Looking at some estimates I wonder if they are fair. F.e. lost password is part of django-registration, but it might be you want something else. Anybody some more feedback? Hth Ernst
On 20 apr, 16:45, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldst...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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