application-planning

What software to use for Application Planning/Modeling

what to use for application planning/modeling? i want to create something like ... ClassName Variables ... Functions ... what the functions do ... ...

ASP.NET developer trying to learn Drupal and PHP

Hi guys, I know ASP.NET C# very well. I make a lot of stuff like surveys and custom web applications. I'm having a lot of trouble wrapping my head around Drupal and figuring out how to do 'special' programmatic things, like searching a list of clients, or creating a web application. 1 - I've been reading books and drupal API but I'm ...

Least resource-intensive way to set up 4 'pretty' URLs?

I'm planning an API for my own use, in Python. Perhaps someday I will make it freely accessible, but now I'm only planning to use it on my hobby site. At this stage I need some advice on how to set up the URLs, for files that receive both GET and POST requests. Suppose one of my files is called function_A.py and used in this fashion: w...

Application planning techniques

Let me sketch a scenario: A spec is handed to a developer who needs to read through it and begin his project (a web application). Most times the developer will just begin coding and will do very little planning. This causes certain sections to be completed late or hastily because they weren't immediately obvious. I am ...

How do I get started on a bigger project?

Hey guys, Most of the time I have been programming little apps either for myself or for the benifit of learning. Now that my programming skills are considered somewhat intermediate, I was wondering how I would tackle a large programming project. Lets suppose I wanted to make an application that has a lot of features and is intended for...

Effective books for learning the intricacies of business application development?

I am a self taught "developer". I use the term loosely because I only know enough to make myself dangerous. I have no theory background, and I only pick up things to get this little tool to work or make that control do what I want. That said, I am looking for some reading material that explains some of the theory behind application dev...

How do I properly plan how my website will work before coding?

I am creating a web hosting service for gaming communities (similar to GuildLaunch or GuildPortal). I am having some trouble with getting ahead of myself, and things such as: Coming up with better ways of doing things later, after the original idea is already implemented Realizing a feature won't work (but coded 90% of it) for an...