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Re: Is it better to use off-the-shelf websites, or write my own?by mikfire (Deacon) |
on May 30, 2000 at 19:39 UTC ( [id://15417]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Don't write this yourself. Please. There are
many hidden issues in this problem - I speak from
way too much experience. There are many more levels
of authority than you think. There are the people
authorized to enter problems, the people authorized
to assign problems, the people authorized to answer
them and the people authorized to close them. Of
course, you also have the people authorized to
authorize people.
Having solved all of those, you then need to worry about database corruption which will happen when using flat files. After you have solved this, there are a hundred more hurdles to jump. And then, when you are all done, you will never escape it. It will hang about your neck like a dead albatross. You will be supporting this thing for years. Please, trust me. Find something else somebody has written and abuse that. DO NOT WRITE THIS FROM SCRATCH! In this light, I direct you to Freshmeat's development/bug tracking section. There are a few good choices in there, including several that have both web front ends and command line front ends. Many of them have been used and tested extensively. Several of them are free.
Mik - who is still working off therapy dollars from a PTS
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