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How to create a simple database program


Hi all, I've been wanting to create a kind of CRM for myself for a while now. I can setup a relational database with (my)sql and I can query it, but I'm looking for a simple frontend to create a program/app/site around that database. Be it python for a console based program or some framework for php css html, it doesn't matter. I just don't want to create all the input boxes and table layouts myself. I guess I just want something to plug&play.. Any suggestions?


  👤 johntdaly Accepted Answer ✓
That is what tools like FileMaker of xBase/Clipper where made for. If you are on Linux you might be able too look at Glom.

Second best choice, RAD tools like Delphi and VisualBasic where designed to make your life easier fo this type of workload (but you still have to do most of the work).

Third best choice, Ruby on Rails or Django and still do most of the work.

A lot of the tools to do stuff like this became unpopular or expensive. The shift to web didn’t help much either.