Buildout Builder

All,

    I’m making good headway on the project, and I will be posting a demo tomorrow night. The backend is essentially complete, and I’m working on useability from the user perspective. The OpenLaszlo toolkit has proved to be amazingly flexible and fast.

   There were some concerns mentioned about using OpenLaszlo for the project, mostly focusing on the point that it would be hard for a generic python developer to pick up the code. OpenLaszlo code is very simple, easy to understand XML, with embedded JS for scripting. While I agree there will be a learning curve for the average python developer, the project will be much more maintainable (and simpler) than if I had attempted to complete the project with KSS/Ajax ontop of vanilla grok. I would also be spending a good deal of time re-inventing the wheel if I had stuck with straight KSS/ajax.

- Ken