Introducing SWORD

Student WOrker Relational Database (SWORD) is a student worker database for use in schools with work study programs. It’s the project I’ve been working on for the past 6 months or so.

http://code.google.com/p/student-worker-relational-database/

It’s a great example of leveraging Django to create a full website in very little time (Until recently it was just a side project I worked on occasionally) . I’m releasing it open source to help distribute it for use in other schools. Right now the installation process is a little ugly though. I’ll have to learn how to make Debian  and RPM packages sooner or later. Next steps will be to integrate it with some other programs, possibly Schooltool and  SugarCRM. It’s already working with CAS for Single Sign On. If you know any schools that might be able to use this please comment or email. I may be offering it as a hosted solution soon.

By David

I am a supporter of free software and run Burke Software and Consulting LLC. I am always looking for contract work especially for non-profits and open source projects. Open Source Contributions I maintain a number of Django related projects including GlitchTip, Passit, and django-report-builder. You can view my work on gitlab. Academic papers Incorporating Gaming in Software Engineering Projects: Case of RMU Monopoly in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (2008)

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