LanceT Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 For developing a large project, say a forum software, is it necessary to have a team of PHP programmers or is it easier with just one person? I'm thinking that with several people, it makes it hard to coordinate the software unless they work together the whole time, while with a single person it will obviously take more time. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per1os Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 If you want to work in a team CVS software is definitely a good way to go. Also you may want to look at a UML diagram to plan out the project. --FrosT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeps Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Of course this all depends on the size of the project you are working on. If you have multiple coders there should be at least one person that knows how to work every aspect of the project. However I am not a huge fan of single person projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceT Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 If you want to work in a team CVS software is definitely a good way to go. Also you may want to look at a UML diagram to plan out the project. --FrosT what is CVS software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 ... with a single person it will obviously take more time. Actually it takes less time (creative time) because you don't need progress meetings with yourself; you don't need to file progress reports; you don't have 'creative' discussions that go on interminably; and you don't have to referee fights between people with opposing viewpoints. Worth repeating from a software seminar speaker I heard may years ago: "Remember than one man-year of effort is not the same as 730 people working until lunchtime". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceT Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 ... with a single person it will obviously take more time. Actually it takes less time (creative time) because you don't need progress meetings with yourself; you don't need to file progress reports; you don't have 'creative' discussions that go on interminably; and you don't have to referee fights between people with opposing viewpoints. Worth repeating from a software seminar speaker I heard may years ago: "Remember than one man-year of effort is not the same as 730 people working until lunchtime". True this is what I thought as well, but then I see that most large PHP softwares have a large team of developers, so I wonder if this is because its impossible to do without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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