Associate needed.

[Gary Bickford <ga...@fxt.com>]

OK Dave, Remy et al,

Here's the deal.  Some of y'all know a lot more about this than I do.  I'm just a poor
PHP-hacker diving into a new pond.

I have to provide a not-to-exceed price for this project (in phases) ASAP.  Since I'm
Java-naive, I've decided to minimize my risk by asking folks on this list to work for
me on the project, both in the planning stages (due 2 weeks ago) and at least phase 1
(the image database system) (hopefully we can have this completed in early October.)
All relevant code resulting will be available to be contributed (in a sanitized form)
to the community.

So, if anyone on this list believes they can help finalize the architecture and design
=> the no. of hours to get the system built, I will sub out a significant part of the
project.  Email me back privately if you're interested.  I really, really need someone
who knows this environment and the Java side in particular well enough to bang this
out without a lot of searching.

The only catch is this: once they see the cost, they may still opt for a commercial
package.  If so, I'll get paid for the work it took to get the design done, and you'll
get paid according to hours and rates we agree on for just that work.

If we can do this, then we'll have a good start at building the media asset management
system we've been talking about.  I still like the name Pixie :O) - any comments?
Gary B

dave wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> I'm not Craig but I think I have some useful input on some of these
> questions:
>
> > 2.    My understanding is that it will be up to me to define and manage the
> > metadata - forms for entering and database hooks for inserting, updating, etc.
> > These could be done in PHP, or JSP, or ???
>
> Turbine (http://java.apche.org/turbine) would be a perfect fit for this.
> It gives you the presentation layer , business layer, and database service
> (pooling etc...) you need without recreating the wheel.
>
> > 3.    Tomcat is the servlet engine and JSP interface, required for all components
> > unless I use PHP.
>
> Again you can use Turbine for the presentation layer.  It solves most ot
> the problems you'll run into creating your own Web App framework.
>
> > 4.   Struts apears to be an API for building website functionality.  How (if at
> > all) does Struts fit in to my application?
>
> I can't speak for Struts but I can for Turbine :-).  It'll provide the
> foundation for your web application - for example, role/permissions security,
> database pooling,  dynamic page generation, etc...
> For a full list of features please see the Turbine site.
>
> > 6.    Then there's Prowler, for which I couldn't find a website, and Infozone,
> > which appears to be not ready for prime time yet.
>
> Prowler is a the name of the project under Infozone.
>
>
> --
> dave
> daveb@miceda-data.com
> ----------------------

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Gary E Bickford, mailto:garyb-at-fxt.com.
Web and content/asset management systems, PHP, XML, Apache, SQL
FXT Corp, http://www.fxt.com, tel. 541-383-2749