Building Python Based Web Application

[James Stroud]

Hello All,

I am interested in setting up a modest invoicing system for some 
consulting I am doing. I like the idea of managing this on the web and 
creating invoices and printing them from a browser. However, I'm not 
really sure where to start. I've played with some CMS applications, but 
they seem more for blogging (mamba, wordpress, etc.). Ideally, I would 
like to interface with mySQL (or whatever the favorite web-flavor 
database app is these days). I would like to be able to use my python 
skills.

I confident that if I set out to write this from scatch, I will be 
seriously re-inventing the wheel, perhaps several times over.

So, my question is, does anyone know of a book and/or some kind of 
framework that would make the best sense for what I am describing here? 
I've heard of Zope, but I would like to make sure its appropriate for 
the job before I spend 2 or 3 days getting acquainted with it. I'm adept 
at HTML, python, CSS, python-CGI, and interfacing with mySQL through 
DBI. I'm sure I could get something to work with these skills, but I 
want to minimize wheel re-invention as much as possible.

Basically, I want a jump start on data-base oriented web development 
with a focus on applying my python skills.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

James

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James Stroud
UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Box 951570
Los Angeles, CA 90095

http://www.jamesstroud.com/