Thanks Mike - I am looking for ideas on how to deal with these problems, not specifically from myspace.
On 11/10/05, Mike Soultanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > myspace.com <http://myspace.com> - I think it's the 4th largest site on > the web. > Unfortunately, I don't know the internal workings of their site > development. > > Mike > > Duncan wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Before I ask the question - I want to point out I am a FB user of many > > years, and a convert, however I just moved companies and I am among > sceptics > > who have diligently been building an app in a very random fashion. > > > > I believe its time to start again - and I also believe that FB is the > way to > > go. They arent OO coders (so mach-II is out), and they are pretty smart, > so > > I dont think it will be a big task for them to grasp. > > > > Its a global i18n app in its infancy really, and the language > implementation > > isnt great by any stretch of the imagination. And there are many other > > problems that exist that I am trying to find ways of straightening out. > > > > I need some ammo to help get FB in the minds of those that count. > Firstly I > > need to have some proof of major sites that use FB. Something on a > global > > scale, prefereably i18n as well. > > > > Second one of the big problems right now is templates of 3000 ish lines > (!). > > Now these templates get locked in to a process of project SDLC and > another > > project cant get in there and progress to production without project one > > getting there first or at the same time. From a FB point of view how do > you > > deal with this? > > > > Third - I am aware that there is a need to have FB4.1 in development > mode > > whilst developing. My last company had 3 developers on one FB box, and > it > > got frustrating at times because requests overlapped and the compile > couldnt > > keep up. With 9 developers now, what model would we need to adopt with > VSS > > (I am open to moving to CVS or similar) to allow developers to work > > smoothly? > > > > I know its a lot, but the size of the team and the magnitude of the > problem > > I face is nothing like I have seen before. > > > > -- > > Duncan I Loxton > > www.sixfive.co.uk <http://www.sixfive.co.uk> <http://www.sixfive.co.uk> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "I can only please one person per day. Today is not looking good. > Tomorrow > > isn't looking much better." Dilbert > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:12:6842 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/12 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:12 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.12 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
