Summer Downtime (Give me a project!) - Page 3

tikkus · 08-17-2007, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dumar

if you guys want a project, i'll give you a spec to follow. it's a database app that can be done in any language. it was for a class of mine, but i can pass along the spec if anyone is interest. it's worth about 2-3 weeks of work if you do alone.

I'm definitely interested. I have about 5-6 days before school starts, I could tinker around with it.

Dumar · 08-17-2007, 06:46 PM

i zipped it for you. the test data should be imported to your database system of choice. if you have any ?'s, lemme know.

Hachima · 08-20-2007, 04:17 PM

I would expect more like 180 man hours required to complete that project for someone that is new to databases and has minimal experience. I would say 6 working days with a team of 5 working 8 hours a day. 4 if they were more experienced with the technology.

How much time were you given to do it, and was it in a group?

Dumar · 08-20-2007, 11:03 PM

i did myself, but i had quite a bit of experience in database work beforehand.

it would be about 4 weeks of good, hard work doing it alone. if you're completely new to database programming and design in general, give yourself more time.

edit: the time consuming part of that project isn't so much the database work, but the design of the windows forms. so if you're only interested in pure database design then make the forms as minimal as possible (or don't even make them at all.. just run the sql commands on your database tables), but otherwise spend the time. it's a great lesson in .net forms programming.

lendarios · 09-04-2007, 04:04 PM

Is any CS student here looking for a project/task for fun, that would help him in the future?

I just finished my CS major and I have been working on the filed for over a year. One of the mayor problems i had was the lack of connection between educational setting and real world applications.
So if anyone want to write a couple of apps, i can come up with some scenarios, note that this is aimed for a experienced c#/Vb coder ASP.Net It will involve SQL development.Target audience will be senior CS students.

PM or post here.

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08-20-2007, 04:17 PM	#33 (permalink)
Hachima Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,643	I would expect more like 180 man hours required to complete that project for someone that is new to databases and has minimal experience. I would say 6 working days with a team of 5 working 8 hours a day. 4 if they were more experienced with the technology. How much time were you given to do it, and was it in a group?

09-04-2007, 04:04 PM	#35 (permalink)
lendarios weeeeee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Miami, Fl. Posts: 726	Is any CS student here looking for a project/task for fun, that would help him in the future? I just finished my CS major and I have been working on the filed for over a year. One of the mayor problems i had was the lack of connection between educational setting and real world applications. So if anyone want to write a couple of apps, i can come up with some scenarios, note that this is aimed for a experienced c#/Vb coder ASP.Net It will involve SQL development.Target audience will be senior CS students. PM or post here.