iCalendar, Project Management, Agenda, CVS and Perl? 15
parasew asks: "I am searching for Web-based Project Management Software, which should
be (mod-)perl based, so I can enhance it or put it into an existing environment using MovableType,
which is in a sort of alpha-state. I found a site about Call Center, Bug Tracking and Project Management Tools for Linux and also this short listing, but sadly they are just a bunch of projects which only come close to
the kind of tool I am searching for. Gantt and Chronos, seem to be a very nice Web-Calendar packages written in Perl. I was just wondering
why no one is using iCalendar (does anyone know of Perl-based Software using iCalendar),
as most of the Agenda Software uses iCalendar,
and even Mozilla
Calendar is capable of subscribing to remote-Calendars. This looks very interesting to me. In general, I wanted to ask you Monks for the best way to do this. Should I create a new app from scratch or reusing existing stuff?"
"Here are the features I am looking for:
- The use of Calendars (multiple users) and iCalendar Support
- File-Pool for projects (CVS-based or similar)
- Progress-bar for showing the current state of a project
- A public calendar where users can publish events from their private calendars
Please also see my topics on PerlMonks and MovableType
Thanks for any help, hints or suggestions."
From freshmeat... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:From freshmeat... (Score:3, Insightful)
Use Project and Exchange Server (Score:2, Insightful)
Microsoft Project Server 2002 and Exchange will do everything you require, and is availbale right now to get you working without a lot of scripting or project-specific configuration.
The use of Calendars (multiple users) and iCalendar Support Exchange is iCalendar compatible, has web access and does a great job of group scheduling.
File-Pool for projects (CVS-based or similar) Public Folders on the Exchange Server wil
Re:Use Project and Exchange Server (Score:4, Informative)
CVS is for version tracking of files. Public Folders on the Exchange server will not work for this. Source Safe would, but now you're talking even more money. And, to my knowledge, Source Safe doesn't integrate with Exchange at all.
Let's try this using a solution that is 1) free of lock-in to closed, proprietary code (since the author is pretty clearly asking for a solution that he or she can modifiy to fit their specific needs), 2) actually solves all of the posted problems, and 3) cost-free. Your "solution" isn't any of those things.
And, actually, the choice of software platforms is always relevant, since it is eminently possible to do all of the things listed on several platforms. Because of that, there is no reason to pay through the nose for software that you can't make changes to, can't inspect, and can't keep unless you rent it ad infinitum.
Use a portal (Score:4, Informative)
I recommend Metadot [metadot.net] which is a nice portal that has several built-in components (including a calendar and a versioned project file repository). Metadot is very easy for users to use and it's easy to develop for--its plugins are called Gizmos and it has a Gizmo API so that you can create your own Gizmos or integrate other systems in.
It's a true portal, in that end-users can create their own "My Portal" page by choosing and arranging these Gizmos. Check out the demo [metadot.net].
Re:I know this is a bit OT... (Score:2)
Looks like American English to me. Why don't you look at the iCalendar specification [ietf.org] yourself and see if you agree. I believe all RFC's are written in English.
Will TUTOS meet your needs? (Score:2, Informative)
To do this it provides some web-based tools:
Re:Will TUTOS meet your needs? (Score:1, Insightful)
2 points (Score:1)
2) The majority of those perl modules you referred to are part of the Reefknot [sourceforge.net] project, which is still officially alpha quality, and most of which hasn't been touched since 2001. It's still better than writing your own iCalendar support code from scratch, but be aware o
iCalendar support (Score:2)