'Big' QT Project for school

[Conel]

I would advice using SQLite database for these purposes. It is included in Qt package and is very simple for usage.

All data is stored in one file and no additional installation for this database is required. All that you will need is to load sql driver (it is in Qt package)

All the info could be found in Qt docs

[Mike]

I would advice using SQLite database for these purposes. It is included in Qt package and is very simple for usage.

All data is stored in one file and no additional installation for this database is required. All that you will need is to load sql driver (it is in Qt package)

All the info could be found in Qt docs

It may be simple. But what about the requirements. I believe the SQLite database is linked to an application. But how would you implement a distributed scenario? From what it sounds like, they have to support multiple instances of the teachers frontend at the same time. Each one looking at the same data. So to me a real client server architecture would be required, if they do not decide to go web based. If they prefer Qt for this, then they would need something like MySQL as was mentioned before, so that they can access the DB over network.

[mm78]

It may be simple. But what about the requirements. I believe the SQLite database is linked to an application. But how would you implement a distributed scenario? From what it sounds like, they have to support multiple instances of the teachers frontend at the same time. Each one looking at the same data. So to me a real client server architecture would be required, if they do not decide to go web based. If they prefer Qt for this, then they would need something like MySQL as was mentioned before, so that they can access the DB over network.

SQLite is linked to the application, but it could be part of the server app, right?

So all they would need is the server app (with a SQLite database) and a client app.

[sunil.thaha]

I second Mike, probably you should use MySql, rather that re-inventing the wheel.

QSqlDatabase + QSocket + QThread is an overkill, remember that this is a School project.