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On Feb 15, 11:05 am, snfctech <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the good tips. > > @David: > > I've considered precisely the points your making. I've already > designed my "dream schema", which is another argument for not using an > existing product and getting locked into it's schema. As for the > ongoing maintenance - I'm hopeful that the combination of readable > Python/web2py and some good docstrings will help ease the maintenance > transition to my successor. > > On Feb 13, 5:06 pm, villas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Anyone who has good programming skills (or can develop same) has big > > advantages in having a home-grown system. But sometimes less is more. > > > The downside comes if you personally have to support it over it's > > lifetime and be distracted from other business opportunities. Then > > there's a big headache when you've outgrown your architecture and must > > refactor everything. At that point, you have years of integrated > > logic, data and staff training to migrate to something better. > > > IMO it's crucially important to design a really thoughtful database > > schema. Your apps can come and go, but that legacy data is a long- > > term ball and chain. When you've got several sub-systems accessing > > your DB, just changing one field can becomes a real hassle. > > > Tip for an on-going time-saver: find a way to get staff able to > > produce their own reports. An end-user reporting module can be worth > > it's weight in gold. You really have to try to take every opportunity > > to get yourself out of the loop and make yourself as dispensable as > > you can. > > > Good luck with your endeavours! > > --David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" 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/web2py?hl=en.
