:: Web Applications
Web logs. Shopping carts. Online forums & Message Boards. These are some of the many web applications that provide the infrastructure for transactions, collaboration and information sharing. Depending on the requirements, there can be at least several application 'solutions' to serve your purpose. The Wikis, the blogs, and Content Systems, powered by open-source frameworks and technologies like PHP, MySQL and Apache have numerous implementations all over the web. Commonly available as 'single-click' and 'easy-installs' included complementary from your web host, they suit most needs as well as allowing for a fair degree of customization and configuration.
But NOT ALL requirements can be served elegantly from such packages. Some would require a great deal rework that the effort to refactor and repurpose such application would be too big of a scope and time expense. Build from scratch? Or Fit to Match?
Build From Scratch >
- Agile : feature additions, changes and repurposing of code logic and styles are fast and require (and affect) very little especially when using a framework like Rails.
- Unique : The application will be able to cater to unique requirements.
Fit To Match >
- Large Libaries : Plugins and libraries are publicly available often tried and tested.
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Community Support
: Open knowledgebase of other implementations including known issues and problems.



