Business services
Besides car rental, transfers and tours, we offer the following business services:
- translation services
- information systems development
Translation services
We translate for you texts between the languages English, Spanish and Dutch. Also, when you are here in Nicaragua we can help you out with dealing with the local people.
Information systems development
We offer the development of software for small information systems and extension to existing systems, using the high level programming language Python for the data processing and Tkinter for the graphical user interface (GUI), and SQLite or MySQL as database if required. Besides that Python is a high level language, a lot of modules are freely available, which allows us to finish a working system within a short time.
Besides SQLite and MySQL, Python offers support for other databases like Access and SQL Server, spreadsheets like Excel, and can write to text documents. For smart looking printable documents we offer a module that produces output in the widely supported and used pdf format.
The use of a database is logical next step from spreadsheets, and gives a much better foundation for the further development of your information system. In short spreadsheets are useful for working with numbers and databases for storing and giving access to data. Those data can have several formats, not only can they be numbers but also words, texts and even images. Of the stored data selections can be made, that subsequently can processed in a lot of ways, for which we us Python. And finally, the results of the processing will be displayed on your computer screen by means of Tkinter's GUI. Also for the data input by the user we use Tkinter and Python. By the way, the input not necessarily has to come from the user. Other possible sources, or destinations for that matter, are for instance another database, a spreadsheet or even a text file. So present data are not lost. When the output would go to a spreadsheet, then subsequently you could do further processing on that output within for example Excel, as you may be used to already for some time. The Python part of the information system could then be smaller, and it's cost less.
Some examples of systems we develop are for managing inventories, memberships, libraries, hotel reservations and many more. Other examples of software we write are front ends for processing data from several data sources and database conversion. The generation of documents in pdf format in combination with a customers information database offers a powerful solution for mailing customized leaflets. These leaflets would all have the same layout and generally equal formats, but the contents of each leaflet could be different and even depend entirely on its destiny, if required. Subsequently each leaflet can be send to the appropriate electronic mailbox of each client.
We not only offer you our programming knowledge though. We also offer many years of business experience.
Python, Tkinter and SQLite are open source, so you do not pay for them. Of MySQL we use the free version. With other words you only pay for our work. Also, we do try to lock you in since everybody can obtain the same tools for free. The same even applies to the database management systems we use for SQLite and MySQL.
Although Python, Tkinter, SQLite and MySQL are available for Linux/Unix and Mac OS X as well, we only develop software for Windows for the moment.
Email: info@armadillo-nicaragua.com - Tel: (505) 88.33.86.63
Address: Shell Guapinol 4 blks north 1.5 blk west, Granada, Nicaragua