[Firebird-website] Deciding tools?

[Helen B. <he...@di...>]

At 05:57 PM 12-05-01 +0200, Gerhardus wrote:

>Hi
>
>I agree in principle to all the ideas you proposed.
>I just feel that the site does have the potential
>to become very big. We should in my opinion right
>from the start use a tool to do management.=20

Whilst I agree that a toolset is going to be needed, I think that FIRST i=
t has to be determined what sorts of things you need tools for, how the n=
avigation works (which Pavel touched on when mentioning drill-downs, etc.=
) and, above all, what the site structure ought to be.  *Then* one looks =
for tools (FREE!) that can do what's wanted.  IOW, this is a normal devel=
opment project from requirements-taking through to implementation and gro=
wth...

Step 1:  What do we need to build?
Step 2:  What's needed to build it?  (tools, personnel, source materials)
... more bits ...

Step n:  What tools do we need (have already, can get easily, have people=
 who can test-drive them, can fit developers' platforms as well as the ho=
st platform, etc.)
Steps n..... Build, implement, test, maintain...

A evolutionary process during building and implementation is going to pro=
duce more satisfactory results than a prescription, too (spoken from expe=
rience).  Need to be able to try test pieces out on the users.

Just more thoughts on the pile at the moment.

Cheers,
Helen

All for Open and Open for All=20
InterBase Developer Initiative =B7 http://www.interbase2000.org
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