RE: RE: RE: RE: Community Teaching Project

[Ozymandias]

Well, the problem here is also the target market. If we're working on this as a small desktop app, then a significant portion of the users aren't going to have a database installed, regardless of whether they're a Windows user or *nix user.

The best option might be two separate versions; one that's DB driven, and select a "required" DB like MySQL, and one that's CSV driven. The CSV version would satisfy the cross-platform requirement (done properly) while the MySQL version offers higher performance.

As for project management and communication - we're working on that one.

- Ozymandias

[swiftone]

The best option might be two separate versions; one that's DB driven, and select a "required" DB like MySQL, and one that's CSV driven. The CSV version would satisfy the cross-platform requirement (done properly) while the MySQL version offers higher performance.

I believe there is a DBD::CSV that would allow us to design with a database interface, and have the option of pointing that interface at a CSV file if needed.