[K12OSN] Frameworks for Web based Student Information Systems

[Dick Clark]

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-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
Of Calvin Dodge
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:45 PM
To: Support list for open source software in schools.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Frameworks for Web based Student Information Systems

On 1/16/07, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure how many developers are on this list but here goes.
>
> What types of frameworks would be best suited for developing a full 
> featured large scale (district level) Student Information System?
>
> Django (Python)

As a Python devotee, I'd suggest Django. It has Guido's seal of approval,
and has been shown to handle heavy traffic (chicagocrime.org has coped with
slashdotting more than once), unlike Turbogears. The scuttlebutt is that
Turbogears has better Ajax support, but can't handle a heavy network load
(due to non-threading, IIRC).

But I don't know if Django has the features required for such an
application.  You might peruse the website and manual to get some feel for
Django's capabilities.  Caveat: the manual pages use some sort of fancy
Javascript system for adding footnotes to the pages, and that Javascript can
take _minutes_ to finish initializing each page.

> I'm assuming the database backend would be PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle.

I'd choose PostgreSQL, FWIW.

> The real question is if one (or more) district(s) was to hire a team 
> of developers to write a GPLed SIS, how long would this take and cost?

That's a very good question.  I wish I had an answer. ;^)

Calvin

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