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DIY Software question
Name: Lithium (by Minki) Date: March 26, 2007 at 18:50:53 Pacific OS: Microsoft Windows 98/XP CPU/Ram: **mb Product: Compaq/CDM
Comment:
How would you judge whether or not software produced by yourself was of good?
Name: Sci-Guy Date: March 26, 2007 at 20:45:39 Pacific
Reply:
That depends on what you mean by "was of good". Are you talking about functionality or marketability?
For functionality: 1: Does it do what it's intended to do? 2: Does it do it in the most efficient way?
For marketability: 1: As above 2: As above 3: Is it cross-platform compatible? 4: Does it fill a niche? 5: Is it user-friendly? (intuitive interface) 6: Is the GUI visually attractive?
These points are not listed in order of importance.
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Response Number 2
Name: Lithium (by Minki) Date: March 26, 2007 at 20:58:32 Pacific
Reply:
I meant partly marketing but predominantly functionality.
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Response Number 3
Name: wizard-fred Date: March 27, 2007 at 05:00:49 Pacific
Reply:
A programmer is the worse person to judge his own software. He can only judge usefulness only in the scope of his understanding of the problem. A major problem is usually error handling, especially bad input.
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Response Number 4
Name: Lithium (by Minki) Date: March 27, 2007 at 19:27:13 Pacific
Reply:
So, in other words, try out the program first and if there are any errors, collaborate with a fellow programmer. Right?
Life is but a dream ...
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Response Number 5
Name: wizard-fred Date: March 28, 2007 at 03:46:40 Pacific
Reply:
Have different persons run and test it. A person familiar with function of the program that can comment one the functionality and accuracy of the program and a person unfamiliar with computer usage to determine program ease of use and program interface.
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Response Number 6
Name: Lithium (by Minki) Date: March 28, 2007 at 08:05:19 Pacific
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