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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2">Thanks Niels. Just to clarify:</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2">Does my particular instance fall under an OODBMS model or a RDBMS model (with ORM if necessary)? </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2">I will begin by reading the Zope Book. Thanks for your assistance. Appreciate it.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2">-ss<br></font><br><br><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">> Subject: Re: [Zope] Help in deciding approach to Web App<br>> From: nd@syndicat.com<br>> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:24:10 +0100<br>> To: aysand@hotmail.com; zope@zope.org<br>> <br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>> Hash: SHA256<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Sareesh Sudhakaran <aysand@hotmail.com> schrieb:<br>> <br>> >My questions:Will the app be better served with a relational DB like<br>> >mySQL or an Object database? After a lot of research I've guessed that<br>> >my particular case might be better served with Python and Zope/ZODB.<br>> >But I might be wrong? Maybe PHP+mySQL or Django is a better fit?Can<br>> >anyone provide general advice on how to go about beginning such a<br>> >project in ZOPE.<br>> This hardly depends from your data structure, but with Zope you have the option to use ZODB and SQL DBs like MySQL in parallel. Typical relational data should go into a SQLDB while complex / oo Data structures should go into ZODB.<br>> <br>> We developed several complex to very complex web based applications - incl. expert systems - on Zope ZODB plus MySQL. I can't believe that someone would be able to solve such issues with PHP/SQL within the same time / ressources.<br>> <br>> <br>> Which is the best place to start learning for a<br>> >newbie?<br>> You should start by trying the short zope practice / excercise as described in the Zope book.<br>> <br>> The Zope Book should be the best source for getting into Zope step by step from "nothing". ß)<br>> <br>> <br>> Can anyone recommend a good shared hosting provider that<br>> >supports Zope fully but is not expensive?<br>> Looking for "zope hosting" or similiar in google should advice you. Our company - as one of many - offers Zope hosting to.<br>> <br>> <br>> Is there a module or app that<br>> >is open source that I can use to output a graphical flowchart based on<br>> >the results, or will I be better served programming it from scratch<br>> >with Python?<br>> There are different modules as i.e. Python Imaging (PIL) and higher level modules.<br>> <br>> <br>> I would appreciate any help in getting started. Thank you<br>> >in advance. I have tried most online forums but have not good any<br>> >productive answers. Most of the answers I got were pro-PHP+mySQL.<br>> <br>> Yes, because the peoples did not know anything other solution usually...<br>> <br>> <br>> cheers,<br>> <br>> <br>> Niels.<br>> <br>> - --<br>> Niels Dettenbach<br>> Syndicat IT&Internet<br>> http://www.syndicat.com<br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>> Version: APG v1.0.8<br>> <br>> iIEEAREIAEEFAk7bLio6HE5pZWxzIERldHRlbmJhY2ggKFN5bmRpY2F0IElUJklu<br>> dGVybmV0KSA8bmRAc3luZGljYXQuY29tPgAKCRBU3ERlZRyiDUhlAJ4/XPl3Oet6<br>> XN4UlkQ611FNoWqZCwCfZ1IPVjaLMD32wOlFE9cDnrm6bJQ=<br>> =ukyi<br>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>> <br></div></div>                                            </div></body>
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