Re: Which way to program this?
On 20/12/11 21:18, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> I am considering writing a "visual department scheduler" for schools. The
> concept is similar to an appointment calendar, but I'd like to include drag 'n
> drop functionality. A supervisor is provided with teaching session objects
> that meet in fixed time periods (call them 1-12). The supervisor drags and
> drops them onto the individual teacher's schedule. This application should be
> cross platform, able to run in windows, mac and linux. So, it seems easy to
> me to conceptualize this in a web browser, but what language/development
> envoronment would be appropriate for this project?
You 'could' use PHP (in a LAMP).... that'd be the second easiest way to
achieve the stated outcome.
>
> Any thoughts are welcome.
>
> Mark
>
>
But the easiest way is don't reinvent the wheel. :-)
What you describe is a subset of a number of mature and widely used CMSs
- principally Moodle, but also others like FreeSMS.
I'd suggest looking at Moodle first because it's so widely used, because
it has other capabilities that you/the school will probably/possibly
want - and because it's simple to run from something like a tiny Debian
LAMP in a VirtualBox. You could even put it the whole thing onto an USBKey.
Seriously - take a look a Moodle, if nothing else it'll give you some ideas.
Cheers
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