On 2006.07.07 09:13:41 -0600, Jesse Stay wrote: > I agree Charles, but with one caveat. I'm no dictator on this issue, > however, my personal recommendation on any OSS software to be created is to > be sure you all are releasing early, and releasing often. An agile > perspective to OSS development I feel would go a long way with many OSS > projects. Set some short project goals with short timelines (less than a > month), and work to release that snippet of the project within that month. > This will keep the project from looming on forever, and will get the public > excited about receiving more in the future. Think about a few features at a > time, keep it organized in components so this is possible, and release just > a few features at a time, and your project will be a huge success. > > In light of this project, by taking the above method, it doesn't matter if > it's using MySQL, Postgres, PHP, or Apache - so long as those are just > components of the project, they can be replaced in a Windows version down > the road. What matters most is that they are but components of the project > and not so finely integrated that they can't be replaced in some other > environment. Now, that's just my $.02.
I think it's relevant that I point out at this time that the classes I submitted were done in php because that is what I'd done them in originally and it's what I'm comfortable at this time. I can make the same classes using in a variety of other languages if that's necessary. The whole idea in releasing these was to get the ball rolling and let others see what it was that I was thinking in a more concrete manner. I hope that it works and generates more discussion. At this point, I think we should just focus on the functionality and underlying data store. At the end of the day, if we get a good spec, the code is easy and can be done as a LAMP project or a VB project with an XML data store. Getting the design right is the hard part. --Robert
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