synapse0 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Hello all..
Well, first off, I feel like a newbie asking a question like this.. but I just need to know.
I don't mean to bring down a swath of "can you critique this for me" type of posts, but basically here's my deal:
I wrote an image gallery script when my son was born, and figured it would be a decent practice in learning software devel. So I cleaned it up, wrote some documentation and started distributing it. Around the time I started, another gallery script came out that I took a look at, and it was riddled with security problems.. Now, the writer of the other script was obviously oblivious to various security issues, and I've done some reading up on the subject so from the start i was able to avoid a number of the pitfalls, but it still made me wonder. I can only see my script from my point of view. I don't personally know any other coders, and I dont code professionaly (yet, I'm workin on that one), so I really have a crippled perspective on my coding level. I'm competent, I don't have doubts of that. But I also seek feedback on whether or not I'm introducing bad things out there. The main reason for my caution is the sheer amount of downloads of my script, which has run over 100 per month, far more than I had thought would happen.
So basically, my question comes down to this: Is there suggestions for a place to go (besides begging on a site like this) and increasing the noise level, where I or others in similar situations can ask for feedback from other competent Perl coders. Anyone know of a place where mutual script/cgi (500+ lines of code) critiquing happens? Is the script archive here a good place for that?
And if there isn't something like that out there already, anyone interested in the creation of such a place?
Bah, I hate being out of the loop, but I'm in the dark.. Advice and wisdom very much appreciated..
Thanks..
-Syn0
http://www.taow.com/eight/
Well, first off, I feel like a newbie asking a question like this.. but I just need to know.
I don't mean to bring down a swath of "can you critique this for me" type of posts, but basically here's my deal:
I wrote an image gallery script when my son was born, and figured it would be a decent practice in learning software devel. So I cleaned it up, wrote some documentation and started distributing it. Around the time I started, another gallery script came out that I took a look at, and it was riddled with security problems.. Now, the writer of the other script was obviously oblivious to various security issues, and I've done some reading up on the subject so from the start i was able to avoid a number of the pitfalls, but it still made me wonder. I can only see my script from my point of view. I don't personally know any other coders, and I dont code professionaly (yet, I'm workin on that one), so I really have a crippled perspective on my coding level. I'm competent, I don't have doubts of that. But I also seek feedback on whether or not I'm introducing bad things out there. The main reason for my caution is the sheer amount of downloads of my script, which has run over 100 per month, far more than I had thought would happen.
So basically, my question comes down to this: Is there suggestions for a place to go (besides begging on a site like this) and increasing the noise level, where I or others in similar situations can ask for feedback from other competent Perl coders. Anyone know of a place where mutual script/cgi (500+ lines of code) critiquing happens? Is the script archive here a good place for that?
And if there isn't something like that out there already, anyone interested in the creation of such a place?
Bah, I hate being out of the loop, but I'm in the dark.. Advice and wisdom very much appreciated..
Thanks..
-Syn0
http://www.taow.com/eight/
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