Hello.
We have a lead considering our Servoy-based solution and an Open Source Python + Javascript Framework solution.
Does anyone have a list of 5 - 10 reasons why a Servoy solution is better than Python?
I know the Servoy community is the best… I just don’t know much about Python + Javascript Framwork.
Thanks much!
Hi Chico,
Not very familiar with Python myself, but the main comparison is:
Apples and Pears
Comparing Python and Servoy is like comparing apples and pears: Python is just a programming language, basically the equivalent of plain JavaScript.
In Servoy, as I think you know, the scripting language is only a very small part of the total offering. The JavaScript part of the offering in Servoy is basically only the stuff that is exposed under the JSLib node in the Solution Explorer in Servoy Developer. All the other things you can do in JavaScript in Servoy, like all the interactivity with the runtime UI or with the datalayer is all Servoy.
Servoy also adds, among many other things, the ability to easily create UI’s, offers extensive support for working with data, has all the database connectivity abstracted, so you only need to point Servoy to where the database is located and you’re ready. Servoy adds the entire deployment mechanism, live rollback of versions in production, deploy to Native and browser based clients from a single codebase etc etc.
All in all, Servoy offers a complete package to quickly create applications that run everywhere and are highly data driven. Python on the other hand is just a programming language. Now, I do not know which JavaScript framework they are looking at, but imho there isn’t any JavaScript framework around that comes close to the total package Servoy offers.
Paul
Thanks for the info Paul. It’s greatly appreciated.
This is the framework: Web Notes Framework
First we’d heard of it.
I concur with everything that Paul says, but be careful, don’t underestimate the Web Notes Framework (WNF).
For your Big Sale, read about WNF.
You said, “I know the Servoy community is the best.” But what about WNF? Who built it in the first place? How is the team driven?
If I were you, I would check Web Notes Framework (WNF). I’d start here: Free & Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNext.
Read the line: All our applications powered by our home-grown web app framework which is Open Source http://wnframework.org.
See this page too: http://wnframework.org/#Page/Web%20Notes%20Framework%20-%20About
Read the line that says: The first application that we started building on this was the ERP which is being used by my family business
This team seems very nice. If possible, try to assemble the cost of building the application on Servoy + liscensed cost against the Web Notes Framework cost*.
Good luck!
JC