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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:37 am
by onion2k
ok wrote:We have a Project Homepage? a project name? deadlines?
1.
http://astions.com/projects/wiki/index. ... =Main_Page
2. Developers Network Store (working title, but likely to stay)
3. No deadlines at the moment simply because we're in the very early stages of requirements gathering and it's best not to rush it. But when we confirm who will be managing the project I imagine we'll lay down a roadmap with some dates.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:54 am
by dranger
Greetings,
I found this project doing a google search about oscommerce, and I want to let you know that here at export-japan.com, our clients use oscommerce quite a bit because it has the Japanese language interface available. However, we are very often asked to "customize" oscommerce, which I am sure you all know is like drilling a hole in your hand and soaking it in lemon juice. So we here have been thinking about recreating oscommerce ourselves. But when I found this project, my boss told me to go ahead and get involved in some capacity.
So I am volunteering to join the core volunteer team as an employee of export-japan.com. I am currently working on another project with a quickly approaching deadline, but once that passes I will have time in my schedule to work on this.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:01 am
by Luke
Welcome aboard... you haven't missed much and anything you have missed is here or in the wiki. Don't worry about how much time you can contribute. I am completely swamped at work all the sudden... so I am going to have to kind of just watch for a little bit, and I'm sure others are quite busy as well.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:38 am
by stuffradio
I'm interested in this as well maybe, I added you to AIM... I sent you a PM about it Ninja Space Goat.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:48 am
by RobertGonzalez
Busy. Man, I wish I was only busy. I am absolutely swamped right now. My new job (and the longer drive associated with it) are really taking a time toll on me and it has only been a few days. Oh well, I am sure I'll be back in regular form soon so I can help out a little here and there.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:29 am
by Christopher
I have tried to keep up with this project and every time I check back in the main thing I think is that this project needs to get the application framework right first. An ecommerce site is really a fairly conventional website with the unique cart and checkout added. It is an excellent use case for developing a framework because it combines lots of things into one site. It has a relational product catalog, it has customizable/skinable content, it has user authentication and access control, it has user and administrative areas, it has the interesting data design challenge of the shopping cart, an application controller for the checkout process, and external services based transaction plugins. It is an excellent combination of use cases to use to develop a framework. Get the framework right and the rest of the work is detail stuff to make it user friendly. Also get the framework right and it will be what oscommerce is not -- programmer friendly.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:17 am
by Jenk
Speaking of use cases.. I started to (attempt to) knock one up for the site yesterday, starting with quite literally:
(n.b. where I use the word Product, I mean 'user receives product')
User -> Product.
Then adding the various stages, one by one, in between;
User -> Payment -> Product.
User -> Places Order -> Payment -> Product.
and so forth.. am I on the right track?
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:40 pm
by feyd
Sounds like a basic start to a use case to me, Jenk.

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:24 am
by Benjamin
The wiki will be a bit spotty for a bit few days. Dreamhost is having network issues.
http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:37 am
by Jenk
Is there a format of preference for diagrams? I'm chugging along with my version of a use case (using a vaguely UML style diagram.)
I can't do PDF (unless pdf writer is free all of a sudden) but can do Visio or Excel - Visio is the preference of those two.
I ask because I don't want to spend time on something no one (or atleast the majority) can't read/see

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:47 am
by onion2k
Take a screenshot and upload it as a jpg? I don't imagine many people will actually edit the diagrams.
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:28 am
by Jenk
haha, silly me - forgot all about that option

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:02 am
by Luke
or use primo pdf - it installs itself as a printer so you just print the doc to a pdf document. it's free:
http://www.primopdf.com/
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:15 am
by Jenk
Cool

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:57 am
by Jenk
I've got a use case made up, only a 'simple' one mind, will upload and post on wiki when I get home tonight
