On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Vivek Narayanan <[email protected]> wrote: > @Sebastien: I got your point about using a dict as an intermediate > structure and the use of recursion, and I looked at your > implementation which is somewhat similar to what I have in mind. > > Well, here is a list of deliverables for the project: > > • Investigate existing structure of the serializer, make changes, > refactor to suit needs. (1 week) > > • Implement metadata methods, change the ``fields`` argument of > serialize(), write unit tests. (2 weeks) > > • Implement structures and templates parsing for custom serialization, > configurations for XML/JSON/YAML etc. Also, write tests for this. (2 > weeks) > > • Handling of nested and related models. (1 week) > > • Investigate the changes to be made at deserialization side and > implement them. (1 week) > > • More tests and write documentation. (2 weeks) > > This is a conservative estimate and am keeping 3 weeks as a cushion.
Here's some advice: If this is what your final plan looks like, I would expect that your proposal would be rejected. Here's why: * We prefer projects to have a clear design in mind before implementation begins. It's ok if refinements happen along the way, but "investigation" periods (and you have 2 of them) are not something that should be required. You investigate while you develop your proposal. * Testing isn't an activity that can be clearly separated. It's an integral part of code development. Having a "more tests" activity indicates you either haven't allocated enough time for testing during development, or you're trying to pad your timeline. * Padding with a 3 week cushion gives the impression that you haven't thought about the effort required. 3 weeks of full time development is a long time. * I'm sceptical of any plan that consists of "2 week" estimates. Again -- a week is a long time. If you can't clearly express what will be developed, tested and delivered in a week long timeframe, then I don't think you've thought about the problem hard enough -- at least, not hard enough for us to recommend that Google give you $4k, and someone from the project spend many hours mentoring you. Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
