A recent customer of mine had a small issue. His site was running on Linux utilizing Joomla. I realize how nice it is to use software right out of the box, but if the idea is to add ANY features, don't use Joomla.
This specific customer wants some customization and it's going to be a royal pain in the ass to work with the code-base as it is. It makes me sick to my stomach having to work on a codebase that I know is not built for ease of maintenance or anything like that.
One thing that stands out for an open-source project like this, is the amount of code that is commented out.
Frameworks are nice to use, but you're better off trying to piece-meal together some other packages and build the application and THEN extract out what you like.
PHP5 + Smarty Templates + phpAdoDB is your man, if he can't do it, you damn sure can't!
divergentCRM
I just released an open-source project that I did in RubyOnRails. I had a project that I needed to do that starts out very similar to a basic CRM so I figured why not put out a basic CRM before I get into anything specific for the project I'm working on.
It's very bare-bones. In fact, I'm sure I'll get a lot of "Whyd you do that" or "You suck", that's ok. Long as you follow it up with a "this is why". If not, then you should probably just put your laptop (or desktop) back in the box from the store you bought it from and take it back.
The project is on RubyForget at: http://rubyforge.org/projects/divergentcrm/
It's very bare-bones. In fact, I'm sure I'll get a lot of "Whyd you do that" or "You suck", that's ok. Long as you follow it up with a "this is why". If not, then you should probably just put your laptop (or desktop) back in the box from the store you bought it from and take it back.
The project is on RubyForget at: http://rubyforge.org/projects/divergentcrm/
HashRocket debut
I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time for the guys (and devchix) at HashRocket to invite me to take part in one of their 3-2-1 LAUNCH'es. It was awesome. Thanks to Obie, l4rk, BigTiger, Desi, and Lisa! And whoever bought those marvelous chocolate chip cookies.
My love, My Queen, Ruby
Ok, now that I'm drinking all the Ruby on Rails kool-aid it's time to start kicking ass and diving deep into the heart of Ruby.
I realize theres a craze for Rails, but Rails is built on Ruby so .... I rather learn Ruby since it'll be really sexy to build other things with other than just web-applications ;)
I realize theres a craze for Rails, but Rails is built on Ruby so .... I rather learn Ruby since it'll be really sexy to build other things with other than just web-applications ;)
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