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How to take an engineered approach to making a website ?

I'm thinking of starting a website (Not static but PHP based) - something like a portal.

However, i want to do this right. Can anyone help me in delineating the various processes that my site can go through ?

Like :

  • How the data flows between different pages (data flow diagram) ?
  • Steps in selecting a design
  • etc.. etc...

Basically i'm looking for some well defined practices in the software engineering industry which can be followed so that my website will be on the right track. I have studied Software engineering (Pressman) however i cannot understand how the techniques given can be applied for web projects.

Is there any book which i can refer to for a better understanding of engineering web projects ?

Thanks alot for any help in advance. Would really like some guidance on this.

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MVC is one approach that might be worth looking into.

brian  2010-02-22 16:54:03
Yes, i have looked into using CakePHP or CodeIgniter. However, i am not asking about the project intricacies but how a holistic view of each process has to be handled.
WarDoGG  2010-02-22 16:55:23
MVC is a pattern or paradigm, not to be confused with specific implementations in php .Net, etc. If I'm understanding your request, try doing a little research on MVC (the pattern). I thinkit'll provide answers to many of your above questions.
brian  2010-02-22 17:02:41

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