[Kde-finance-apps] Introducing Koo

[Miguel Chavez Gamboa]

Hi Albert, and welcome to the group.

Its good to see that the finance applications in kde are more than I thought
before.

I think is going to be a good talk and planning on the first spring sprint
on Frankfurt.
There is much to talk about, like common widgets for the applications...
I wish I would be there...

:)
--
Miguel Chavez Gamboa

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Albert Cervera i Areny
<albert at nan-tic.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> I just wanted to introduce the Koo project to all kde-finance-apps members.
>
> Koo [1] is a client for OpenERP[2]/OpenObject[3] based on PyQt. It uses
> PyKDE
> if available, but by now, only for storing semantic information using
> Nepomuk.
>
> Although the official client for OpenERP is GTK based, with Koo we have
> some
> cool stuff, such as:
>
> - A model that can be used to access information on the application server
> from any Qt widget using interview.
> - Much better performance which allows using the client with a WAN between
> the
> client and the server.
> - Better API which makes creating new applications based on the platform a
> breeze.
> - Integrated full text search.
> - A POS mode useful for touchscreen applications, while still having all
> flexibility of OpenERP available. [4]
>
> You can see some old screenshots here [5] and some more up to date
> information
> in our blog [6].
>
> I must admit that it seems hard we can find points in common with other kde
> finance applications due to the fact that Koo uses a three-tier
> architecture
> and Python instead of C++, but for example, one of the things we're missing
> is
> an intuitive and powerful Charts API. We started using matplotlib, then
> created our own, and we're considering matplotlib again, but it's terrible
> API
> makes the decision pretty hard. We also had to implement a minimal calendar
> view, which really lacks behind GTK and Web based clients and it's
> something
> that would be nice KDE provided.
>
> Well, by now I'll be right here watching progress of kde-finance project,
> and
> I hope we can help with some stuff in the future!
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/openobject-client-kde
> [2] http://www.openerp.com
> [3] https://launchpad.net/openobject-server
> [4] http://albert-nan.blogspot.com/2009/02/koo-in-pos-mode.html
> [5] http://www.nan-tic.com/koo-platform
> [6] http://albert-nan.blogspot.com/
>
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> Albert Cervera i Areny
> http://www.NaN-tic.com
> OpenERP Partners
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