Re: [slug-chat] OT Perl, Python and Windows

[Michael Lake <Mike.Lake@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Hardy wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:18:32PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote:
> > Basically I have a MySQL database being run by Perl on a Linux server.
> > This will shortly be extended to be able to provide web based editing
> > features so that users can update the database of several thousand caves
> > in Australia. I want to work out some way that windows users while
> > OFF-LINE can edit/update the data and later either upload it when they
> > connect or post it off on a floppy. I want something that can
> > validate/check the data they enter (Excell could edit the csv data but
> > hard to get it to validate all the fields).
> 
> Umm.  Java applet?
> /me ducks
> 
> Needs nothing on the clients apart from a web browser, and I think that
> an applet running locally can get permission to read/write local storage.
> Would be possible to use the same applet on the web server, and for
> offline usage.  I think it's a reasonable option if you have to learn a
> new language.  Comments?

Just that whenever I click a URL and I see that message at the bottom
saying "Java Starting"  get the shudders :-) Have had some experience as
a user running local Java applications - an XML editor Xeena but not
Java applets in a web browser. OK running locally would be faster and it
should be able write local files. But then we have to maintain Java and
Perl code. When I update te Perl interface or the validation scripts on
the server I'd have to make the same changes in Java for the clients.
Well if I can't get a small Perl environment for Win32 I may have to
ditch my idea and think of an alternative such as Java.

PS. Searching Google I have come across perlcc which uses a c compiler
on win32 platforms to create exe perls and in turn there is a gcc for
win32. The cygwin is a big app and emulates unix on windows - too big
for what I want to do. Another port of gcc is ming which is much smaller
but seems like it has not been touched for two years. Anyhow perlcc +
gcc seems a messy way to go to me.

Mike
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Michael Lake
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Linux enthusiast, active caver and interested in anything technical.
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