You might check out this guy's blog (http://crisscott.com/). He wrote a
book on PHP+GTK desktop apps. I found it interesting but I'm no
programmer...
Jonathan
On 1/10/07, Dennis Bourn <dbourn@clkenergy.com> wrote:
>
> Hi List,
> Ive been looking for a project to work on for some time and recently
> came across caferadius (www.caferadius.com) which got me thinking. Ive
> always thought that making a point of sale system for a bar/cafe would
> be an easy challenge. Challenging in the sense that im not a programmer,
> easy in the sense that all the math involved is pretty straight forward.
> Sounds like the perfect project to teach myself some programming skills.
> Ive even got a friend who owns a coffee shop which may give me a chance
> to field test it. Ive decided to use embedded linux to power the "cash
> registers" running on something like a Sokeris or CerfPod. I run OpenBSD
> embedded on a WRAP and have become quite interested in embedded systems.
> A larger server on the back-end. Use TCP/IP to get them talking to each
> other (obviously on their own subnet,.. im not going to put them on the
> same segment as the community wireless).
>
> Ive got the idea pretty well thought out with one exception. I can
> usually hack something together with perl and php/mysql,.. but in this
> case i have to control 2 serial ports on the "cash register",.. one for
> the cash drawer,.. and one for a magnetic card reader, possibly one more
> for a receipt printer. So I need to find a programming language that
> will allow me to program a GUI. Either ontop of X11 or standalone. I
> will have to program some network communication to the back-end server
> which will handle all the SQL stuff.
>
> If i use X11 I thought it might be a good idea to have the main back-end
> server dish out the X11 to lower the minimum system requirements on the
> "cash registers".
>
> so finally,.. my question,.. Can anyone recommend a programming language
> that fits this bill,.. If I dont hear of anything than ill just start
> with C. In which case what books do you recommend as good learning
> material,.. and any books I should stay away from.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Dennis Bourn
>
> p.s. I know its a bit of a jump from caferadius to a Point of Sale
> system,.. I plan to have the Point of Sale system register a new
> passcode with caferadius and print it on the bottom of the receipt.
> Thats the thought process that made the leap.
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