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Martin Ueding
Martin Ueding

Reputation: 8699

implement a database application with GUI for Windows, written with Linux

I have the following data scheme that I want to turn into an application. A regular desktop GUI would probably the best.

UML Diagram http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/341/56836587.jpg big version

The whole thing would be developed on a Linux (Ubuntu, Gnome) machine, and then used on a Windows Vista computer. If Windows is a problem, I might be able to just run it in a Linux VM later.

My programming language of choice would be Python. I have only used Qt for a two hour project, I have pretty much no experience with GUI. Would Qt work easily on Windows and not look to out of place there? Is GTK a way better option, or is that merely preference issue?

From talking on the #python channel, I gathered that storing the data in a SQLite database would be a good option, and accessing this data via the SQLAlchemy ORM would be better than writing SQL statements by hand. The latter is my usual approach, I want to use this project to learn something better.

Can I just design the dialogues in Qt Designer and use them with my Python objects?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4683

Answers (3)

Acorn
Acorn

Reputation: 50497

You might want to check out Dabo.

Dabo is a 3-tier, cross-platform application development framework, written in Python atop the wxPython GUI toolkit

Upvotes: 3

David Heffernan
David Heffernan

Reputation: 612963

If you are set on using Python them I think Qt would be am excellent choice. It's a fantastic framework that looks good and runs on many platforms. You won't be limited to Windows. Qt can be a bit intimidating but you won't be limited in terms of functionality. The Qt designer works well with Python.

SQLAlchemy works on all common desktop platforms, including Windows.

Upvotes: 1

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 798676

Camelot

Upvotes: 2

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