[Tutor] JOB AD PROJECT

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Am 21.11.2010 04:34, schrieb delegbede at dudupay.com:
> Hi People,
> I am afraid only Alan has said something to me. Is it that solution would never come or u guys are waiting to gimme the best?
>
I agree with what Alan wrote. Your project sounds like real challenge 
even for experienced developers. Even for a team of experienced developers.

You need both deep knowlegde of certain areas and broad knowledge of 
programming, databases and networking/communication. Of course you don't 
get the knowlegde if you don't start to develope a system. But if you 
start with too much and too complex things the risk is that you get 
stuck. There's a saying: "You've got so much in your mouth that you 
can't chew anymore." (And you realise it only when it has happened ;-))

To avoid that risk of suddenly being buried in complexitiy and not 
knowing what to do and where to move next, I'd recommend to follow a 
step by step learning path:

With your project in mind, plan 3-5 smaller projects. Each project has 
one of the key technologies for your final project as focus. For example:

1) Create a Django site where users can register and unregister. 2 or 3 
simple web forms. Nothing more. You'll learn all the database stuff and 
Django basics.
2) Build a system that handles SMS communication.
3) Build some a nice html+JS websites.
...
...

Then you can tackle the last and most challenging task, which is to 
design your overall system: Infrastructure, layers and your 
business-logic modules/classes.

Go in small steps! That will also keep your motivation up as you get 
feedback after each step.

HTH,

Jan

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Alan Gauld"<alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
> Sender: tutor-bounces+delegbede=dudupay.com at python.org
> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:00:52
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> Subject: Re: [Tutor] JOB AD PROJECT
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> <delegbede at dudupay.com>  wrote
>
>> I have done some extensive reading on python.
>> i want to design a classifieds site for jobs.
>
> Have you done any extensive programming yet?
> Reading alone will be of limited benefit and jumping into
> a faurly complex web project before you have the basics
> mastered will be a painful experience.
>
> I'm assuming you have at least some experience of
> web programming in other languages for you to take
> such a bold step?
>
>
>> I am taking this as my first project and would appreciate any help.
>> I am looking in the direction of python, maybe django.
>
> The choice of tools is fine, but its a big task for a first
> ever Python project!
>
> HTH,
>
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