1. You probably are getting the short end. If you are involved in the choir, or it’s your X (church, temple, synagogue, mosque, org), then that’s OK. Unless you’re confident of how long it’ll take, and the requirements, it doesn’t sound like you’ll come out happy & ahead.
2. Look for what’s available.. but... 3. If I had to do this, i’d probably just use a quick sinatra app w/ data mapper. Mostly because i’ve been using ruby for extending puppet, mcollective, logstash, and sensu.. Calendar is a bit harder, but if it’s just a list of events vs a full calendar, it’s a fairly simple data model. SQLite backend, and you’re done. (Ugh, i guess I could write that in a few hours or so. Not pretty, but… I could do it. That’s a change :) On May 14, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Adam Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks! I agree, I think it makes sense to take a step back and see if > something already exists to manage this. A service would be great, but that > may be too expensive. However, I'll follow up some of the responses I got > and see if I can find something before diving in. > > Regarding the money, it's actually going to be more of a barter, which is why > I'm trying to figure out if I'm getting stuck with the short end of the deal. > :) > > -Adam > > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Matt Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you sure there isn't software out there that would do what you want? > > I'm not a web developer, either, but I've written a decent amount of web > code...but only if I REALLY REALLY can't find something off the shelf that > does what I want. > > And even if I can't, I'll always make use of existing frameworks whenever > possible. Bootstrap, for instance, makes developing web apps not suck, and > it's very extensible. I actually made something I call Bootstrap Matrix > (https://github.com/standaloneSA/BootstrapMatrix) that allows me to get > Google Docs-backed apps up and running immediately, but the amount of code I > put in is relatively small. My time was mostly spent figuring out how to wire > $ThisAPI to $ThatFramework. > > As for money, I'll let other people give you numbers, but I'd recommend > pricing it according to the degree to which you like doing it. If you don't > like doing it, there's no harm in pricing yourself out of the market. > > --Matt > > > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Adam Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, I've got a question that hopefully the collective can help me answer. > > A local choir group has asked around for some help with some web development, > and since I'm "a computer guy" I've been specifically asked if I can help. > > I've done basic web development in the past (CGI scripting and such), usually > in PERL. I haven't done it in a while, and I've never worked on a project > basis -- always salaried for a company. > > What they want looks relatively simple. They want a calendar of events, and > they want members to be able to submit requests to be absent. The calendar > events would be manually entered, I think, but they want to automate the > absence requests as much as possible. > > There needs to be some logic about making sure that if too many of a > particular voice (say, lots of tenors) have requested absence, it will > automatically deny the request, otherwise it'll approve it. So, a small > database of members and who's planning to be absent for which events would be > kept, probably in the calendar itself or maybe in a small backend database. > > It looks like I can do this using a Google calendar and some PHP API calls. > I'd need to learn PHP unless there are PERL API calls I can use instead -- > that's not a show stopper. > > What I'm curious about is getting some guidance as to what a project like > this might be worth? I have no idea how long it might take, or what the > going rate is for a dev project like this. > > I realize this isn't a lot to go on. I need to talk more with the director > to find out exactly what he wants, but any input would be appreciated. It's > been a long time since I've done web dev work. > > Thanks! > -Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/
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