forms, and whatever else a message board could need.

You might try mod_python, the Python module for Apache. I believe Apache
runs on Windows as well as on Linux, though I've only ever used it on
Linux myself. But mod_python will let you create web pages in Python --
VERY handy. Look at http://www.modpython.org/.

If mod_python doesn't do what you want, you might also consider PHP
(http://www.php.net/).

Hope this helps.

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Robin Munn <rmunn at pobox.com>
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