On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Daniel Sokolowski <daniel.sokolow...@klinsight.com> wrote: > Welcome to Django, just a comment that you quoted might be overly > optimistic. In my experience simple semi static sites are easy to nail > within the time frame but as complexity rises code hours can and DO quickly > grow. The nature of Django lends itself to tweaking/improving so do not be > surprised if your go over your estimates because you want a sharp polished > product. > > I would be very curious to see what it actually took you and what the final > project is; so please come back and tell us when its done. > > -----Original Message----- From: Michael A > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:40 AM > To: Django users > Subject: Developing first Django Site -- any advice on co-developing > effectively with a professional? > > > Dear Django community, > > I'm excited to develop my first site in Django and am trying > understand the best way to approach things. I don't have a strong > coding background, but I'm comfortable with the tutorial, ~3 hours of > screencasts, and "Beginning Django E-Commerce" by James McGaw. > > Designed the database and coded the model layer myself... hiring a > designer for the front-end work, and hiring a django developer to co- > develop via github. Worked out the development roadmap and features > needed for launch (below). > > My goal is to develop 30-50% myself with feedback/review from the > professional, with them coding the rest and me learning from their > code. Has anyone tried something similar before? Any concerns or > advice on partnering effectively? > > Our feature list is below, with hourly estimates from the developer. > I've starred those I'm aspiring to code myself. > Also interested in whether we can leverage existing code/libraries to > solve some of these challenges. Thanks!! > > * - Account Sign-Up with Lost Password - 15 hours > * - Admin Tool: User Manager - 30 hours > Admin Tool: Managing PDF Content - 30 hours > Community Forums - 45 hours > FAQ/Help Center Module - 35 hours > Single Item Purchase - 15 hours > Digital Asset Delivery - 30 hours > * - Customer Internal: Simple Account Management (password, email) - 5 > hours > Customer Internal: User Dashboard - 10 hours > * - Customer Internal: Contact Form - 3 hours > * - System Generated Emails - 15 hours > Data Export Tools (Customer Data) - 12 hours > Secure Storage/Delivery of PDFs - 5 hours > Page/Form Builds - 20 hours > U/X Development - 25 hours > Slice Art / Build Templates - 25 hours > You've given yourself 2 months to do something you have never done before. My experience is that it takes at 3 months to do anything and if it takes more than 6 months it gets messy. That being said, Django is awfully fun, and a lot can be done quickly. Its the 10% that will take up all of your time. Not the 90%.
Good luck > Appreciate any advice you may have on how to approach this project > effectively! > > Cheers from Tokyo, > > -Michael > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > Daniel Sokolowski > Web Engineer > KL Insight > http://klinsight.com/ > Tel: 613-344-2116 | Fax: 613.634.7029 > 993 Princess Street, Suite 212 > Kingston, ON K7L 1H3, Canada > > > Notice of Confidentiality: > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review re-transmission dissemination or other use of or taking > of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other > than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error > please contact the sender immediately by return electronic transmission and > then immediately delete this transmission including all attachments without > copying distributing or disclosing same. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- Joel Goldstick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
