Steve The example of check box vs. radio button doesn't convince me. Normally i would have checkboxes for "I want this, and this, and this and this." Radio buttons for "I have a 28k modem, or I am super groovy connected". These things relate directly to the DB/Business model. If this sort of thing has not been ironed out at what I call the "wireframing/functional spec stage" then I would consider that we had missed something
Cheers Richard Steve Nelson wrote: > Hmmm. > > I have had this conversation with a Hal a few times. > > I think prototype is the wrong word for what we're building. It's really > the > "Front-End". > > Essentially our use of the word "Prototype" is a full scale model of the > application without the engine inside. > > You have to build the front end at some point. FLiP suggests building > the > front-end first instead of last. That way when the change requests come > in (they > will guaranteed!) you can mold the front end without affecting the > backend. > > These change requests ensure the client gets what they want, so the less > you > need to change the cheaper it will be. For example, it's easier to > change > type="radio" to type="checkbox" than to change the entire database > structure > plus the SQL queries, plus the associated CF plus the HTML. > > The word prototype is bad because it makes you feel like you're going to > throw > it away, which is not correct. The code for the front end will be used > in the > final application. > > Steve Nelson > > > Richard Tugwell wrote: > > > This topic spins out of the Flip/protoyping thread which has been > > running for a bit now. > > > > I'm interested in what people consider a prototype. > > > > To take an analogy from other industries, there was a prototype of the > > Comet airliner of the 1950/60's and there was also a "mock-up". The > > difference was that the prototype could fly, and the mockup was made of > > balsa wood and plasticene. (could be wrong on the details) Does anyone > > see any similarities between this, and the model(s) of software > > development that we are talking about? > > > > Cheers > > > > Richard > > > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
