Bored of complex applications that does all and nothing ?
Here is my try at building a set of functionnalities for time tracking.
I intend to push a start button when I log in my webmail in the morning, a stop button when I leave
and to have a timesheet, and an invoice ready at the end of the month.
Dont put math and tedious in code : most database are better for counting than
programmation language (clean, portable and efficient implementation of IEEE, iso standards
on computation and formats) ;
Dont optimize as long as it is not ended : therefore SQL wont be in
stored procedure (as long as it is not finalized);
Dont take responsabilities you need not : these code snippets intends to work
in a protected realm, therefore I dont intend to store password because time tracking
could be (and I plan it) be integrated in something else like squirrelmail wich does a perfect
job for authentification ;
Dont try to swallow a bigger piece that your stomach cant stand, therefore the problem is cut
in different pieces (storing events, showing events, presenting an invoice ...) that
will be glued in the end after each piece will haveproved to work ;
Think of humans, I intend to store finer customer logic in a quite human readbale format
(NOT XML) like YAML because so many language have adopted it, therefore it will be easier
to eventually implement a separate front end for its edition ;
Have fun, I inted to use perl, why ? Because ! I used PHP because I just finished a PHP
assignment, I however find it as un-pleasent as object programming in perl. However I still
prefer perl that has numerous module (like pdf class,ORM,YAML parsing) that will prove helpful
when dealing with more complex task
I will do some ajax for fun too ^_^
And above all I want a software as easy to use as a washing machine
Roadmap
Start stop Event
This is the root. I want a pretty simple logic : I don't work for 2 customers at a time,
I therfore cannot begin a task while another is running.
Timesheet
Being able to report to costumer how much time I worked for them.
Evil calculation
In accordance with my lawyer and sales partners abilities for establishing contract, I intend
to be able in the country where we are supposed to work 35hours a week, to begin to work less
as 48 hours a week (the supposedly maximum in all developped countries that signed the
International Worl Organisation / Bureau International du Travail).
Lazyness
If I get bored, I will try to have invoice being print, formated, and emailed.
