[Wolves] topic for wed online meeting jitsi - Fwd: learning android on linux

[Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint]

I liked the idea of using something off shelf.. customize it for repair
cafe needs..


On Tue, 14 Feb 2023, 22:32 Carles Pina i Estany via Wolves, <
wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

>
> Hi Chris, Mark,
>
> I agree with what Chris said.
>
> I will not be on the online meeting but...
>
> Mark: there are many technologies to do what I think that you described.
> And some off the shelf (I'm not familiar with the off the shelf
> solutions for the problem that you described).
>
> A way to implement it: using Django web framework. But do have a look
> and see how you feel best!
> (Django has an admin panel and might get you part there... or might not,
> depends many things!)
>
> On Feb/14/2023, Chris Ellis via Wolves wrote:
> > Hi Mark
> >
> > Android apps are mostly Kotlin or using something like React Native
> > (Javascript).
> >
> > Given the use case you've outlined I would seriously question whether
> > it needs to
> > be or is best being an app.  It sounds like you could achieve what you
> > want with a
> > PWA (https://web.dev/what-are-pwas/) or just a plain responsive website.
> >
> > Going down those routes lets you use whichever language / framework you
> want,
> > but I suggest picking something common.
> >
> > You might find one of the off the shelf ticketing / issue management /
> CRM type
> > systems could be the basis for your 'job management' use cases.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 7:48 PM Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint via
> > Wolves <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > hi
> > >
> > > i want to learn android programming on linux.. is there a good 4gen
> > > language that similar to delphi or something more modern. I want to
> > > have a go at making an admin tool for repair cafe about customers
> > > booking in there repairs and putting photos and keep a thread of
> > > discussions with repair team online  also keep tracking of repair of
> > > item and any parts that been orderde keep the up to date information
> > > about the status of repair . i am finding it pretty hard to
> > > communicate with ppl and they just do not understand some of the basic
> > > questions like which version of windows do u watn on the laptop that
> > > impacts the cost. i think some of the issue is my poor english and
> > > waiting for answers holds up the repairs.. customers are not keen too
> > > order parts and then the issue of parked repair gets annoying it more
> > > a tool for me too use for now and hopefully other ppl will find it
> > > useful.. would be nice to have a web-base solution for now and i can
> > > type reeems of very verbose stuff..
> > > we keep getting lots of ppl interested but they do not turn up we was
> > > expecting 30 items last sunday but only 10 people turned up loads of
> > > communcation and we loss them as customers would be nice to track the
> > > customer/client.. maybe i am making it too complex but repairing
> > > laptops is complex.. i not had much luck trying to convert too people
> > > too chrome os flex there loads of missinformation about it and ppl
> > > hate with out even trying it.. really weird world we living in , with
> > > lots of fake information and loads FUD.
> > >
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