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From: Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org>
To: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
Cc: org-mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Org-mode to feed a database
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:43:51 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <99D74CD0-215E-463F-86BE-21BD99809341@agrarianresearch.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k31acov5.fsf@pierrot.dokosmarshall.org>

>> 
>> 2. In my case, people who would enter the data into org files would
>> not have used emacs before. So, there is a learning curve. Is it worth
>> it? Or should one just build a web-based graphic application for such
>> people to use?
>> 
> 
> My knee-jerk reaction was: Use Django, not org - but that may be a
> failure of imagination on my part.
> 


You are perhaps right. I will perhaps end up using Django.

But there would be many interesting things one could do in an emacs/org-based solution. My  biggest worry is that it would require continuous training of people coming in to enter data.

Vikas

  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-31  0:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-29  2:01 Org-mode to feed a database Vikas Rawal
2014-12-29 11:26 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-31  0:14   ` Vikas Rawal
2014-12-29 18:06 ` Nick Dokos
2014-12-31  0:13   ` Vikas Rawal [this message]
2014-12-31 10:37     ` Conducting end user surveys and analyze data (was: Org-mode to feed a database) Karl Voit
2014-12-31 13:05       ` Ista Zahn
2014-12-31 13:40         ` Karl Voit
2014-12-31 13:49           ` Ista Zahn
2014-12-31 15:13             ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-01 16:22               ` Karl Voit
2015-01-02 10:53                 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-02 14:04                   ` OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization (was: Conducting end user surveys and analyze data) Karl Voit
2015-01-03 21:19                     ` OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization Rasmus
2015-01-11 10:52                       ` OT: privacy-aware web search via startpage.com (was: OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization) Karl Voit
2015-01-20  6:49                     ` OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization (was: Conducting end user surveys and analyze data) Tom Prince
2015-01-20  9:19                       ` OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization Karl Voit
2015-01-02 14:15                   ` Conducting end user surveys and analyze data Paul Rudin
2015-01-02 16:51                     ` OT: Gmail and cloud-dependencies (was: Conducting end user surveys and analyze data) Karl Voit
2015-01-03  8:02                       ` OT: Gmail and cloud-dependencies Paul Rudin
2015-01-11 10:46                         ` Karl Voit
2015-01-11 12:14                           ` Paul Rudin
2015-01-11 14:55                             ` Karl Voit
2015-01-12  7:55                           ` Daniele Pizzolli
2014-12-30 21:15 ` Org-mode to feed a database Karl Voit
2015-01-04 22:05 ` John Kitchin
2015-01-05  3:39   ` Vikas Rawal

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