[Box Backup] User interface

[Ben Summers]

On 30 Nov 2004, at 18:40, Joe Krahn wrote:

> Ben Summers wrote:
>> On 29 Nov 2004, at 17:09, Joe Krahn wrote:
>>> (I'm new to the list, so maybe this was already discussed...)
>>> I recently did some web-based data management stuff using PHP with 
>>> data stored in MySQL. It is quite easy to do, and maybe would be a 
>>> good interface for boxbackup. Even though it's a bit of overhead if 
>>> the server doesn't already have PHP+MySQL, it is an easy to make and 
>>> maintain user interface, especially for cross-platform use.
>> The problem is integrating the PHP side of things with the C++ 
>> interfaces to the server, unless you want to run bbackupquery in the 
>> background and parse the output. I am intending to build a simple web 
>> based UI. I have some tools which allow me to build simple web apps 
>> quickly, outputting a standalone mini-web server.
>> As with everything else, the limiting factor is the time I have to 
>> write it!
> Can these tools make reasonably platform-independent source code,
> and would other people need these tools to make changes to the
> mini server?

Yes, completely platform independent. Well, at least to the same degree 
as the rest of the Box Backup code, as it uses the same core libraries.

>
> I suppose it also doesn't hurt to have multiple UI's, including a
> good text-console based UI.

Is bbackupquery good enough?

>
> I'll have to work with Box Backup a bit before going further...

:-)

Ben