Possible PHP Coding Competition 2 - Discussion

[Bucaneiro]

Why don't you guys start another contest?

Split thread - So users don't confuse Competitions and Discussions - Hitch

 

[Xyzer]

Hmm.. How about making something like... A basic CMS, But certain features have to be made or something?

 

[snareklutz]

In terms of project scope, that would depend on the time people are willing to commit into the contest - which would be relative to the quality of the prizes. It would take more than chance to win a license of PHP Designer 2007 Pro to get me really into the competition.

And regarding SecondVersion's question. In my opinion, why should the contest revolve around a specific type of type of script? Rather, wouldn't the competition benefit further if we had broader scope, e.g., something that showcases AJAX in practical use...just a thought. This would give room for creativity, allowing people a chance to think out-of-the-box, instead of recreating applications that already exist.

3. Use subversion or cvs to track development over a set period of time (with a set number of minimum updates). This prevents people from coding beforehand.

I don't agree with number 3... It would just take too long... It's time most people don't have!

It wouldn't have to be loads of updates... even if the contest was say one week... we could have a minimum of 1 update per week?

 

[Bucaneiro]

What you guys think of a News CMS or Arcade CMS?

 

[cheerio]

A domain CMS // portfolio script :D Completely related to namepros, and will be fun

 

[Eric]

A domain CMS // portfolio script :D Completely related to namepros, and will be fun

ffs! All I need is more competition

 

[-PS-]

ffs! All I need is more competition

is that a challange SV ?

 

[Xyzer]

no seriously guys lol I think we should have one sooon.. I might if you want a one on one php challenge with me, pm me :p

 

[Daniel]

no seriously guys lol I think we should have one sooon.. I might if you want a one on one php challenge with me, pm me :p

Only known any PHP for 3 weeks, so I'll have a fun one if you like

 

[Xyzer]

haha.. your on!

 

[isharis]

I'm still a PHP newbie but I'll take part in the competition. Fun way of learning.

 

[Bucaneiro]

Is this idea still up? If you guys, admins and mods, need some help organizing something, maybe i can help.

 

[Xyzer]

Not sure aboutt his... last I heard was that the probably won't be one becuase their was only 1 entry last time!!

 

[Barrucadu]

I may join this one if the task is smaller. A small-ish script, instead of a full-blown one.

Here are a few ideas to brainstorm:

• Browser information (country, ip, language, etc)
• Currency conversion
• WHOIS details
• RSS reader (with the ability to use an existing class)
• BBcode parser
• SQL syntax highlighter

 

[Hitch]

Not sure aboutt his... last I heard was that the probably won't be one becuase their was only 1 entry last time!!

The outcome of a previous competition won't affect future ones.

We shall simply make people more aware of the future ones.
Maybe make something a little smaller too, i think a Bug Tracker was too overwhelming for most here.

RSS reader (with the ability to use an existing class)

the others arn't too bad suggestions, though a RSS Reading, with the ability to use an existing class?

<?php

require_once './rss_reader.php';

$reader = new RSS_Reader;

$reader->define_rss('http://blahblahblah.com/blah.xml');
echo $reader->parse('title');

?>

It'll be something like that, took a whole 20 seconds too write.

We need something bigger, imo, but not too big.

 

[Barrucadu]

Well, my idea was, that because the scripts themselves are quite simple, how it looks, and the efficiency of the code would be much more important when it came to voting.

 

[Daniel]

"Browser information (country, ip, language, etc)" - That would take 5 minutes. :\

I was thinking, maybe a plugin for an already existing tool, I was also thinking possibly WordPress, it's easy to learn how to code for, and it allows the creator lots of flexibility.

Any opinions on making WordPress Plugins?

 

[Barrucadu]

"Browser information (country, ip, language, etc)" - That would take 5 minutes. :\

Loop at my previous post:

Well, my idea was, that because the scripts themselves are quite simple, how it looks, and the efficiency of the code would be much more important when it came to voting.