[dundee] Database front end - any ideas?

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Lots of great suggestions! thanks!

I think its the SQL behind the scenes and documentation that's being
assessed.. lecturer isnt too fussed about the front end. Her suggestion is
Access (blegh) but said we could use something else if we like.

We only have 3 or 4 weeks to complete it, so a web interface looks like the
way to go on this one.

On Feb 8, 2008 4:32 PM, Rick Moynihan <rick.moynihan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 08/02/2008, Barry Carr <barry at benericht.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi Jen,
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > A bunch of us have a database project to do and I was wondering if
> > > anyone had any ideas for what we could use as a front end?
> > >
> > > We were thinking of maybe a having web interface. I believe the back
> end
> > > has to be Oracle. Preferably cross platform (mixture of windows, linux
> > > and OS X developers), and also if it requires an install it should be
> > > something we can all get our hands on easily.
> >
> > There's quite a lot to choose from. If you're set on a web front end
> then you might want to try
> > Ruby-On-Rails. Free to download and deploy and its got quite good tool
> support Netbeans 6.0, (XP,
> > Linux, OS X - runs on the JVM) and TextMate (OS X). Rails has excellent
> DB support but may struggle
> > if you're expecting a lot of visitors to the site. Deploying a rails app
> can also be a bit of a pain
> > too. There are also a couple of JVM alternatives, like Grails (Ruby on
> rails like framework for
> > Groovy) and JRuby-On-Rails (Netbeans has direct support for this too).
> >
> > If you want a desktop app then you can choose between Mono (although I'm
> not sure how good its DB
> > support is) or the JVM. If you go for the latter then I wouldn't use
> Java but have a look at Groovy
> > or Scala instead. Groovy and Scala should be able to use all Java
> libraries and frameworks that are
> > currently available and both of these languages are waaay ahead of Java
> esp. Scala. If you use the
> > JVM you might also want to take a look at Hibernate which is an
> Object-relational mapping framework.
> >
> > There is loads more to choose from but the above should point you at the
> current mainstream.
>
> Now, now, Barry I'm not sure any of those other than perhaps Rails and
> Hibernate are mainstream! :-)  Sure, they're all generating a lot of
> interest amongst tech bloggers and the like and have many compelling
> reasons for adoption but they're definitely not mainstream... They're
> just fashionable to talk about :-)
>
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