Thread: So I had an idea while shaving

Originally Posted by Lynn

All members are encouraged to expand on this resource........

Thanks!!

I'm actually thinking of creating such a database without wiki. A wiki is cool, but it sucks when you want to quickly add something.

I was thinking a webapp with a list of manufacturers, and an "add razor" button. Fill in the fields, add pictures, presto! Too bad I suck at programming .

Originally Posted by BrickBag

A wiki is cool, but it sucks when you want to quickly add something.

What, and developing a new web app would be faster?

Most wikis are very fast. That's where the name came from -- "wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast".

I won't argue that some are rather cryptic, but if you're just adding to a page that's already there, it ought to be as simple as editing the page you want to add to, cutting and pasting an example, and modifying it to show what you want it to. Eventually, you'll get to where you can just create your own without the copy-paste-edit cycle.

Taking my software developer hat back off now and ... um ... going back to work developing software again.

Originally Posted by Wortmanb

What, and developing a new web app would be faster?

Most wikis are very fast. That's where the name came from -- "wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast".

I won't argue that some are rather cryptic, but if you're just adding to a page that's already there, it ought to be as simple as editing the page you want to add to, cutting and pasting an example, and modifying it to show what you want it to. Eventually, you'll get to where you can just create your own without the copy-paste-edit cycle.

Taking my software developer hat back off now and ... um ... going back to work developing software again.

Excellent points raised. I was thinking of a Ruby on Rails app. Cause it's massively database driven, which is what the database is. Plus you can implement search for "all framebacks from 1880 to 1900" or "All 5/8th heljestrands". something impossible in the current implementation, as those fields aren't database fields.

But again, I don't program. I just know programming concepts.....