Re: [HACKERS] web-based front end development

Thus spake Dmitry Samersoff
> On 29-Jul-99 Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > (for obvious reasons) and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions
> > for a good approach to app development for brower-based user
> > interfaces.
> 
> You begin the star war ;-))
> 
> I use three different interface for different tasks 

[PHP3, Perl and C++ discussion ellided]

Or, use Python for everything.

> Firstly, I use php3 to make web based interface 

I use Python over PHP because, like PHP, Ican embed it into the web
server but I can reuse the code in non-web applications so I don't
have to reinvent each wheel.

> http://www.piter-press.ru is an example (not the best, but the only public
> available)
> PHP3 code looks like
> 
>  $qu = pg_exec($conn, "select * from users where (uid = '$uid');" );
>         $nm = pg_numrows($qu);
>         if ($nm > 0)
>            {
>              $data = pg_fetch_object ($qu, $i);
>              $xpin = crypt($pin, $data->pin);
>              if ($xpin == $data->pin)
>                  { BlueEcho("PIN of user '$uid' is valid");
>                  }
>                else
>                 {  RedEcho("Sorry, you enter incorrect PIN for user '$uid'");
>                 }
>            }
> 
>        pg_close($conn);

for data in db.query("select * from users where uid = '%d'" % uid).dictresult():if crypt(pin, data.pin) == data.pin:
print"PIN of user '%d' is valid" % uidelse:    print "Sorry, you enter incorrect PIN for user '%d'" % uid
 

I assume that BlueEcho and RedEcho are simply functions that wrap the
strings in font color tags.  Such functions can easily be added to Python.
See http://www.druid.net/rides/ for a real example.

> Secondly, I use Perl every time as I need write anything for five minits 
> just because I use Perl about five years.

I use Python over Perl because I find it to be a cleaner and more logical
language.  This is a personal preference thing, of course.

> Third, I use C++ for really hard tasks (By historical reasons, I use my own
> library, not libpq++) 

I hardly do anything in C (never cared much for C++ except for a few
specific features) any more as Python gives me the ability to do anything
I could do in C and, if needed, I can always write low level code in C
and link it in.

Check out http://www.python.org/ for more information.  For a PostgreSQL
interface for Python see http://www.druid.net/pygresql/ or look in the
PostgreSQL source tree.

> IMHO, PHP3 is the best choice for Web it self, but bakground programs 
> should be written in C/C++

As I said, one language for all makes code reuse easier. I find that my
projects generally require web interfaces, CLI interfaces as well as
scheduled background tasks and I can write modules that get imported into
all of them saving me much development time.

> So, make your choice and good luck  ;-))

Can't argue with that.

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