Hi,
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 1:57 PM stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote:
>
> I am in the process of defining an application for a very small company
> that uses Postgresql for the backend DB. This DB will eventually run on a
> hosted machine. As you imagine all of the employees have Windows machines
> for their normal work asks. Frankly I am not very strong on Windows. so I
> am wondering what the consensus is for creating forms and reports?
>
> My first though is Libre Office as that is cross platform, and i can test
> on my development Linux machine. However, i am getting a bit of push-back
> from the user as he is having issues with installing Libre Office on his
> computer. he says it does not play well with MS Office. Also we seem to be
> having some bugs with Libre Office Base in early development.
>
> What is the community wisdom here?
On top of what already been said - make sure that the product you are
about to start
working on will have its requirements clear and concise.
What is expected from the software?
Does it needs to go out and access the web?
Is the company split between different areas of the country/state?
Does it needs to support Windows only?
Will there be a need to a handheld device or bar code scanner?
Will printing be involved?
List is preliminary and can go on and on. Its just first that comes to mind.
Get the requirements from the company management, make sure you understand them
check you knowledge of different tools available and their support of
the feature requested
and start working.
Good luck!!
Thank you.
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