Hi Albert, and welcome to the group.<div><br></div><div>Its good to see that the finance applications in kde are more than I thought before.</div><div><br></div><div>I think is going to be a good talk and planning on the first spring sprint on Frankfurt.</div>
<div>There is much to talk about, like common widgets for the applications...</div><div>I wish I would be there...</div><div><br></div><div>:)</div><div>--</div><div>Miguel Chavez Gamboa<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Albert Cervera i Areny <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:albert@nan-tic.com">albert@nan-tic.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi,<br>
I just wanted to introduce the Koo project to all kde-finance-apps members.<br>
<br>
Koo [1] is a client for OpenERP[2]/OpenObject[3] based on PyQt. It uses PyKDE<br>
if available, but by now, only for storing semantic information using Nepomuk.<br>
<br>
Although the official client for OpenERP is GTK based, with Koo we have some<br>
cool stuff, such as:<br>
<br>
- A model that can be used to access information on the application server<br>
from any Qt widget using interview.<br>
- Much better performance which allows using the client with a WAN between the<br>
client and the server.<br>
- Better API which makes creating new applications based on the platform a<br>
breeze.<br>
- Integrated full text search.<br>
- A POS mode useful for touchscreen applications, while still having all<br>
flexibility of OpenERP available. [4]<br>
<br>
You can see some old screenshots here [5] and some more up to date information<br>
in our blog [6].<br>
<br>
I must admit that it seems hard we can find points in common with other kde<br>
finance applications due to the fact that Koo uses a three-tier architecture<br>
and Python instead of C++, but for example, one of the things we're missing is<br>
an intuitive and powerful Charts API. We started using matplotlib, then<br>
created our own, and we're considering matplotlib again, but it's terrible API<br>
makes the decision pretty hard. We also had to implement a minimal calendar<br>
view, which really lacks behind GTK and Web based clients and it's something<br>
that would be nice KDE provided.<br>
<br>
Well, by now I'll be right here watching progress of kde-finance project, and<br>
I hope we can help with some stuff in the future!<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="https://launchpad.net/openobject-client-kde" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/openobject-client-kde</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://www.openerp.com" target="_blank">http://www.openerp.com</a><br>
[3] <a href="https://launchpad.net/openobject-server" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/openobject-server</a><br>
[4] <a href="http://albert-nan.blogspot.com/2009/02/koo-in-pos-mode.html" target="_blank">http://albert-nan.blogspot.com/2009/02/koo-in-pos-mode.html</a><br>
[5] <a href="http://www.nan-tic.com/koo-platform" target="_blank">http://www.nan-tic.com/koo-platform</a><br>
[6] <a href="http://albert-nan.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://albert-nan.blogspot.com/</a><br>
<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">Albert Cervera i Areny<br>
<a href="http://www.NaN-tic.com" target="_blank">http://www.NaN-tic.com</a><br>
OpenERP Partners<br>
Ṃbil: +34 669 40 40 18<br>
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