I'm looking for advice from expert developers here on launching a service MVP. I'm currently in the process of finding an outsourced development team on Upwork and Fiverr, but there are differing opinions on the development approach, so it's hard to make a decision.
We're planning to launch an activity gift marketplace similar to https://www.tinggly.com/. It's a bit different from a typical multi-vendor marketplace, as the gift giver purchases a package that includes various activities, and the recipient selects one of the included activities.
There's a split in opinion among vendors between customizing a Shopify multi-vendor marketplace app and building everything from scratch. If you were in my position, which approach do you think would be best?
It doesn't need to be perfect because it's our MVP, but it's difficult to decide which approach would suit us the best. We aim to launch our MVP within 2-3 weeks, and the budget is 3.5k.
We've also included a link to our Figma page, in case that's helpful!
https://www.figma.com/file/mPWLU5enyyL14dMUDU6Ad9/Gifty-MVP?node-id=0%3A1&t=19xcdiN2h71YPqje-1
We were thinking of using multi-vendor marketplace app on Shopify. But because our marketplace only sell bundle packages, and the final product is not decided until the recipient chooses it, we would need a workaround if we insist on using shopify.
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Hi to all Cool developers.
I am here for a helping guide that able to make me start my first Hybrid web+mobile application.
My Project:
I am going to build my final Project in Computer Science. The project i choose is a website that will serve as a platform for all Educational related info like Universites, Admissions, Scholarships, Carrers, Free Courses, Instituite recommednder e.t.c. Reference website: http://www.eduvision.edu.pk/
Technologies I have in mind to work on:
My main focus is to built it in using Node, express and Mongodb(Mongoose).
My Confusions:
As my website is heavily database oriented, what is best way to built it?
How to make it interactive and easily navigate?
How can I make it Hybrid? I know React native is used for this. But what's the procedure? Will I have to keep this in mind while developing my web application?
What frameworks and libraries I should use?
It would be a huge help.
Thanks
this look similar to me.hi anyways!you wanna choose is a website that will serve as a platform for all Educational related info like Universites, Admissions, Scholarships, Carrers, Free Courses by using mean stack ok its a new user friendly technology.to be honest you can build a website called (college management system).
where in this the students in the college will be a part of this website and all the details of the students will be in database when they register.and with this application it is helpful for the students to view their attendence and updates which were given by the college management.by using a framework like bootstrap,material design you can interact and easily navigate.as coming to the main question that you want to choose a website that will serve as a platform for all Educational related info like Universites, Admissions, Scholarships, Carrers, Free Courses.this is perfectly applicable.where universities can post Admissions,Scholarships can be posted in this website which is useful for the students.and also they will be aware of the attendence.which can be viewed by them daily and their will be no bluffing in it.and universites which can also update their information if any emergency required.to let the students know immediately.
as i already mention bootstarp and material design are the best framework to use and additionaly i am advising you to use visual code (IDE) for developing the project.because it is easy to use and user friendly.and you can also refer library called Quackit which gives best experience for you.and it is the best project for you to build in final year.
I have a client that wanted an easier way for his team members to build/update pages on their site, their site is heavily customized with a lot of JavaScript. The issues is that when a team member wanted to add a new section to the page they had consult a dev person to hard code in the desired features. So we decided to create customizable web parts of those features making the site more self-serviceable.
When I first started I found some documentation that said to use visual studios to build the web part using sandbox code, upload it to the site and then they would just need to activate it to deploy it on the site. Buuut unbeknownst to me code based sandbox solutions are no longer supported in Sharepoint and therefore the web parts we built could not be deployed. I was then told that I needed to build it as an Add-in, but as I started building the add-ins I found that the customizable field properties (i.e. ability to change background color, text style/color and banner color) that I want are not implementable as a add-ins.
So now I’m back at square one and I don’t know if it’s even possible to build a web part as a add-in or do I need to go a different route?
Any thoughts or links to sources you can provide would be HUGELY appreciated!
Thanks
Terek
In SharePoint 2016 things have changed a lot from the traditional model which was the classic way of building web parts. The way you worked before is called "classic", the new way is called "modern", and the way to get your dev environment is the following (brace yourself, it is a long answer):
1) In SP2016/Online you will need to configure your dev machine with the following environment, installing the following:
NodeJS Long Term Support version
Yeoman (which will be used to create web parts)
GULP (which will play the role of virtual web server)
Once the three components above are installed, you will install the Yeoman SharePoint Generator to create the SharePoint Web Parts, Yeoman simplifies the process of creating things by delivering templates ready to use and making all the configurations standard, you gonna love this guy!
To configure your machine see the following link:
https://dev.office.com/sharepoint/docs/spfx/set-up-your-development-environment
2) In SP2016/SP Online, you will develop for SPFx (SharePoint Framework), Microsoft has made significant efforts to address the changes and help developers to embark on this new journey by publishing training and educational material at GitHub, YouTube, and on its official website (I will add link below), but for the purpose of helping you, please follow this tutorial, it helped me to learn how to develop Modern Web Parts for SP 2016/Online:
https://dev.office.com/sharepoint/docs/spfx/web-parts/get-started/build-a-hello-world-web-part
3) From the tutorial above, you will get a fully functional Modern Web Part that can be deployed to SP2016/Online, you will see the new modern architecture allows you that old experience of "sandboxing" web parts in a faster way without, thus solving your problem of constant updating/refactoring components in a live production environment. This way now allows you to constantly update the code and see the results in real-time , you will be able to see results on your dev environment by calling: https://localhost:4321/temp/workbench.html and at same time on your SP environment. for example: http://portal.company.com/_layouts/workbench.aspx
Links:
YouTube "SharePoint Framework Tutorials" - it is the step by step tutorial video showing the whole process of creating a web part:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR9nK3mnD-OXvSWvS2zglCzz4iplhVrKq
GitHub repository with the full documentation, samples and extras for the SPFx and PnP (this is another story for another time):
https://github.com/SharePoint
I hope it helps you!
I was wondering if there is a website that helps with giving you a checklist for your web app, to make sure you don't miss anything!! It could be very tedious when building a large project by yourself! obviously nothing specific, just a guideline for a web app. thanks
This doesn't necessarily work for all projects, but it's a great start!
http://launchlist.net/
In light of your comment below, I recommend
http://goplanapp.net
it's free and open-source and allows you to create project milestones, have ongoing discussions on various issues, and alot more.
Trac is a website driven software that allows you to set milestones, reports, svn browsing, priorities, bug tracking, and wiki's. A lot of active open source projects use it to host their software. I use it extensively for each client project I start.
I like http://kanbanery.com/ alot.
It allows you to have tasks with subtasks, add info, attachments, comments, etc to a task and you can arrange those in multiple columns.
(I know it is targeted at scrum / kanban teams, but the app can be tailored to make it fit for your workflow)
Are there any good commercial e-commerce site templates (or site definitions?) for sharepoint?
I noticed a lot of strong opinions (good and bad) about sharepoint on this site, is this a good direction to take?
Having been involved a few projects involving public facing sites built on SharePoint, I'd highly advise against building something as customization-heavy as an e-commerce site on it.
You'll end up spending more time on attempting to force the platform onto the requirements than actually doing any meaningful development.
In addition, the platform itself has a relatively sheltered development community consisting of mainly 3rd party vendors who tend to charge an arm and a leg for half baked solutions, so you won't be able to tap into much outside of that. (aside from the previously mentioned painful development process)
I am a junior developer and I have just graduated from university this year. I am working private with some people and I have just been given a music website to develop using DotNetNuke. I have a some experience using DotNetNuke which I have gained making small modules that take care of certain functionality on a webpages but I have never taken on a whole website before. I would love it if some one would give me some guidence on how to approach this project and answer some of my questions.
What are the steps involved in developing a dotnetnuke website?
How different is it from a developers perspective to develop a dotnetnuke cms website from a cms website which was developed from scratch?
When it comes to the database do you add tables to the database incrementally as you develop new functionality or do you plan everything in advance and create tables and stored procedures at once?
What are the steps involved in developing a dotnetnuke website?
Pick your version (if you're starting now, pick 5.1.1)
Installation (use Source package locally, Install package everywhere else)
Settings Configuration (performance, security, user info, etc.)
Adding & configuring core/third party modules
Adding & configuring third party skins
Custom Extension (typically module or provider) Development
Custom Skin Development
How different is it from a developers
perspective to develop a dotnetnuke
cms website from a cms website which
was developed from scratch?
Very. When you're starting with an established CMS you're inheriting solutions to tons and tons of solved problems. In the case of DNN, you have a substantial framework at your disposal. The focus will be more on learning and leveraging the existing API/features. If you're starting from scratch you're providing that foundation yourself. Using an established CMS is not necessarily better than the other - it depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If you require fine-grained control over everything and you want a great learning experience, rolling your own may be the best way to go.
When it comes to the database do you
add tables to the database
incrementally as you develop new
functionality or do you plan
everything in advance and create
tables and stored procedures at once?
No matter what your project is, I'd suggest doing things as they are needed and not before. I think "doing everything in advance" would be impossible/horrible anyway. The heart of this question is really going to be defining your development process - I don't think this would necessarily be any different than in other projects. I like to define the features I want, organize them based on their relation to each other (which should come first due to dependencies, etc) and start implementing them one at a time and give each one the attention it needs.
You may also want to look into Lee Sykes' tutorials on module development using OpenWebStudio. However, I'm more on the design end, mainly just skinning, configuring, SE optimizing sites and matching client needs to our library of licensed 3rd party modules. However, the DNN community is VERY supportive and VERY helpful. There are some great resources out there, and I've found several blogs by the core development team to be essential for helping me wrap my head around the DNN framework.
Keep with it, and don't be scared to ask questions.
References:
www.dnncreative.com - Lee Sykes' Site, many tutorials on the how-tos of the DNN system. It's well worth the yearly subscription IMHO.
www.dotnetnuke.com - The main site for the DNN community
www.snowcovered.com - Central (AFAIK) site where many module developers sell their products, everything from skins to modules.